Best places and ways to travel within Australia and New Zealand?
Hello,
A friend and I are planning to travel to Australia, New Zealand and one other country for three weeks. The other country would be Bali, Thailand, Fiji or Tahiti. We will be there from mid-December to mid-January. We are there as a graduation gift to ourselves and would be there on a budget. We are wanting to do some surfing, scuba diving, snorkling, hiking and of course sightseeing. We would like to know what are the best places to do these things. We would like to stay away from tourist traps. We are also wanting to know what airports and cities would be best to fly in and out of. Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Tahiti is expensive. it is French so prices are so so much higher than bali or Thailand. You would be in NZ and Australia during the peak season school holidays so accomodation prices will be expensive unless you plan in staying in Back packer hostels. It may pay to book ahead if you know where you will be. I would suggest you have a few days in Sydney on your way to New Zealand or the Gold Coast you can fly into Brisbane for the Gold Coast it’s 1 hour by train. I dont know if you want to hire a car in NZ that is the best way and if you can fly into Auckland and out of Queenstown that would be very good. Look at www.airnewzealand.co or www.jetstar.com.au
The whole country is a tourist trap for what you want to do.
Surfing and scuba diving can be done almost anywhere on the coast, but the best places are in Queensland on the Great Barrier Reef. You can get there from Brisbane, flying to Cairns Airport.
(BE WARNED! When you do go swimming NEVER go to an unpatrolled beach, the beaches are extremely dangerous and you should only use those with life savers present and stay between the flags.)
To be honest 3 weeks isn’t enough even to see Queensland, let alone New Zealand and any Asian country. Sydney would be the main entry airport for Australia, and there are plenty of small cheap airlines for getting around internally, and to N.Z.
You don’t say where you are coming from, but be aware the temperatures will be in the mid to high 30C (85-95F) at that time of year.
I honestly think you really need to think this through, otherwise you are just going to spend time in airports and hostels, instead of sight seeing and enjoying yourselves.
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I guess you will need a travel agent to plan for your travel..
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Tahiti is expensive. it is French so prices are so so much higher than bali or Thailand. You would be in NZ and Australia during the peak season school holidays so accomodation prices will be expensive unless you plan in staying in Back packer hostels. It may pay to book ahead if you know where you will be. I would suggest you have a few days in Sydney on your way to New Zealand or the Gold Coast you can fly into Brisbane for the Gold Coast it’s 1 hour by train. I dont know if you want to hire a car in NZ that is the best way and if you can fly into Auckland and out of Queenstown that would be very good. Look at http://www.airnewzealand.co or http://www.jetstar.com.au
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