What is a good tourist plan for a 2-week Australian vacation?

Good on you Jey! When can we the IL members meet you here in Melb?

Please PM me so that we can catch up.......

For a two week vacation to the Magic land of Oz, I would recommend these websites:

Melbourne Victoria Australia - visitvictoria.com The official travel and accommodation site for Melbourne Victoria Australia

Travelmate - Australia Accommodation and Hotels, Tours, Car Hire, Maps, Australian Travel Guide

The Official Site for Australian Travel and Tourism Australia

You can contact a travel agent for your bookings or the best way is to hire your own car & drive around with the family...

Happy journey!

Regards,

Corallux

 

Hi Jey
Trying to see it all in 2 weeks might be a bit too optimistic. I know of a friend, who did it in 3 weeks. They started from Sydney, moved on to melbourne, then brisbane and ended in cairns and flew back home from there. That way they pretty much covered the east coast of australia.
You could choose one chain of hotel and book with them through out. I have heard Big4 is really good and have used them personally as well. They are very chil friendly ( i am not sure if you have kids, but if you do, I would certainly recommend Big4). You could check their website , google for big4 holiday parks.
Hope this helps.

Cheers
Sky98

 

hi jey,

ours was a 25 days holiday just last year
so quite fresh in my mind....
landed in adelaide,went to kangaroo island...drove till sydney via melbourne ..the penguin parade near melbourne and the drive thru great ocean road was too good...at sydney besides the harbour opera house bondi beach .....in the outskirts must visit blue mountains.....also we went for a dolphin cruise at port stephens i think...this should take 2 weeks....
we then flew to gold coast....again took a car and drove upto brisbane visiting tangalooma island,australian zoo etc and flew back to kl from brisbane....that to
ok another 8 days....
was fun driving on our own...

have a nice holiday

mindi

 

Hey Jey,

Its really a wonderful tread started by you. Like my motherland <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> , <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Australia</st1lace></st1:country-region> is a unique place by itself for tourist to visit. But I would suggest before you start planning your priorities and your inclinations towards what you want to see in Oz land.

In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Australia</st1lace></st1:country-region> you have lots of tourism avenues and you need to decide which is of your interest

• Natural Scenic routes to drive
• Wildlife
• Beaches and flora and fauna rich sea coast
• Aboriginal art and culture.
• Different landscapes- snow capped mountains(in winter), lush green landscapes, outback desert, beautiful coasts
• Adventure sports and Theme parks

and the list goes never ending.
So I suggest you first decide on what you would like to visit the most and then go ahead choosing the places of your interest. This suggestion is because you have planned a very short span for your trip....

I would suggest fly from <st1:City w:st="on">Adelaide</st1:City> to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Melbourne</st1lace></st1:City> than driving as there are not much worthy places on the route. Also instead of reaching Melbourne you can reach Avalon by Jetstar airlines as you would save time (of traveling out of Melbourne city) and money(as flight fares are less to Avalon airport if you fly from Sydney) if you plan to visit “12 Apostles”. You will have car hire options in all major airports (Tullamaraine-Mel, Avalon, <st1:City w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City>, Gold coast,(not sure about <st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Adelaide</st1lace></st1:City>, ILites please confirm)). Also I would suggest you to go to Gold coast by air instead of <st1:City w:st="on">Brisbane</st1:City> and travel by car from GC to Bris on a days trip, as you have more entertaining options in GC than <st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Brisbane</st1lace></st1:City>.
I am not the right person to give suggestions on the road trip to <st1:City w:st="on">Cairns</st1:City> from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Brisbane</st1lace></st1:City> as I have never done it.

I think my write up would have helped you plan. ILites u are welcome to correct me if I am wrong in any of the suggestions made.

Happy journey Jey...

For details on places in NSW and sydney refer Sydney and regional NSW accommodation, attractions, tours and events

Cheers,

 

Hi

Can I request you Jey to prioritize the tourism avenues you would like to visit. This will help ILites to narrow the list of suggestions on the places you can shortlist in your travel plan... Its my 2cents of advice, correct me if I am wrong by providing this suggestion.