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  1. Ozziegiraffe avatar

    RE: Pacific Island question

    by Ozziegiraffe 26 May 2012

    The information on Solomon Islands on the website you posted is out of date and very limited. It is possible that the information for…

  2. glenisthemenace avatar

    Re: hitch hiking out of Brisbane

    by glenisthemenace 26 May 2012

    www.hitchwiki.org sorry dont know how to link it. i use it for hitchhiking and generally have found it helpful in Europe, not sure how…

  3. rankzerg avatar

    hitch hiking out of Brisbane

    by rankzerg 26 May 2012

    hi im hitch hiking out of Brisbane going north either tomorrow or in the next few days. i cant for the life of me find a good spot where…

  4. tessha_m avatar

    RE: Australia- Brisbane to Great Barrier Reef to Sydney

    by tessha_m 25 May 2012

    take flights bris- cairns and cairns- syd. In july certainly go to the reef from cairns- the further north you go the less cold it'll…

  5. chrisj avatar

    RE: Australia- Brisbane to Great Barrier Reef to Sydney

    by chrisj 24 May 2012

    The southern reef islands of Lady Elliot & Lady Musgrave are the closest to Brisbane, (off Gladstone & Bundaberg,) but for warm beach…

  6. RedFossil avatar

    Australia- Brisbane to Great Barrier Reef to Sydney

    by RedFossil 24 May 2012

    Hi there! June 9th I am flying into Brisbane, Australia from Auckland and I'd like to make it to the great barrier reef with enough time…

  7. Harry_Ramsden avatar

    RE: Road trip advice pls (Cairns->Brisbane)

    by Harry_Ramsden 24 May 2012

    Post again, as a brand new post. The only people who wil see a 2 year old post are the 5 people who contributed to it. You will get no…

  8. SUNSHINEBOY avatar

    Re: Road trip advice pls (Cairns->Brisbane)

    by SUNSHINEBOY 23 May 2012

    Hi to all. Thank you for sharing such great information on Australia. I am planning to go to Australia in August, for the first time…

  9. sateoforigin avatar

    FREE!!! State of origin live streaming of NSW Blues vs QLD Maroons online

    by sateoforigin 23 May 2012

    *Are you looking for watch online live streaming of state of origin match between NSW Blues vs QLD Maroons? Then you have come to right…

  10. bec0071 avatar

    RE: Solomon, Vanuatu, New Caledonia - all three? Really?

    by bec0071 23 May 2012

    You could do it by, for example, flying Brisbane > Port Vila > Honiara > Noumea > Brisbane, but it would be an extremely tight schedule…

  11. tessha_m avatar

    RE: To see Sydney or fly directly to Brisbane to travel overland to Cairns?

    by tessha_m 21 May 2012

    make it 3 nights cause thats really only 2 days.

  12. Justin23 avatar

    RE: To see Sydney or fly directly to Brisbane to travel overland to Cairns?

    by Justin23 21 May 2012

    #6 in that case it would be silly to miss Sydney. I'm not the biggest fan of Sydney, but for a foreign traveller, you could easily fill…

  13. macccfie avatar

    Re: To see Sydney or fly directly to Brisbane to travel overland to Cairns?

    by macccfie 21 May 2012

    Thanks or the replies. Travel Nation they can change the flights for free. So I was thinking 2 or 3 night stop over in Sydney!

  14. JenHunt24 avatar

    RE: 3months in oz

    by JenHunt24 21 May 2012

    Thanks I will... I've just found out a friend is moving to Brisbane so I'm going to head up that direction... And further north until…

  15. taywin avatar

    Aussie travellers needed for Tibet trip Lhasa -> Kathmandu, dept 9 June

    by taywin 21 May 2012

    Hi all, we have a group of three Australian travellers all set to go to Tibet - Lhasa -> Mt Kailash -> Everest Base Camp -> Kathmandu…

  16. yehyeh avatar

    RE: UK Teacher - work on Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Aus??

    by yehyeh 20 May 2012

    My SIL is a supply teacher (casual) in Brisbane. She says it is very hard to find a permanent job right now. Supply teaching seems to…

  17. chrisj avatar

    Re: Which bank for foreign ATM withdrawl?

    by chrisj 20 May 2012

    +Well, when I use my ATM card at any bank ATM in Brisbane, I've used has NEVER charged me to use it.+ I live in Brisbane, & was charged…

  18. Justin23 avatar

    RE: To see Sydney or fly directly to Brisbane to travel overland to Cairns?

    by Justin23 20 May 2012

    Agree with #4, if its booked on the same ticket and you miss it you may forfeit your entire return ticket. This is because taxes are…

  19. RayCCroc avatar

    RE: Taxi drivers.

    by RayCCroc 20 May 2012

    At one time, the taxi drivers in Abu Dhabi were mostly Afghan. My mate there claimed they were pumping air and shouting allah akhbar!…

  20. westwood avatar

    RE: Which bank for foreign ATM withdrawl?

    by westwood 19 May 2012

    Well, when I use my ATM card at any bank ATM in Brisbane, I've used has NEVER charged me to use it. Same as Singapore, Malaysia. …

  21. shaen avatar

    RE: Driving from Darwin to Uluru then onto Cairns in 3 weeks in September.

    by shaen 19 May 2012

    I once helped a German couple buy a Falcon stationwagon in Perth which they then used to drive directly (diagonally) to Brisbane through…

  22. RayCCroc avatar

    RE: Looking for fellow travelers who want to hitchhike and maybe even busk..?

    by RayCCroc 19 May 2012

    gg, there are some great pub sessions in Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth (not so much Sydney for some reason), so at least you'll get a…

  23. Treeplanter avatar

    Rustic Australiana Accommodations.

    by Treeplanter 19 May 2012

    They are all located in south east Queensland, Australia, not too far north of Brisbane and Noosa. Behind the house here, I have a conver…

  24. H2ooh avatar

    RE: Reassurance about current weather in the Cook Islands?

    by H2ooh 18 May 2012

    Generally speaking showers in the Cook Islands means a likelihood of afternoon showers like you describe for Brisbane. Maybe someone…

  25. _Pushka_ avatar

    Reassurance about current weather in the Cook Islands?

    by _Pushka_ 18 May 2012

    Hi there, We arrive in Rarotonga next Saturday (the 26th) and head to Aitutaki the next day....looking at the weather at the moment, it…

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