Australia, New Zealand & Antarctica

Hi all,
I'm usually great for getting bargains and nabbing the "dirt-cheap" flight. But when a friend asked me to find her a UK-BKK-AUCKLAND-TOYKO-UK flight I thought it would be a piece of cake, considering those are all major airports, but the lowest I could get was £1207 which is extortionate in my openion. Does anyone know where I'm going wrong, all of the multi-stops and RTW travellers I've met only paid about £480, anyone wanting to shine some light on the subject? Would really appreciate…

I will be looking to settle in either Sydney or Melbourne in May for a few months. Which of these places is best to live taking into consideration:

a) work availability for WHVers
b) general atmosphere and lifestyle
c) weather!

Thanks

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I'm arriving in Australia in a little over 3 weeks and am sorting out my travel insurance at the moment. One of the conditions of the insurance of most places is that i register with Medicare in Australia to cover my medical treatments whilst there. Can anyone tell me:

a)what it actually is?
b)what i have to do to become registered?
c)does it cost anything?
d)how long does it take?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Yes, very sad, and a real worry. Did you register on Thorntree just to bring us this information, or do you have another set of aspirations in doing so? Do you have a travel quesiton perhaps?

any ideas? want good vis, going next wek an leafy/weedy sea dragons and good scenic diving
thanx! ps...if i could only do one coast, west or east? not just diving, everything...

hello
I am travelling to Queensland next may.
maybe somebody can help me with some questions:

We are hiring a camper and want to stay in deserted and calm beaches, snorquelling, taking it easy....

We doubt in going from Brisbane to CAirns or just around Cairns (we have 1 month). Any recommendations?

Which is the risk of finding wild crocodiles in north queensland, for example in a deserted beach?

For hiring the camper, you recommend to do it via internet, or just search for one in Cairns, for…

gday bazza back in perth on friday

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i also going nude swimming if anyone interested

Hey,

A friend and I (both 18) are looking to spend 3 weeks travelling down the East coast from Cairns/Brisbane to Melbourne and the end of this year. One of us will have had a UK drivers license for over a year and one of us only for a few months. Does anyone know if it is going to be possible for us to buy or hire a car? Indeed is it even worth it-should we just stick to public transport instead?

Cheers

Hi there,back for more advice!

Living and working in Welly and finally have a few days off over Easter so trying to get to Waitomo and Hamilton. The plan was travel to Hamilton on Friday and stay there a night, go to Waitomo and do the caves etc on the Saturday and stay the night,then back to Hamilton and home to Welly on the Sunday.

However the price of transport seems a bit colossal compared with my puny wages. The naked bus is booked out and it seems with intercity we're looking at over 200…

I don't think I'll get an objective answer to this on the Canada branch, but I'm thinking of going there for a 2.5 week driving holiday.