Apr 27 2011, 11:18 PM
QUOTE(iippj27 @ Apr 20 2011, 08:58 AM)
yes we have been gold coast some times
we think this works well for us but we wonder that maybe try and go to tamborine mt www.discovertamborine.com.au/ it is very rainforest, pretty and high up
instead of blue mountains as that is sure a lot of driving
sydney - boat on harbour is good if weather is really good, ferry is cheap and views are the same, ferry terminal is just on walk to opera house
Gold Coast
Day 1
Beach hopping is worth going early in morning, very funny locals to watch and no shade after 10am, + town sight seeing
Day 2
morning we did balloon ride over the mountains and wine tasting at the oreillys vineyard, we recommend this a lot, it is $A100 cheaper than in sydney and they did return transfers and breakfast included in ticket, we were going to do sea world park and they said they would do free transfer to that in tour also but we changed our minds www.hotair.com.au/goldcoast
Wild life sanctuary - is good in the afternoons i think there is more than one but we really liked www.currumbin-sanctuary.org.au/ and we were very adventourous and did the adventure parc walk on ropes up in the trees we amazed ourselves
Day 3
Springbrook national park - we didnt do but we hear its nice
Brisbane
Day 4
warehouse shopping is ok at Harbourtown but we like shopping at brisbane city mall and then we did casino for lunch and botanical gardens, car parking is behind hilton but many streets in brisbane are one way so listen to your gps, we did not like driving in brisbane
+ travel to sydney (sleep in car) you know yes that its 12 hours of driving from brisbane to sydney? parking in sydney is v expensive, one way fly is $88 maybe not drive
Sydney
Day 5
Opera house, Habour, city tour then to blue mountain check in
Day 6
Blue Mountain tour. Drive back to Bondi Beach, Sydney.
Day 7
From Bondi Beach, drive to Gold Coast (sleep in car)
Gold Coast
Early day 8
Depart.
we hope you have as much fun at gold coast as we did, we make mistake and only go for 3 days to gold coast first time
There are quite a few nice towns along the coast from GC (OOL) to SYD, eg Ports Stephens. The drive along Pacific Highway should take about 10 hours from BNE to SYD (from memory as I used to travel quite frequently some 15 years ago) and should be around 800km plus or minus. Don't know if they have upgraded the highway, but the killer zone should be between Newcastle and Taree. Back then at least 90% of the highway is single carriage way. I would do a continuous drive with a singular pit stop at Ports Stephens. Never stayed overnight before there but have quite a few classmates who was born and bred there and swears the fact that it is not commercialised, you will get a true aussie feeling there. It is supposed to be a getaway town for Sydneysiders nowadays.we think this works well for us but we wonder that maybe try and go to tamborine mt www.discovertamborine.com.au/ it is very rainforest, pretty and high up
instead of blue mountains as that is sure a lot of driving
sydney - boat on harbour is good if weather is really good, ferry is cheap and views are the same, ferry terminal is just on walk to opera house
Gold Coast
Day 1
Beach hopping is worth going early in morning, very funny locals to watch and no shade after 10am, + town sight seeing
Day 2
morning we did balloon ride over the mountains and wine tasting at the oreillys vineyard, we recommend this a lot, it is $A100 cheaper than in sydney and they did return transfers and breakfast included in ticket, we were going to do sea world park and they said they would do free transfer to that in tour also but we changed our minds www.hotair.com.au/goldcoast
Wild life sanctuary - is good in the afternoons i think there is more than one but we really liked www.currumbin-sanctuary.org.au/ and we were very adventourous and did the adventure parc walk on ropes up in the trees we amazed ourselves
Day 3
Springbrook national park - we didnt do but we hear its nice
Brisbane
Day 4
warehouse shopping is ok at Harbourtown but we like shopping at brisbane city mall and then we did casino for lunch and botanical gardens, car parking is behind hilton but many streets in brisbane are one way so listen to your gps, we did not like driving in brisbane
+ travel to sydney (sleep in car) you know yes that its 12 hours of driving from brisbane to sydney? parking in sydney is v expensive, one way fly is $88 maybe not drive
Sydney
Day 5
Opera house, Habour, city tour then to blue mountain check in
Day 6
Blue Mountain tour. Drive back to Bondi Beach, Sydney.
Day 7
From Bondi Beach, drive to Gold Coast (sleep in car)
Gold Coast
Early day 8
Depart.
we hope you have as much fun at gold coast as we did, we make mistake and only go for 3 days to gold coast first time
From your travelling plan, it seemed quite pack. Almost like wanting to do everything in a short period of time. Australia is meant to be taken in slowly. Like Bondi beach is not even half as nice as GC unless you know the history of the place. One place which a lot of outsiders would not know is the South Head. It has some of the best Pacific Ocean view yet on the other side, the entire Sydney harbour (complete with the mandatory opera house and harbour bridge) at your feet.
For wine tasting, the best would have to be Hunter Valley which is located near Newcastle. Some of Australia finest wineries are located here. In fact I believe in near future it might even win Barossa Valley in South Australia. Hunter Valley wasn't that popular just a while ago.
The hot air balloon is quite nice. Just wondering, why did you give all the theme parks in Gold Coast a miss? Also did you manage to sample some of the best dim sum in Sydney?
Nonetheless sounds like you had a whale of a time. Cheers matey!
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