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Beaches   Sydney

Beaches, Sydney

 64 Reviews  A close friend lives not 50 metres from this beach, so I know it well. This beach is for swimmers as well as surfers. It is clean and well visited. Whether you want a walk along the beach, have a nice... 

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Great Ocean Road   Melbourne

Great Ocean Road, Melbourne

 29 Reviews  I took part in a Great Ocean Road tour with Bunyip tours and it was a great decision. The small personal group with a tour guide that had great knowledge was really amazing. The Otway Ranges and the... 

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Perth City   Perth

Perth City, Perth

 20 Reviews  Australians love music as much as people everywhere else in the world. The invention of the MP3 player, however, is not yet known down under... [/nonsense modus off] The lively pedestrian streets in... 

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Information   Brisbane

Information, Brisbane

 13 Reviews  Are you in Brisbane or the surrounding Suburb's and looking for an Internet connection? In BRISBANE......... There are free public access computers available on levels 1 to 4 of the State Library of... 

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Queen Street & Downtown   Auckland

Queen Street & Downtown, Auckland

 3 Reviews  Auckland now has a fine little pocket of restaurants around its waterfront and Viaduct Basin areas. Though not comparable to the great culinary capitals of the world, Auckland's restaurants may not... 

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Theme Parks.   Gold Coast

Theme Parks., Gold Coast

 13 Reviews  Hi there, Just came back from vacation in Gold Coast few weeks ago. Surprisely, it was a school break that time and we didn't aware about that. We spent 2 days wednesday and thursday and found that... 

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City Centre   Adelaide

City Centre, Adelaide

 19 Reviews  Every city has it's rich area or street. The first 2 photo's I attached are from the richest street of Adelaide. The other 2 photo's I attached are from the house of the tennis player Lleyton Hewitt... 

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Downtown Christchurch   Christchurch

Downtown Christchurch, Christchurch

 29 Reviews  - The city centre features a huge new steel sculpture, an oversized bunch of wheat, higher than the surrounding high-rise buildings. Its name is "Flour Power". (August/September 2008) The square at... 

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Parks / Gardens / Lakes   Canberra

Parks / Gardens / Lakes, Canberra

 17 Reviews  Of course, Floriade is also about people; about the charming little girl with the great hat I spotted running around who just made my shot of the playground; the guy I met who was involved in the... 

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Underwater Life   Bora-Bora

Underwater Life, Bora-Bora

 5 Reviews  One thing I would definitely want to remind each of the VT members is to make sure you take plenty of pictures of yourselves while on the road. There are tons of trustworthy people on the tours, on... 

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Lake Wakatipu   Queenstown

Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown

 5 Reviews  Lake Wakatipu is the South Island’s second largest lake after Lake Te Anau. It is Z-shaped, has a total length of 77 kilometres, and covers 293 square kilometres. It is surrounded by steeply rising... 

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Internet Connections   Wellington

Internet Connections, Wellington

 2 Reviews  This was the most amazing machine I found! Here you can free up some memory space on your digital camera by a number of ways: Print digital photos from $1-45 NZD per print. Edit digital... 

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Te Whakarewarewa   Rotorua

Te Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

 7 Reviews  You pay around £ 6 for adults ad £3 for kids to get into visit Maori Arts and Crafts Institute and after that you can explore Maori village, kiwi house, Frog pool, Maori concert etc for free. You... 

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The Great Ocean Road   Geelong

The Great Ocean Road, Geelong

 24 Reviews  The whole Great Ocean road is great, though not everyone has time to see it in its entirety. I'd recommend starting the trip at the trendy surf town of Torquay with its world famous competition surf... 

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General Scenery.   Hobart

General Scenery., Hobart

 20 Reviews  I'm not sure what did it to be honest. But I left Hobart wanting to see so much more of the little town. In someways it reminded me of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in others, a small Danish coastal village.... 

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The Octagon   Dunedin

The Octagon, Dunedin

 4 Reviews  The Octagon is the central "square" [actually and obviously an octagon] in the centre of the city. It is well laid out with a nice covered walkway alongside the road thru the middle. A variety of... 

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Cable Car   Wellington Region

Cable Car, Wellington Region

 6 Reviews  The Cable Car is one of Wellingtons oldest and most popular tourist attractions. The cable car journeys up under the motorway, through the three tunnels, past Kelburn Park and Victoria University and... 

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West Coast   South Island

West Coast, South Island

 1 Review  through Arthur's Pass and the Otira Gorge Road, looks so benign, doens't it? But drive carefully and don't get distracted....drive on to the most charming small Town on the West Coast..Hokitika, its a... 

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Taranaki   North Island

Taranaki, North Island

 4 Reviews  Facing the Tasman Sea on the north, west and south of Mount Taranaki, New Plymouth has easy access of beaches for sailing, swimming, surfing or sand castles. Was surprised by the black sand beaches.... 

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Native New Zealand   New Zealand

Native New Zealand, New Zealand

 3 Reviews  New Zealand has some rather interesting natural landmarks as you will no doubt see as you travel around our fair land. In the South Island you can see everything from the split apple to the moeraki... 

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Darling Harbour / Casino   Sydney

Darling Harbour / Casino, Sydney

 43 Reviews  What you now have is an Entertainment Centre, Sydney Aquarium, Star City Casino, IMAX Theatre (pic 4), Powerhouse Museum, 5 star accommodation - and that's just to name a few! There are also pleasant... 

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St. Kilda   Melbourne

St. Kilda, Melbourne

 15 Reviews  St Kilda is one of inner city suburbs of Melbourne and in recent years, it has begun to shake off a seamy reputation and is home to many of Melbourne's famous visitor attractions including Luna Park,... 

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King's Park   Perth

King's Park, Perth

 12 Reviews  It's definitely worthwhile to check out Kings Park...it's a huge park that overlooks the city of Perth and isn't too far from the centre...it's an uphill walk though so take a bus or taxi if you don't... 

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Parks & Gardens   Brisbane

Parks & Gardens, Brisbane

 3 Reviews  Paralysis ticks lurk in even quite short grass in summer. They particularly multiply when it is humid. These ticks will kill a dog in a few days after first paralyzing their back legs and causing them... 

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Mt Eden   Auckland

Mt Eden, Auckland

 3 Reviews  This is the extinct volcanic crater at Mt Eden. Besides being always pretty, grassy and green, since childhood I've always enjoyed the great view of Rangitoto (another volcano) and Auckland city and... 

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travelling with young children

by lynee

travelling with a 2 year old: we travelled for 3 months in Australia camping with a 2 year old, then another time for 5 weeks in tasmania staying in cabins witha 10 month old and a 3 year old. we went where we wanted to go , kids enjoy playing in different playgrounds , beaches walks etc, so you don't have to do extra special things, experiencing differing styles of life is good for them. If driving stop regularly at a park for morning tea and lunch etc so they can get out and run around. Caravan parks are good if you stay in cabins as these usually have a good playground and room to run around. Take some lttle cars and a small ball and some books /puzzles for at night.Take a parka and beanie and mittens, have fun.

Forum answer-dream honeymoon options

by amandajayne81

From your side of the world I think New Zealand and Australia would be a pretty ideal dream honeymoon. You will be able to see so many different things between the two countries. I would suggest 2 weeks in NZ (I like picking about 4 places to have 3 or so nights each at), a week in one of the big cities (Sydney or Melbourne) and then finish with a week at the beach (Sunshine Coast is nice, or Cairns/Northern Queensland or even around Perth on the West Coast.)Back to NZ probably the most 'dreamy' places in my opinion to just relax and enjoy the scenery (or get active and do some tramping) were the Glaciers on the West Coast or Lake Tekapo. We loved the place we stayed at there.Feel free to ask for more help if necessary.

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¸THE THREE SISTERS

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The legendThree sisters, the members of Katoomba tribe, had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe. Tribal law forbade them to marry, and the broders decided to use force to capture the three sisters, causing a tribal battle. As the lives of the three sisters were in danger, a witchdoctor from Katoomba tribe turned them into the stone. After the battle a witchdoctor inteded to reverse the spell to return the ladies to life again. Unfortunately, a witchdoctor was killed and the three sisters remain in their rock formation.

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Blue Mountains

by olja1234

We made a day trip from Sydney to Blue Mountains. It was guided tour and a bus driver was a guide as well. All the way he explained us about the places we were passing. He also told us a legend about three sisters - the three peaks you can see on the photo.

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CBlue Mountains

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The landscape around Blue Montains is realy breathtaking. In our one day trip to this place - it was a guided tour,. We stopped at the points from where the view was the best. Everybody wanted to took some photos, the place worth it for sure.

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%DCBNew South Wales

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This photo was taken from the sea side. There is this settlement of the luxury houses, approachable from a sea side only. We took a short cruise along the gulf in Sydney.I recomand such a tour to everyone who visit Sydney. It's so amazing to admire the sigst from "water-side".

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Victoria state

by olja1234

I thik, this photo was taken in Ballarat, but I'm not sure. You can see, how the small cities look like. My first impresson was, so many space. Therfore, the buildings aren't tall, at all except in the big cities of course.

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Cruise Passenger Manual

by Kakapo2

-Some more tips for cruise passengers. If you have questions please send me an email, and I will add my answers and the information to this manual - as long as it is of general interest.Things you should or might want to know – or not…The Rush to the Top Decks:Whenever getting close to a port of call, the passengers hurry to the bow of the ship to get the best views of the islands/ports/cities to be visited. However, this is not the only place from where you get great photos. Sometimes the sun rises towards one side of the ship, so you get great shots from there. Or you want to photograph how the tenders are lowered to the water. In general, however, the bow often really is the best place to take arrival photos. It clearly was the best place before the arrival in Moorea, as dolphins accompanied the ship, and they were in front of the bow. It is also interesting – but just once – to...

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Immigration back into New Zealand

by Kakapo2

-Getting off the ship at the end of the cruise was the easiest thing you could ever imagine. We just left, dropped our Cruise Cards in a box (although we had been told earlier that we could keep the cards for our scrap books, and staff said they did not know why they suddenly wanted to keep the cards – another act of fabulous organisation), walked past an immigration officer, let one of those cute MAF beagles sniff at our hand luggage, grabbed our suitcases, hopped on the airport bus, and were gone.Immigration officers had boarded the ship in Suva, the last port of call. Every passenger got a note in his cabin when to show up in one of the restaurants which had been transformed into a huge NZ immigration office, and bring passport, immigration forms and all questionable things bought on the various islands. You also had to fill out a complete list with all purchases that were made of...

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Muster Stations

by Kakapo2

-On the first day of the cruise there was an emergency rehearsal. All passengers had to go to their respective muster stations with their life jacket and learn how to use them correctly.For a start, nobody really knew when we would have to be at our muster station which was the Atlantis Lounge. So when we saw the first people walk up the stairs with the life jackets in their hands, we asked when the rehearsal would start, and were told a time different to the one we had got in writing. When we arrived at the new time, it still was the wrong time. But well, at some point the show started ;-)What we learnt is that obviously you have a lot of time until a ship sinks… When the alarm sounds, you should walk to your cabin in a quiet manner, grab your life jacket, and walk – again in a non-hectic way – to your muster station where you will get further instructions.

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