Brisbane...to go or not?? Help
Apr 5th, 2005, 06:02 PM
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Brisbane...to go or not?? Help
Thank you all so much for your help in planning our trip these past few months. We have read everything and put a great deal of thought into what we wanted to do this trip and will save the rest for the next.
We will be flying into Sydney and spending 7 nights (allowing us to recover from the flights and relax a bit).
We then fly to Hobart, Tasmania and will spend a week in Tasmania flying out of Launceton.
We will then fly to Melbourne, drive the Great Ocean Road (3 days) then ferry to Kangaroo Island for 3 days. After the ferry back We will drive to Adelaide and fly north.
The question is should we spend time in Brisbane or not??
We will be in Port Douglas for 8 days and will then take the Reef Explorer out of Cairns for 4 nights.
After that we fly to New Zealand.
I am not sure about Brisbane. We would only have 3 days or so and I am wondering if we are doing too much by staying there as well. Will we miss something if we skip it this trip? I am trying to keep a pace where we have some RnR this trip.
Thank You
Sue
We will be flying into Sydney and spending 7 nights (allowing us to recover from the flights and relax a bit).
We then fly to Hobart, Tasmania and will spend a week in Tasmania flying out of Launceton.
We will then fly to Melbourne, drive the Great Ocean Road (3 days) then ferry to Kangaroo Island for 3 days. After the ferry back We will drive to Adelaide and fly north.
The question is should we spend time in Brisbane or not??
We will be in Port Douglas for 8 days and will then take the Reef Explorer out of Cairns for 4 nights.
After that we fly to New Zealand.
I am not sure about Brisbane. We would only have 3 days or so and I am wondering if we are doing too much by staying there as well. Will we miss something if we skip it this trip? I am trying to keep a pace where we have some RnR this trip.
Thank You
Sue
Apr 5th, 2005, 08:09 PM
#2
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,125
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There are a lot of great things to see in Brisbane and SE Queensland. It is a very beautiful part of Australia. But 3 days will not really give you much time to appreciate it. I'd tack extra days onto Tasmania, north Queensland, Victoria or Adelaide....or save them for NZ.
Apr 6th, 2005, 06:50 PM
#4
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,283
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Rose,
Brisbane has a number of interesting things to do and see, but it really depends on what your interests are; and what you're doing in each of the areas you're visiting, (no sense in repeating the same sort of experiences), but it sounds as if you've got quite a vacation planned, counting up the days!
How much time are you planning in New Zealand?
If you decide not to go to Brisbane, I'd add the extra time in Tasmania, and also cut a day off Kangaroo Island.
Hope this is helpful!
Regards,
Melodie
Certified Aussie & Kiwi Specialist
Brisbane has a number of interesting things to do and see, but it really depends on what your interests are; and what you're doing in each of the areas you're visiting, (no sense in repeating the same sort of experiences), but it sounds as if you've got quite a vacation planned, counting up the days!
How much time are you planning in New Zealand?
If you decide not to go to Brisbane, I'd add the extra time in Tasmania, and also cut a day off Kangaroo Island.
Hope this is helpful!
Regards,
Melodie
Certified Aussie & Kiwi Specialist
Apr 11th, 2005, 10:58 AM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 243
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
We're just back from a trip including Brisbane, NZ and Tasmania. I'd trade Brissie for Tassie any day. We had a week in Tasmania and would have appreciated a few more days. You might find something useful in our trip report on http://marksmalley.blogspot.com/
Apr 13th, 2005, 09:39 PM
#6
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 2
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Just an alternative view... I am a kiwi living in brisbane and have travelled through tasmania, which is beautiful in its own right (and home to some fantastic seafood and beer.), but if you are going to Nz i wouldnt bother with tassy at all. Instead spend xtra days R@R on the sunshine coast, brisbane or even the whitsundays.
Good luck with what ever you choose you'll love it.
Good luck with what ever you choose you'll love it.
Apr 13th, 2005, 11:37 PM
#7
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,603
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Just another viewpoint yet again:
I have been to NZ several times and Tasmania several times and I would jump at the chance to go to Tasmania where I would not bother with NZ. Snow and mountains you have in the USA and better ones and more glaciers as well than NZ and a lot of your States are similar in geography as well. Tasmania has wilderness areas that are not found in NZ or the USA in the same way and then the food in Tassie is much better and Hobart, the largest city, is an interesting place whereupon I think Auckland ranks as amongst one of the 10 most boring cities on earth. That is my opinion however and we are all entitled to that. Brisbane? well I would forego Brisbane for more days in Tasmania. Tasmania has many lovely little convict build villages, plenty of things to see and to do within a short distance although getting around them all take many visits.
I do not see any similarity between NZ and Tasmania so I don't know why the previous poster suggests not going if you are going to NZ. I know of no place in NZ which has anything to come near the beauty of Freycinet for instance, I am not sure if NZ has World Heritage Listed Wilderness areas or not but they are nothing like those in Tasmania and I would go as far as to say that Tasmania is as like NZ as NY is like Santa Fe. Chalk and cheese actually - speaking of which Tasmania has cheese like no other except perhaps France and then its better! Perhaps our Kiwi friend will tell us why so many of them now live in Australia and not NZ.
I have been to NZ several times and Tasmania several times and I would jump at the chance to go to Tasmania where I would not bother with NZ. Snow and mountains you have in the USA and better ones and more glaciers as well than NZ and a lot of your States are similar in geography as well. Tasmania has wilderness areas that are not found in NZ or the USA in the same way and then the food in Tassie is much better and Hobart, the largest city, is an interesting place whereupon I think Auckland ranks as amongst one of the 10 most boring cities on earth. That is my opinion however and we are all entitled to that. Brisbane? well I would forego Brisbane for more days in Tasmania. Tasmania has many lovely little convict build villages, plenty of things to see and to do within a short distance although getting around them all take many visits.
I do not see any similarity between NZ and Tasmania so I don't know why the previous poster suggests not going if you are going to NZ. I know of no place in NZ which has anything to come near the beauty of Freycinet for instance, I am not sure if NZ has World Heritage Listed Wilderness areas or not but they are nothing like those in Tasmania and I would go as far as to say that Tasmania is as like NZ as NY is like Santa Fe. Chalk and cheese actually - speaking of which Tasmania has cheese like no other except perhaps France and then its better! Perhaps our Kiwi friend will tell us why so many of them now live in Australia and not NZ.
Apr 14th, 2005, 04:03 AM
#8
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 9,922
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Fair go, Liz. A lot of Kiwis live in Australia for the same reason that a lot of Australians live in the UK and US - for the employment opportunities that go with a larger population and economy. Like a lot of those Australians, I'm sure they'd head home in a flash if their homeland could offer the same career/financial opportunities.
Apr 14th, 2005, 01:37 PM
#9
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,603
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Don't agree Neil, I have a lot of Kiwi friends and with them it started out with two of them coming for job opportunities, then came the parents (retired) then the children, brothers, sisters, cousins, etc etc until now there are actually 57 of them when I first new an original ( Adam and Eve). They come because the climate is better - well that goes for Queensland, NSW, SA, WA and other areas, but I guess you living in Canberra would not be able to say that. They come because it is cheaper for most things i.e. housing and consumables - with the exception of sheep I guess. They come because of many reasons and none seem to be because we offer better employment rewards. It seems to me that half of NZ lives in Australia and the other half visit here in the winter to get away from the wind, rain, earthquakes, snow and freezing cold. Its not called the "Shaky Isles" or "The land of the long white Cloud" for nothing.
Apr 18th, 2005, 04:40 PM
#11
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,603
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
AD c'mon really - what part of Santa Fe looks like NY?
Agree Taos is different though but I like Taos. Met the nicest Pablo Indian there who had been in WW2 and got a medal. Was an absolute darling and although he was 80 something looked more like 50 odd. Was a real ambassador for both NM and the USA. One of those old guys who you would want to spend a day or so with just to listen to what he had to say about life.
Agree Taos is different though but I like Taos. Met the nicest Pablo Indian there who had been in WW2 and got a medal. Was an absolute darling and although he was 80 something looked more like 50 odd. Was a real ambassador for both NM and the USA. One of those old guys who you would want to spend a day or so with just to listen to what he had to say about life.
