Hi

Someone on the Europe forum put together an amazing list of websites and i though it may be useful to share some of my favourites in Australia and New South Wales. So here we go:

www.australianexplorer.com.au - detailed travel possibilities in each State and Territory including photos of locations, landscape, architecture etc, all types of accommodations, boating, events, Australian slang and lots more

www.about-australia.com - covers each State and Territory

www.smallguide.com.au - The Small guide to the Big Country – user friendly and personal look at each State , includes self drive itineraries, gives clear idea of how large distances are

www.traveldownunder.com.au - details of capital cities and regions including accommodation, attractions, events and tours

www.australianbedandbreakfast.com.au - bed and breakfast including farm(ranch) stays

www.babs.com.au -another b&b site

www.holidyaswithkids.com.au - has some other countries as well

www.lordhoweisland.info - UNESCO world heritage island

www.stayz.com.au - holiday homes and apartments

www.holidaysonline.com.au - holiday homes New South Wales and Sydney

www.toptouristparks.com.au - cabins, motor home parks; many are at amazing locations

www.nationalparks.gov.au - national parks in New South Wales

www.visistnsw.com.au - New South Wales and Sydney

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Food--Win...709483570.html - New South Wales wine regions

www.hht.net.au - Historic Houses Trust New South Wales

www.bestrestaurants.com.au - Australia wide

www.eatability.com.au – restaurants,reviews in Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast in Queensland

www.sydneyeats.net.au - Sydney

www.sydneyoperahouse.com.au -what is on at the opera house:ballet, opera, theatre

www.ticketek.com.au – entertainment Australia wide and booking

Adding on a site for directions anywhere in Australia there is a good site www.whereis.com. or www.whereis.com.au

You can type in detailed information such as street name and number of your starting point and your destination or just names of locations and the state/territory they are in.

Click on 'get directions' and it gives you detailed directions including number of kilometres and time involved. You can also view and print out a map of the route.

Very helpful Angelnot - I've cut and pasted your links to add to my Australia file.

Here are a few more I keep in my favorites file that I've found helpful while planning my trips:

Tassie:

http://www.discovertasmania.com.au

Tassie drive distances:

http://www.rentforless.com.au/distances.htm

OZ Accommodation:

www.greatplacestostay.com.au

www.totaltravel.com.au

www.travelmate.com.au

www.cottages.com.au

www.wotif.com


Western Australia:

http://www.west-oz

Perth:

http://www.perthtouristcentre.com.au

Albany:

http://www.albanytourist.com.au/accommodation.asp#

Denmark:

http://www.denmarkwa.com.au/

Australian National Parks:

http://www.naturebase.net/

Australian visas available online via the following site:

http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/

Australia School holidays:

http://www.australiatravelsearch.com.au/trc/hols.html

www.menulog.com.au - online food home delivery service with menus, reviews,pictures from your local restaurants,Asutralia wide and there are different payment options so you don't need a credit card.

Wow..lots of cool links here. If you have looking for sites for things to do in Australia I have found some cool stuff at these.

http://www.redballoondays.com.au/gif...ence-gifts.cfm

http://www.godo.com.au/activities/water-activities

Lots of Hotels. This might be useful for accommodation. Apparently it's a new resource put out by webjet.
www.lotsofhotels.com.au

Thanks for starting this thread, Angelnot1 - it's a great idea.