I was thinking about taking a kid or two down under for a fair dinkum Christmas. What do the locals suggest for a great week?
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Go to New Zealand. The wildlife won’t try to kill you!
I spent a lifetime in New Zealand one weekend.
Haha,You would be most welcome in NZ,I will show you around.Bring warm clothes tho,can still be cold here at that time.You could go up global warmed Mt Egmont,just DON’T bring trenberthh back.
I opened this link to say….”go to NZ instead” but Blly Liar who obviously tells the truth, beat me to it!
If you want to keep kids occupied then you will need to go to the Gold Coast in Queensland.
Beaches, Sea World and Movie World will keep them occupied. A short trip off to Crikey Mans Oz Zoo on the Sunshine Coast is also worth it for Kids.
Bring plenty of $$$$. Australia is not cheap.
You will need to book now. Christmas is Australian summer and school kids have 6 weeks off over the Christmas break.
Christmas in Australia
http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/jingle-bells-colin-buchanon.html
Glossary:
Bush- Outback territory
Ute = Utility = Pick-up Truck
Boot = Trunk
Thongs = footwear not undergarment
Swaggie is an itinerant tramp
Colin sings “Christmas in Australia on a scorching summer’s day,” but with the present rate of warming perhaps you should pack some winter clothes.
Yeah BI,have been to the Gold coast,what a great place for kids.Went to all the amusement parks and had a wonderful time.I’m going back next year.Last year I went to WA for six weeks for wheat harvest.I love it out there with all the wildlife.So different to NZ.I must admit the amusement parks there are much better than any thing we have here.If I was young and working,I would be over there like a shot along with thousands of other Kiwis.It’s a great place.
For a great week, go to Sydney.
All the other things (Gold Coast, Barrier Reef, New Zealand) will keep you vaguely amused for a day.
Billy, they are all here already 🙂
Ivan … he’ll need a week in ‘Sideney’ just to get across town LOL.
Gold Coast is good if you want the kids to enjoy themselves at the various amusement parks.
Sydney Harbour bridge, opera house and Rocks area are worth spending a couple of days looking at.
More “authentic” oz trip would be Darwin, then Kakadu, maybe Katherine Gorge if you can fit it in, especially if you enjoy crocodile feeding.
Perth, Margaret River wine region, and surrounds are very enjoyable but depends on the age of the kids, because there is a lot of driving to do. Australia is big.
It sounds like Gold Coast and NZ it is! Thanks everyone.
In some ways it will be hard to tell them apart – there are so many Kiwis living in SE Queensland these days. Just keep your hand on your wallet.
Visit Taronga Zoo in Sydney by ferry from the City to see animals, birds, reptiles and the Sydney harbour in perfect safety.
In Melbourne visit Belgrave take the kids on a romantic and exciting trip on the Historic Puffing Billy train through the beautiful Dandenong Mountain Range.
Stay away from the Gold Coast as it is tawdry and boring.
If you like snorkelling and swimming the Great Barrier Reef is a wonder and you can stay in the boat and look through the glass bottom if stinging jellyfish worry you.
Cairns is the Reef central City. The reef is 2,300 km long and spreads over 348,000 sq.km and so you can’t miss it.
In Tasmania you could drive out to from Geeveston,, south of Hobart to see the Centurion Tree that will be within ten years the World’s Tallest Tree at its present rate of growth. With a bit of luck you could find an even taller one or even a Tasmania Tiger (quite harmless and dog-like), nearby as most of Tasmania is little explored in detail.
I will be very interested to see where you finally decide to go. Wherever you do go you will have a very, very good time and be very welcome!
Sorry but in my view Australia is over-governed, over-rated, over-policed and you will find that the weather during summer can be quite miserable *rainy, cloudy and tepid warm, not warm enough to be on beach for example for prolonged periods. High pressures set up on the east coast and continuously blow tepid warmish moist air which really derives mostly from South direction and causes precipitation over land but not like a hot monsoon, much less. If you go North to Cairns, its only slightly warmer etc., but you can’t get in the sea, cause’ its full of toxic bottlenecks and its too shallow anyway The only place for real sunny weather is over on the mid to high west coast but the sea there ain’t too pleasant and there are no cities. The geography is excrutiatingly boring and flat mostly (compared say to South America). The quality of the food in restaurants is dubious (Syney got food poisoning 3 times, once in Brisbane), compared with Hawaii for example, with exceptions the fish is first class. However it (fish) may not be now because the Gillard government has closed down all the fishing. BTW It is probably the most expensive country in the world. Most important,. how dare you go there its got a carbon tax hahahaha. Id go to Brazil any day but give NZ a try its got nice scenery the people are a bit more intelligent too like they are going after the Temp fraudsters there you could not even dream of doing that in Australia they would put you in jail the country is run by lawyers.
Crikey mate, settle down. We’re not that bad and you couldn’t be more wrong about the weather.
“Sorry but in my view Australia is over-governed, over-rated, over-policed and you will find that the weather during summer can be quite miserable…”
Yeah but when compared to NZ it looks great.
Just be careful you don’t get arrested at Sydney airport for being a denier hahahah just joking
If you like fishing and crabbing, Broome is good where I am, but as you are from ‘the snow’, you may prefer summer down south. Perth to Albany is always good. December is our wet season which makes off-roading a bit difficult.
OK Theme parks on the Gold Coast (and the mandatory beaches) but make sure you get up to see Australia Zoo and UnderWater World on the Sunshine Coast (at Mooloolaba). It’s about 30mins north of me.
Let me know when you’ll be around, would like to meet you.
NZ is NOT Australia.
depends if you wanna pretend ypure home still and do the tacky tourist parks or go somewherer less trammeled?
it should be 30 to 40C depending on what state. ie nth is hot n humid mid lat is ok, and lower own is cooler
maybe:-)
every state has some spectacular spots.
depends what you like doing.
I would suggest you base yourself at Sydney, if you have a week only. Plan maybe three one day trips, one south to the Wollongong area, great beaches, Thirroul, Sandon Point, Bulli, via The Royal National Park. Another to the west, over the Great Dividing Range, maybe as far as Bathurst/Orange or maybe Mudgee for a squiz at rural Australia. And another, up the F3 to a bit beyond Newcastle to do a loop through rural Gloucester & back to the beaches of Forster/Tuncurry. Car rental would be essential simply to do the kilometres.
When in Sydney, there are beaches galore. I prefer the northern beaches, such as North Curl Curl, Dee Why, Bungen and Bilgola, Manly seems to be a tourist must & is accessable by ferry from the city. The Eastern Suburbs beaches are OK but are generally packed, some people like that though.
There are heaps of restaurants of every ethnic background you can imagine, Chinatown is a must, catch a few ferries, Luna Park, Harbour Bridge walk or climb. It being Xmas time Sydney won’t be so packed, but you would have to reckon there would be a fair amount holiday traffic sometimes heavy in and around the road approaches and departure points.
Places to stay, at the less expensive end, eg, Aaron’s at Haymarket, Hotel Lodge Edgecliff or the other extreme is the Park Hyatt with views to the Opera House & harbour. Depends. Cheers.