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wrote on 9/16/03 11:10 AM:


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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:27:35 +0000, Hallvard Tangeraas wrote:

And suggestions for a travel route.. I realize that I've left out all of
western Australia, where I intended to start my trip in Perth. But
someone told me that Perth is so far from everything else that I'll
spend ages going through the outback, not being worth it as I can see so
much more at those other places mentioned here. Opinions?

When I did my first trip, I took 3 months to do the circle from Sydney -
Melbourne - Adelaide - Alice - Darwin - Cairns and then east coast down
back to Sydney. You could do this in 2.5 months. I think 2 months would be
a bit rushed.

Cut out Melbourne and Adelaide. They are great cities, but on an itinerary
that includes Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, USA in 6 months they are somewhat
of an anticlimax.


I disagree. Cut out Sydney and Cairns. Adelaide has a quiet charm not
found in most other Aussie cities and Melbourne is much more interesting
than Sydney. You will have plenty of diving and aqua and tropical
opportunities in Asia, so Cairns might have some duplication.