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Adelaide to Melbourne...thursday 16th dec 2004
G'day all
Could any one please tell me the best way to get from Adelaide to Melbourne on thursday 16th in max 2 days. I've surfed the net and found 2 or 3 travel agencies that does this, but because of not updated sites i have also found, that this is not possible afterall So now im asking you natives if you know of any such travel agency(with updated sites who could help me. Unless some of you give me a brilliant idea i belive we will rent a car for the two days......because i would very much like to see the Great Ocean Road. And what about The Grampians, could any one tell me what exactly this place is? and is it possible to see it on your own, the national park ect... Thanks for your help. Cheers, Brian |
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In article , Brizze
says... G'day all Could any one please tell me the best way to get from Adelaide to Melbourne on thursday 16th in max 2 days. I've surfed the net and found 2 or 3 travel agencies that does this, but because of not updated sites i have also found, that this is not possible afterall So now im asking you natives if you know of any such travel agency(with updated sites who could help me. Unless some of you give me a brilliant idea i belive we will rent a car for the two days......because i would very much like to see the Great Ocean Road. And what about The Grampians, could any one tell me what exactly this place is? and is it possible to see it on your own, the national park ect... I've driven from Melbourne to Adelaide in two leisurely days along the coast, stopping at the various attractions, so presumably the reverse is likewise practicable, and indeed, I can thoroughly recommend it as a trip. The Grampians are an area of national park and mountains in the middle of Victoria. I haven't been there, but I haven't heard anything but glowing reports. Pete, positively Victorian |
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:30:16 +0200, "Brizze" wrote:
G'day all Could any one please tell me the best way to get from Adelaide to Melbourne on thursday 16th in max 2 days. I've surfed the net and found 2 or 3 travel agencies that does this, but because of not updated sites i have also found, that this is not possible afterall So now im asking you natives if you know of any such travel agency(with updated sites who could help me. Unless some of you give me a brilliant idea i belive we will rent a car for the two days......because i would very much like to see the Great Ocean Road. And what about The Grampians, could any one tell me what exactly this place is? and is it possible to see it on your own, the national park ect... Thanks for your help. Cheers, Brian The Grampians are a range of (high by our standards and low by everyone else's standards:-) hills in NW Victoria. Look at your map - west of Ararat. Interesting sights and walks, but the sort of place you want to spend a few days to wander in the bush, not to rush through en-route to Melbourne. If you are driving, go via Mt Gambier to see the Blue Lake, then the coast via Nelson and stay overnight in Warrnambool. That's easily achievable in a relaxed day, and gives you a full day to drive via the great Ocean Road to Melbourne the following day. I'd drop in on the Coorong if there was time before Mt Gambier, but it sounds like you're a bit pushed for that. You could probably include a deviation via Goolwa to see Lake Alexandrina and the Murray Mouth. I can't comment on buses, and the train goes via the inland, nowhere near the coast. Cheers, Alan -- |
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Thanks, Peter and Alan, for your promt answers.
And Alan, i can tell you that The Grampians will be even higher by Danish standards, since the highest point in Denmark is just shy of 150 meters Cheers, Brian "Alan" skrev i en meddelelse news On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:30:16 +0200, "Brizze" wrote: G'day all Could any one please tell me the best way to get from Adelaide to Melbourne on thursday 16th in max 2 days. I've surfed the net and found 2 or 3 travel agencies that does this, but because of not updated sites i have also found, that this is not possible afterall So now im asking you natives if you know of any such travel agency(with updated sites who could help me. Unless some of you give me a brilliant idea i belive we will rent a car for the two days......because i would very much like to see the Great Ocean Road. And what about The Grampians, could any one tell me what exactly this place is? and is it possible to see it on your own, the national park ect... Thanks for your help. Cheers, Brian The Grampians are a range of (high by our standards and low by everyone else's standards:-) hills in NW Victoria. Look at your map - west of Ararat. Interesting sights and walks, but the sort of place you want to spend a few days to wander in the bush, not to rush through en-route to Melbourne. If you are driving, go via Mt Gambier to see the Blue Lake, then the coast via Nelson and stay overnight in Warrnambool. That's easily achievable in a relaxed day, and gives you a full day to drive via the great Ocean Road to Melbourne the following day. I'd drop in on the Coorong if there was time before Mt Gambier, but it sounds like you're a bit pushed for that. You could probably include a deviation via Goolwa to see Lake Alexandrina and the Murray Mouth. I can't comment on buses, and the train goes via the inland, nowhere near the coast. Cheers, Alan -- |
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In article , Brizze
says... Thanks, Peter and Alan, for your promt answers. And Alan, i can tell you that The Grampians will be even higher by Danish standards, since the highest point in Denmark is just shy of 150 meters That'd be the Lego Tower just outside Copenhagen, then? Pete |
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Well, no not quite.....the Lego park, with the lego tower is on the
penninsula Jylland (Jutland) about 320Km west of Copenhagen Maybe in Oz 320Km is "just outside" but in Denmark it's the opposite end of the country But we have a small, very small "mountain" i guess its a hill, called Himmelbjerget(skymountain) you can laugh! it's "peak" ,which is not covered with snow , is ca. 146meters above waterlevel. Its also to be found in Jylland close to a town called Silkeborg. Brian "Peter" skrev i en meddelelse T... In article , Brizze says... Thanks, Peter and Alan, for your promt answers. And Alan, i can tell you that The Grampians will be even higher by Danish standards, since the highest point in Denmark is just shy of 150 meters That'd be the Lego Tower just outside Copenhagen, then? Pete |
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On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:44:10 +0200, "Brizze" wrote:
Well, no not quite.....the Lego park, with the lego tower is on the penninsula Jylland (Jutland) about 320Km west of Copenhagen Maybe in Oz 320Km is "just outside" but in Denmark it's the opposite end of the country But we have a small, very small "mountain" i guess its a hill, called Himmelbjerget(skymountain) you can laugh! it's "peak" ,which is not covered with snow , is ca. 146meters above waterlevel. Its also to be found in Jylland close to a town called Silkeborg. Brian Hi Brian I was in Switzerland last year, so I felt it might be a little presumptuous to call the Grampians "high". Our highest peak doesn't reach 2500m (Kosciusko). Your problem is time. Places like the Grampians deserve at least a few hours of just wandering around in the bush in no particular hurry. By the way, if you do take the coast road, we met a very drunk (on eucalyptus) large Koala in the Mt Richmond National Park (20 km short of Portland) last year. Can't guarantee she'll still be there, and it's a long deviation. Take the little side tracks if you get the time, like the back roads to Cape Nelson or Cape Bridgewater (with some fascinating hillside cave formations) near Portland. Or Tower Hill near Koroit, or Koroit itself, a sleepy little town. Or the Glenelg national Park, upstream on the Glenelg river from Nelson on the SA/Vic border. But I'm different, I wander a bit with no particular place to go and without much of a daily agenda. Same way I wandered Europe. I allow a week or two to get somewhere, maybe with a deadline at the finish, but no specific places in between. Then, if it's interesting, I hang around an extra day or two. If it's not, wander on. In fact, in mid-December, you're likely to pass me somewhere on the roads as you approach Melbourne:-) Cheers, Alan -- |
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Hi Alan,
Yeah i know all about the Switz alps i visited them 5 years ago. Hiked on glaciers and climbed a couple of small peaks. To me its not about the hight though, but all about the view. Which is also true with your Blue Mountains, which i saw in 2000 and it was a magnificent sight. So i certainly would'nt want to rush through The Grampians, what i would do was to maybe drive through them and get a more beautiful journey that way. And you are right "time is our problem" my wife and i only have a month, and since we only had the opportunity to go in december its even more important that we plan everything because of the big summervacation in Oz, so i've heard. Ofcourse it would be ideal to go where we want to go at a more relaxed pace but unfortunately we dont have the time, and we dont want to miss out on something because we did'nt book "well in advance" as they say. also this will be the last vacation before we have kids, so we want to make the best of it We'll be looking out for you as we approach Melbourne Brian "Alan" skrev i en meddelelse news On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:44:10 +0200, "Brizze" wrote: Well, no not quite.....the Lego park, with the lego tower is on the penninsula Jylland (Jutland) about 320Km west of Copenhagen Maybe in Oz 320Km is "just outside" but in Denmark it's the opposite end of the country But we have a small, very small "mountain" i guess its a hill, called Himmelbjerget(skymountain) you can laugh! it's "peak" ,which is not covered with snow , is ca. 146meters above waterlevel. Its also to be found in Jylland close to a town called Silkeborg. Brian Hi Brian I was in Switzerland last year, so I felt it might be a little presumptuous to call the Grampians "high". Our highest peak doesn't reach 2500m (Kosciusko). Your problem is time. Places like the Grampians deserve at least a few hours of just wandering around in the bush in no particular hurry. By the way, if you do take the coast road, we met a very drunk (on eucalyptus) large Koala in the Mt Richmond National Park (20 km short of Portland) last year. Can't guarantee she'll still be there, and it's a long deviation. Take the little side tracks if you get the time, like the back roads to Cape Nelson or Cape Bridgewater (with some fascinating hillside cave formations) near Portland. Or Tower Hill near Koroit, or Koroit itself, a sleepy little town. Or the Glenelg national Park, upstream on the Glenelg river from Nelson on the SA/Vic border. But I'm different, I wander a bit with no particular place to go and without much of a daily agenda. Same way I wandered Europe. I allow a week or two to get somewhere, maybe with a deadline at the finish, but no specific places in between. Then, if it's interesting, I hang around an extra day or two. If it's not, wander on. In fact, in mid-December, you're likely to pass me somewhere on the roads as you approach Melbourne:-) Cheers, Alan -- |
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