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Old April 9th, 2007, 12:48 PM posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
vale
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Default Travelling the East Coast

Hi all,

I will be travelling the East Coast in July with a friend and we are
trying to figure out wich is the best way to do it. We have about 15
days and the rough masterplan is Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane.

We checked online for cheap car hires but, although the rental is not
crazy expensive, when it comes to insurance excess reduction liability
prices become not affordable anymore.

Right now we are looking for travel passes through the rail-coach
network and we found this Backtracker pass from CountryLink which
doesn't sound too bad (14 days illimited travel on CountryLink rail and
coach network for 232AUD). Anyone of you have any experience/suggestion
about this? Is the CountryLink network good? Are there any other passes
from other companies more convenient?

Thanks a bunch!

Vale


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Old April 9th, 2007, 02:21 PM posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
Alan S[_1_]
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Default Travelling the East Coast

On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:48:24 +0000 (UTC), "vale"
wrote:

Hi all,

I will be travelling the East Coast in July with a friend and we are
trying to figure out wich is the best way to do it. We have about 15
days and the rough masterplan is Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane.

We checked online for cheap car hires but, although the rental is not
crazy expensive, when it comes to insurance excess reduction liability
prices become not affordable anymore.

Right now we are looking for travel passes through the rail-coach
network and we found this Backtracker pass from CountryLink which
doesn't sound too bad (14 days illimited travel on CountryLink rail and
coach network for 232AUD). Anyone of you have any experience/suggestion
about this? Is the CountryLink network good? Are there any other passes
from other companies more convenient?

Thanks a bunch!

Vale


Countrylink is the only rail company in country NSW. It's
just the modern name for the old NSWGR (New South Wales
Government Railways).

The section from Sydney to Brisbane is reasonably scenic -
spectacularly so in some spots - and there are a multitude
of interesting towns with different attractions to stop over
at. I travelled from Pottsville to Taree on it a couple of
weeks ago. Unfortunately the Pottsville to Casino section is
now a bus, (I wrote about the closing of that section here
http://loraltraveloz.blogspot.com/20...t-railway.html
but the train was comfortable and clean although the
services now are fairly basic. No more dining car, just a
take-away food and sandwich bar.

The Melbourne-Sydney train route is less scenic but still
interesting, and certainly more interesting than the bus
route. Incidentally, check to see if the ticket would
include a side trip to Canberra.

What sort of towns and sights would you be interested in as
stopovers?

Cheers, Alan, Australia
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Old April 10th, 2007, 02:08 AM posted to rec.travel.australia+nz
JohnS
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Default Travelling the East Coast

A hire car is definitely the best way to travel. You see more, you
waste less time, you have a wider choice of places to stay, etc. Two
people sharing a hire car would probably be cheaper than the combined
fares for 2 people.

The cheapest way to cover your car rental excess is to take out normal
travel insurance.
Depending on the company there is usually about $3000 of cover for car
rental excess.
It works out a lot cheaper and you get all the other cover as well
(loss of luggage, medical, etc).
The disadvantage is that if you do have an accident you will be
charged directly and you will then have to claim that from your travel
insurance company.

Getting travel insurance directly from the web may be cheaper than
going through a travel agent.
have a look at
http://www.1cover.com.au/
I've used them but never had to claim from them.
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On Apr 9, 9:48 pm, "vale" wrote:
Hi all,

I will be travelling the East Coast in July with a friend and we are
trying to figure out wich is the best way to do it. We have about 15
days and the rough masterplan is Melbourne-Sydney-Brisbane.

We checked online for cheap car hires but, although the rental is not
crazy expensive, when it comes to insurance excess reduction liability
prices become not affordable anymore.

Right now we are looking for travel passes through the rail-coach
network and we found this Backtracker pass from CountryLink which
doesn't sound too bad (14 days illimited travel on CountryLink rail and
coach network for 232AUD). Anyone of you have any experience/suggestion
about this? Is the CountryLink network good? Are there any other passes
from other companies more convenient?

Thanks a bunch!

Vale

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