... city centre. You can see rental properties on sites like www.realestate.com.au/ or www.domain.com.au/ (where you'll most likely be going through real estate agents). For holiday/vacation apartments (you'll most likely be going through owners directly, so, do ask thorough questions and certainly ... more

... get an education on his vacation. We did see all of the Surviving Australia secion, which was excellent. This is a very good museum and well worth the money. I guess it just depends on what you want to do on your vacation... Next, we went to Hyde Park Barracks ... more

... met and were sharing the rental car. On the way back I had two starving teens in the car, many places had closed, and suggestions to eat at a nice "sit down" restaurant didn't go over well. McD's it was! :-) In SYD, we blundered into the food court ... more

... about finding a couple of "rental kids" to get the deal! LOL. This is our first vacation without kids in over 18 years... so we'll definitely have no kids in tow! It's still an activity we plan to do one of the days we are there and I ... more

... Port Douglas is ideal, however if seeing the sights is priority then best to book accommodation that is most convenient for what one wants to do. For longer stays often a split is ideal.If one has a rental car then the choices can expand beyond the two tourist areas ... more

... use a travel agent. Planning vacations is just ... ... to pay a fee most of the time. The US$ is strong compared to the A$, which was nice for us. We are used to the euro kicking our butts on vacation! Please let me know if you have any other questions ... more

... hoping to mix up the vacation in as much as driving - (great ocean drive) motorhome (tasmania) flying sydney - adelaide then hobart to Cairns and then we are living on a boat for 3 days to see the reef after we get to Brisbane So other question - where do we want ... more