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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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said "well, there's supposed to be a $50 change fee, but
don't worry about it." Can you imagine that on United? And inflight, the
service was just as good. The meals weren't fancy, but were more than
adequate, and truthfully, quite tasty. I suppose the high prices (for
non-foreigners) make this possible, but I should also point out that both
Qantas and Ansett, as of Jan 1997, have a perfect safety record, with no
crashes for either airline. They're about the only major airlines in the
world with a safety record like that. Finally, here's a bit of trivia:
Qantas originally stood for: Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial
Service.

FLYING TO ALICE SPRINGS

With just a few hours of sleep, I had to be at the Sydney airport early
the next morning to catch my flight to Alice Springs, the main town in
central Australia. During this flight, there are some fantastic views from
the airline window. The desert below is filled with mountains, red dirt,
and hundreds of white salt flats. If I had the time, it would have been
interesting to drive from Sydney to Alice Springs, but I think a lot of the
great desert views you see from the plane aren't visible from the main road
through the outback (Stuart Highway).
While on the Ansett flight, they showed the Tom Hanks movie "That Thing
You Do", a movie that I actually played on the soundtrack for, though most
of the time, I was staring out the window. When I asked the stewardess for
some "fizzy lemonade" instead of coffee or tea, she looked at me a bit
startled, and said, "so early in the morning?" but cheerfully brought me
some anyway.

Upon arriving at Alice Springs, I rented a car for a week from Budget, to
first drive around central Australia, then take the Stuart Highway north...

DRIVING IN AUSTRALIA

In Australia, ...

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