Australia- realistic budget

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The shortest possible way to travel is about 22 hours with a short layover in LAX or SFO (like under 2 hours). That runs $7,500-10k in business class. Or if you fly eastward, it can be under $7k like currently I see $6,700 via Istanbul ans Singapore, but that's 32 hours of travel.

Remember to budget another $2k on your trip for vegemite sandwiches.

I am the OP. You can’t trick me on the vegemite

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The shortest possible way to travel is about 22 hours with a short layover in LAX or SFO (like under 2 hours). That runs $7,500-10k in business class. Or if you fly eastward, it can be under $7k like currently I see $6,700 via Istanbul ans Singapore, but that's 32 hours of travel.

Remember to budget another $2k on your trip for vegemite sandwiches.

Very strange to quote business class tickets for a family of 5 that is hoping not to spend more than a total of $30,000.

[Anonymous]

Have any dcum-ers rented a campervan for Australia touring?

[Anonymous]

I have a really dumb question on AUS/NZ travel. Suppose you fly from AUS to US, say Sydney to LA. It's an overnight flight and you will cross the International Date Line.
Does this mean that you depart from Sydney Friday afternoon and arrive on LA on Friday morning?

[Anonymous]

Yes. You'll arrive a few hours earlier on the same day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any dcum-ers rented a campervan for Australia touring?

I have for NZ. But over 15 years ago and without kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. You'll arrive a few hours earlier on the same day.

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. You'll arrive a few hours earlier on the same day.

And the trip TO Australia you leave DC late afternoon say Friday arrive LAX or SFO at night, transfer to a later night flight to SYD/MEL that leaves around 10 PM, and arrive around 9 AM Sunday morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any dcum-ers rented a campervan for Australia touring?

No. But depends how much area you want to cover and how much time you have. A lot of the most visited places are very far part.

[Anonymous]

We went to Aus and NZ this summer (their winter). Weather was amazing and mild even in NZ South Island. Loved both, but especially AUS. Beautiful country and yummy food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We went to Aus and NZ this summer (their winter). Weather was amazing and mild even in NZ South Island. Loved both, but especially AUS. Beautiful country and yummy food.

Can you please share your itinerary and how many days you had?

[Anonymous]

I have friends who went for a month. They travel like this -- months at a time -- each year.

Shier reaction to AUS? "That was expensive!"

I would rather travel around Canada.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any dcum-ers rented a campervan for Australia touring?

No. But depends how much area you want to cover and how much time you have. A lot of the most visited places are very far part.

My European friends did this. They had a year of paid maternity/paternity leave. They went for 3 months. Took their newborn and their 3 year old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We went to Aus and NZ this summer (their winter). Weather was amazing and mild even in NZ South Island. Loved both, but especially AUS. Beautiful country and yummy food.

Can you please share your itinerary and how many days you had?

Brisbane for 4 nights (lone pine, Queensland museum, new farm playground), port Douglas 4 nights (calypso reef tour, Daintree, atherton tablelands including granite gorge to see wallabies), Sydney 5 nights (day in manly, day in bondi, botanical garden walk to opera house, taronga zoo, darling harbor and playground, fireworks at night), ate yummy food in Chinatown area. Hyde park barracks (We flew to all three cities)

Fly to Christchurch

NZ - 2 nights Akaroa to see penguins and dolphins, went to winery (small cute town) - fly to Queenstown

4 nights Queenstown- Milford sound, glenorchy and paradise (visited Isengard and lothlorien), did two 1 hr hikes (routeburn and diamond lake), jet boat and winery, lake wanaka - fly to Wellington

1 night Wellington (te papa museum)

Drive to Rotorua - stopped at huka falls

3 nights Rotorua- gondola and luge, redwoods, Waiotapu thermal wonderland, waikite hot pools, wingspan

Drove to Auckland- via waitomo and kiwi house - 1 night (animal park and playground by airport to kill time before our flight)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We went to Aus and NZ this summer (their winter). Weather was amazing and mild even in NZ South Island. Loved both, but especially AUS. Beautiful country and yummy food.

Can you please share your itinerary and how many days you had?

This is not OP who originally asked but this is OP now - would love to see itinerary also - thank you!! I am so glad others are interested in the trip too. Thank you all for the advice!!!