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  1. TRAVELLING IN 
  2. AUSTRALIA
  3.  
  4. There are a lot
  5. of ways to get
  6. to Australia and a
  7. lot of reasons for
  8. doing so.The country
  9. is VAST! The once
  10. Family reunion
  11. visit which const-
  12. ituted what there
  13. was of tourism to
  14. this country has now 
  15. been joined by a
  16. lively and rapidly
  17. grwoing - some might
  18. say booming -toursim
  19. industry.There's
  20. so much to see and
  21. with air fare falling
  22. all the time, there's
  23. never been a better
  24. time to see Auntie
  25. Lily or go scuba
  26. diving off the
  27. Great Barrier reef.
  28.  
  29. See seperate
  30. sections on:
  31.  
  32. AUSTRALIAN
  33. CAPITAL TERRITORY
  34.  
  35. NEW SOUTH WALES
  36.  
  37. NORTHERN TERRITORY
  38.  
  39. QUEENSLAND
  40.  
  41. SOUTH AUSTRALIA
  42.  
  43. TASMANIA
  44.  
  45. VICTORIA
  46.  
  47. WESTERN AUSTRALIA
  48.  
  49. Main facts:
  50. Capital:Canberra
  51.  
  52. Pop:17,000,000
  53.  
  54. Full details from:
  55. Australia High
  56. Commission,
  57. Australia House,
  58. The Strand,
  59. London WC2B 4LA
  60. Tel:071-438-8000
  61.  
  62. Language:English
  63.  
  64. Time:Australia spans
  65. three times zones
  66. NE/SE GMT+10
  67. Central:GMT+9.5
  68. West:GMT+8
  69.  
  70. Electricity:
  71. 220-240volts
  72.  
  73. Pasports/visas:
  74. Full passport and
  75. visa is required.
  76.  
  77. Currency:
  78. Australian Dollar
  79. 100 cents
  80.  
  81. Health:
  82. No problems
  83. Tap water drinkable
  84.  
  85. Air travel:
  86. National Airline
  87. is Quantas with
  88. daily flights from
  89. Manchester & London.
  90. Approx flying time
  91. 24 hrs
  92.  
  93. International airports:
  94. Sydney
  95. Brisbane
  96. Perth
  97. Melbourne
  98. Adelaide
  99. Darwin
  100. Hobart
  101. Townsville
  102. Cairns
  103.  
  104. Local airlines:
  105. Ansett
  106. Australian
  107. Air NSW
  108. East-west
  109. Avdev
  110. Air Queensland
  111. Northern Australian
  112. Eastern
  113. Western
  114.  
  115. Sea:
  116. International cruise
  117. lines dock at
  118. Sydney,Melbourne
  119. Hobart,Perth and
  120. Brisbane and
  121. Adelaide.
  122.  
  123.  
  124. Rail:Over 40,000 km
  125. of track cover the
  126. country.The INDIAN
  127. PACIFIC is a three
  128. times weekly coast
  129. to coast service.
  130. Takes 3 days.
  131.  
  132. Cheap air fares:
  133. Check out with
  134. your travel agent
  135. for cheaper fares
  136. to Ozzie
  137. with 
  138. Garuda
  139. Air India
  140. Cathay
  141. Singapore
  142. Air NZ
  143. BA and Quantas
  144. Gulf Air
  145.  
  146. As a general rule
  147. the more direct
  148. a flight, the
  149. more exepnsive
  150. the least direct
  151. a route ,the
  152. cheaper.
  153. Stopovers in
  154. Hong Kong,Jakarta
  155. Singapore or
  156. Bangkok are quite
  157. reasonably priced,
  158. break the journey
  159. and keep the
  160. price down.Many
  161. UK travel agents
  162. use CONSOLIDATED
  163. flights and these
  164. are the things to
  165. ask for.
  166.  
  167. UK TOUR OPS:
  168. Travel 4
  169. Kuoni
  170. Ansett
  171. Rainbow
  172.  
  173. Hotels:
  174. Every state as a
  175. international chain
  176. represented that
  177. run first class
  178. hotels though
  179. there is also
  180. a wide selection
  181. of motels/motor
  182. inns run a la
  183. Americana...
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