Australia 7-8 days - where to visit?

fricatus

Hi all, wonder if you can help...

We're heading to Australia for three weeks to visit relatives in Melbourne. We're planning on using the middle week to get out and explore the country.

Sydney is a must, and we're thinking of the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsundays, and maybe also the Uluru and Kata Tjuta. Would all that be too much to squeeze in? How easy is it to get between all these places?

Any other suggestions also most welcome!

Qwerty27

Realistically, you have no chance of squuezing all that into a week....trip to Whitsundays takes 2-3 days if you want to see it all and make the most of it, thats before you even get there. All those places are an internal flight away, incl Synday really its a huge country after all. Think you may want to cut back your plans quiet abit and its you to you want yu really want to experience and see

seamusmcspud

I agree with the above post. Pick one of these spots and see it well. You could easily spend a week in any of those spots. Maybe 4 days in Sydney and 4 in Cairns....... it'll be addictive though..... you'll want to go back soon and see more and more...... amazing place!:eek:

bills

As already said I would pick sydney & whitsundays.
Uluru & ayers rock is also very expensive. We priced it & decided to forget mainly due to price.

Jagera

Are you going for 3 weeks (as per your post), or 7-8 days (thread title)?

I agree with everyone else, quality - not quantity.

JustinDee

fricatus wrote: »

Hi all, wonder if you can help...

We're heading to Australia for three weeks to visit relatives in Melbourne. We're planning on using the middle week to get out and explore the country.

Sydney is a must, and we're thinking of the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsundays, and maybe also the Uluru and Kata Tjuta. Would all that be too much to squeeze in? How easy is it to get between all these places?

It would be nigh-on impossible to do it all in a week. Even if you'd gotten to a place, you'd be practically missing it out to take in.
For example, Uluru is actually around 4hrs drive from Alice Springs. For a place where you have to see it during both dawn and dusk thats the best part of two days between getting there and soaking it all up.

Esto Fidelis

Hi

You will need a few days in Melbourne as it is a great spot, you could head down the great ocean rd, we stopped off in Torquay and Apollo Bay for a night and this took us a few days. A helicoptor ride over 12 apostels is well worth it, we came back by the otways. Sydney is ok, worth a few days but the whit sundays and frazer island are well worth visiting. After doing all this i dont think you will have much time for anything else. Enjoy it.

fricatus

bw wrote: »

Are you going for 3 weeks (as per your post), or 7-8 days (thread title)?

I agree with everyone else, quality - not quantity.

Three weeks, majority of it in Melbourne with relatives, 7-8 days in the middle to go travelling.