TRAVELLING IN 
AUSTRALIA

There are a lot
of ways to get
to Australia and a
lot of reasons for
doing so.The country
is VAST! The once
Family reunion
visit which const-
ituted what there
was of tourism to
this country has now 
been joined by a
lively and rapidly
grwoing - some might
say booming -toursim
industry.There's
so much to see and
with air fare falling
all the time, there's
never been a better
time to see Auntie
Lily or go scuba
diving off the
Great Barrier reef.

See seperate
sections on:

AUSTRALIAN
CAPITAL TERRITORY

NEW SOUTH WALES

NORTHERN TERRITORY

QUEENSLAND

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

TASMANIA

VICTORIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Main facts:
Capital:Canberra

Pop:17,000,000

Full details from:
Australia High
Commission,
Australia House,
The Strand,
London WC2B 4LA
Tel:071-438-8000

Language:English

Time:Australia spans
three times zones
NE/SE GMT+10
Central:GMT+9.5
West:GMT+8

Electricity:
220-240volts

Pasports/visas:
Full passport and
visa is required.

Currency:
Australian Dollar
100 cents

Health:
No problems
Tap water drinkable

Air travel:
National Airline
is Quantas with
daily flights from
Manchester & London.
Approx flying time
24 hrs

International airports:
Sydney
Brisbane
Perth
Melbourne
Adelaide
Darwin
Hobart
Townsville
Cairns

Local airlines:
Ansett
Australian
Air NSW
East-west
Avdev
Air Queensland
Northern Australian
Eastern
Western

Sea:
International cruise
lines dock at
Sydney,Melbourne
Hobart,Perth and
Brisbane and
Adelaide.


Rail:Over 40,000 km
of track cover the
country.The INDIAN
PACIFIC is a three
times weekly coast
to coast service.
Takes 3 days.

Cheap air fares:
Check out with
your travel agent
for cheaper fares
to Ozzie
with 
Garuda
Air India
Cathay
Singapore
Air NZ
BA and Quantas
Gulf Air

As a general rule
the more direct
a flight, the
more exepnsive
the least direct
a route ,the
cheaper.
Stopovers in
Hong Kong,Jakarta
Singapore or
Bangkok are quite
reasonably priced,
break the journey
and keep the
price down.Many
UK travel agents
use CONSOLIDATED
flights and these
are the things to
ask for.

UK TOUR OPS:
Travel 4
Kuoni
Ansett
Rainbow

Hotels:
Every state as a
international chain
represented that
run first class
hotels though
there is also
a wide selection
of motels/motor
inns run a la
Americana...