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- Friday May 23rd [ Details ]
- Airport transfer - For those Arriving by 12:30pm (15 on QF790 arriving 1220 & 1 on QF723 at 1200).
- 1330 depart Doubletree Hotel
- Alice Springs Desert Park
- Dinner - Overlanders Steakhouse
- Saturday May 24th [ Details ]
- 0830 Meet in lobby of Doubletree Hotel, 0845 Departure
- School of the Air
- Royal Flying Doctors Service
- Anzac Hill
- Approx. 1pm - Afternoon of rest / own activity
- Evening: Dinner - Hanuman Restaurant @ Doubletree Hotel
- Sunday May 25th [Details ]
- 0615 - Bus "to Uluru (Ayres Rock)" departs DT hotel
- Breakfast at Stuarts Well Roadhouse ~0730
- Atila (Mt.Conner) lookout arriving around for morning tea ~0930
- Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) National Park and lunch ~1300
- Uluru Cultural Centre ~1400, base tour and Mala & Mutitjulu walks
- Sunset viewing of the changing colours of Uluru with drinks & nibbles
- Dinner - barbeque at the sunset viewing platform
- The price includes the $25 cost of the compulsory three day park pass
Oz Fest #11. "The Red Centre" Australia. Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25, 2014
Jun 18, 2014, 10:55 pm
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Jun 18, 2014, 10:57 pm
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Jun 18, 2014, 10:58 pm
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Gotcha.
A Ski Resort in Winter.
Well there's a creative and novel idea for us.
Let's see, airfares and hotels treble the usual rates .. . great suggestion!
A Ski Resort in Winter.
Well there's a creative and novel idea for us.
Let's see, airfares and hotels treble the usual rates .. . great suggestion!
Jun 19, 2014, 6:47 am
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Jun 19, 2014, 8:06 am
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When i dont know what airport code is located i just type the following in google
XXX Airport (Where XXX is the airport code)
XXX Airport (Where XXX is the airport code)
Jun 19, 2014, 6:49 pm
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Jun 20, 2014, 12:09 am
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Jun 20, 2014, 1:08 am
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May 21, 22, 23 & 24
Kawarau Hotel from $126NZD (most expensive room $184)
Resort & Spa from $186NZD (most expensive - room $333, residence 1 bed $236, 2 bed $333 and Suite/Relaxation Room $441)
Given the NZ peso is weak against the AUD & USD, the current range is from (rounded up):
AUD - $117 to $409
USD - $110 to $385
(using NZD$126 and $441 as benchmarks)
Now, it's true, I don't know many here that will pay for a Suite as those prices...
Jun 20, 2014, 1:27 am
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http://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/Media/Events_trade_md/
However late May the weather would be "refreshing"
Jun 20, 2014, 8:39 am
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Some variation of this would be appealing to us, unless NZ is to become a regular feature in the OzFest rotations. Seeing two cities in one trip would be good for us 1st time visitors.
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Jun 21, 2014, 1:10 am
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Jun 21, 2014, 9:04 am
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Jun 21, 2014, 9:26 am
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Well if an Alaskan sees Queenstown average temps as 'refreshing' .....................
We were DARN lucky with Hobart at start of Winter, and that was only getting close to 'refreshing', and that's as close as I'd ever be happy to gamble on.
Glen
We were DARN lucky with Hobart at start of Winter, and that was only getting close to 'refreshing', and that's as close as I'd ever be happy to gamble on.
Glen
Jun 21, 2014, 8:15 pm
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Jun 25, 2014, 8:55 am
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Well i'm already committed to OZ fest 2015, cant wait for destination to be listed. I have already booked award tickets including F on QF A380 on the way over using AS miles and J on NZ 787-9 using UA miles. Still 5K miles short to add on the Asia-USA flights but wante dto grab what was available to the TPAC gateway. Just hope 787-9 doesnt have as many isues as 787-8 or its back to the drawing board (i know mercury retrograde so i'm probably screwed)
Departing JFK on May 12th
Stop-over in MEL (stop-over days still in air) then headed to CNS for the things i didint have time to do this year
Returning evening of May 26th out of AKL via PEK
Departing JFK on May 12th
Stop-over in MEL (stop-over days still in air) then headed to CNS for the things i didint have time to do this year
Returning evening of May 26th out of AKL via PEK
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