Well if it is an
OZ FEST it better include Sydney ........ Senor Spiff.
June 1-August 30 is
Winter here remember, but think CA/FL type winter temperatures in the main. I wear cotton shirts in June and not silk ones to warm up a little.
And remember this country is size of the lower 48, so MEL-Perth-Darwin-Cairns-SYD is akin to SFO-DFW-BOS-MIA-LAX in distance, and there are no decent round Australia points awards redeemable anymore, {used to be THE finest FF award in the world) and visitor airpasses are a LOT higher in $$$ than they used to be. Qantas is the ONLY internal airline to award points for flights.
And stay clear out OUR school vacation breaks as fares are often 50% higher in those times. Sadly ....
these vary markedly state to state, but early May is a pretty clever choice of dates.
Virgin Blue is luckily adding a lot of routes nationally, and now include Perth and Darwin and Cairns, so that may keep costs down and in my experience lately they are ALWAYS lower than Qantas. (But right now
no FF plan and are all one class).
For anyone wanting to paly with figures and routes try looking at
www.travel.com.au for a wide range of services, tours, Hotels and flights.
And buying flights sooner than later may be wise as the $A has gained near on 10% against $US in very recent times.
C'mon down ................
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Glen ~
"Did you know that the word Saadam when spelt backwards becomes Madaas?" ------ ® ... Alfred. E. Neuman Esq ... © ------
[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 01-08-2003).]