Originally Posted by
skyccord
I'm coming this weekend. It is my first visit. I think I am just going to default to Sydney even though I feel it should probably be Melbourne. You all have till 11pm to convince me otherwise! (24 hour window where I can cancel my ticket). I'm going to be flying out of here on Thursday. Get there Saturday at 8am. Leaving Tuesday at 11:20a.m. Pricing was the same for both flights about $720. Great pricing. I'll leave Melbourne for the next trip and make it all about the drive.
For a first visit to Australia Sydney will be good. Easy to spend few days around the city & harbour. Get an Opal public transport ticket at the airport. Look at
post 6 in the Oz Fest thread.
Hope you have the ETA sorted out. Au Government web site link -->
Australian Electronic Travel Authority AUD$20. For passports holders from Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Hong Kong (SAR PRC), Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and United States. Beware of non government 3rd party look-a-like web sites that charge more, often found with a browser web search.