anyone done the $1499 package lax-syd on quantas
 

it is 14 days sydney-melbourne-cairns 14 days(accor hotels)which they list as 3 or 4 stars --are these hotels ok they also list $349 addons for sidetrips/excurssions.I am not a well seasoned traveler as most of you but love these boards for tips and help in accumulating ff miles--many thanks

It certainly sounds like a great deal to me considering the number of hotel nights and the domestic flights included. Sydney, Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef are fantastic places to spend a vacation, but I think the package would be even more attractive if it skipped Melbourne and included Alice Springs and the Outback instead.

I think I have seen this advertised as low as $1,199 in NYTimes...also there is a website, but I don't remember the URL (sorry). Check around.

If only I had the time...I would certainly go...