Reference: Australia, NZ and South Pacific Trip Report links
May 15, 2004, 3:17 pm
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Reference: Australia, NZ and South Pacific Trip Report links
As suggested by TRRed here to link the trip reports on this wonderful region.
Relevant trip reports are found in the following fora:
Trip reports!
Qantas
Air NZ
Index
Seat 2A's epics
SkiAdcock's New Zealand report
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Relevant trip reports are found in the following fora:
Trip reports!
Qantas
Air NZ
Index
Seat 2A's epics
SkiAdcock's New Zealand report
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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May 15, 2004, 3:24 pm
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Seat 2A's epics
Alaska to NZ - The Long Way
NZ Train Adventure - Christchurch to Greymouth Aboard the Tranz Alpine
Christchurch to Melbourne with NZ & UA
Te Anau to Tasmania
From the Northwestern Pacific to the Southwestern Pacific
Fairbanks to Calgoorlie - The Long Way
Hobart, Tasmania to Port Elizabeth, South Africa - In A Roundabout Way
More champagne, sir? Life and times in BA's first class - Australia to California
The Journey Continues: From the Bottom of South America to the Top of Australia
Another Tedious Tale of First Class Travel Between Australia and America (via HKG)
Further Tales of First Class Decadence as Experienced on British Airways
On the road again from Alice Springs NT to Tecopa Springs CA
NZ Train Adventure - Christchurch to Greymouth Aboard the Tranz Alpine
Christchurch to Melbourne with NZ & UA
Te Anau to Tasmania
From the Northwestern Pacific to the Southwestern Pacific
Fairbanks to Calgoorlie - The Long Way
Hobart, Tasmania to Port Elizabeth, South Africa - In A Roundabout Way
More champagne, sir? Life and times in BA's first class - Australia to California
The Journey Continues: From the Bottom of South America to the Top of Australia
Another Tedious Tale of First Class Travel Between Australia and America (via HKG)
Further Tales of First Class Decadence as Experienced on British Airways
On the road again from Alice Springs NT to Tecopa Springs CA
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May 15, 2004, 3:27 pm
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Relevant trip reports I could find from 2004
Paradise found: honeymoon in French Polynesia
CHC-AKL-KUL-HKG-BKI-BWN/MYY-KCH-KUL-KHI-DXB-EWR-YYZ most on MH, some QF/Air Asia/AC
AKL-YYZ with NZ/AC in F & C
BA Sydney Singapore in First
Qantas/Air Pacific SYD MEL AKL NAN AKL SYD
UA MEL-SYD-SFO-SEA and back for xmas
CX 101 First Class HKG-SYD
Southern hemisphere on united 1st class: SFO-SYD-MEL
Part 2 of a southern hemisphere trip - air pacific business class SYD-NAN-MEL
QF/BA WT+ BNE/MEL/SIN/LHR/DUB/LHR/SIN/BNE, hotels, b&bs car hire
QF MEL-PER-MEL in J
Air NZ SYD-WLG in pacific class
Air NZ again ... WLG-SYD pacific class
part 3 of southern hemisphere trip - united first MEL-SYD-LAX-IAD
New QF experiences - PER-MEL & CBR-PER
LHR-ICN-AKL my sister ... the terrorist
Curtain call: Cathay Pacific First Class, HKG-AKL
DUB-LHR-SIN-PER (EI & QF)
MEL-PER return on Qantas
GoldFlyer's SYD to LHR on a plane
One World Explorer-based RTW: Unfolding trip report with pics
NM's RTW in 84 days
bne-sin business class
GoldFlyer's SYD to AKL on a plane
lax-akl-wlg-akl-ppt-lax
SYD-PER-SYD Qantas CityFlyer Service
low-budget hicksville, I mean Gold Coast trip report
QF450 CelebFest
CHC-WLG train, ferry and plane
Australia to Europe and Back - 8 segments, 6 carriers
Journey to the Lands Down Under - Part 1 and Part 2
Sydney to Auckland in J and down to WLG
Round the Pacific in J
WLG-AKL-LAX in Y
Polynesian Airlines J class Samoa to Tonga
MrSydney jets back to SYD via AKL in J & Y on NZ
QF MEL-PER-MEL & MEL-CBR-MEL
Fiji Islands: Inexpensive flight, scuba trip of a lifetime
RTW on *A in Biz/First (NZ UA US SQ)
QF MEL-SYD vv
Shillard's first Jetstar experience
QF MEL-SYD return, the Lion King musical and travelogue
QF MEL-PER-MEL with a bit of a rush
Aust MR SYD-MEL-PER-SYD in J (+ mini review on skybeds)
Australia/NZ from the UK in Qantas J
Around the world in 28 days
BNE-CNS QF786 J
Road Trip: Gold and Sunshine Coasts
Paradise found: honeymoon in French Polynesia
CHC-AKL-KUL-HKG-BKI-BWN/MYY-KCH-KUL-KHI-DXB-EWR-YYZ most on MH, some QF/Air Asia/AC
AKL-YYZ with NZ/AC in F & C
BA Sydney Singapore in First
Qantas/Air Pacific SYD MEL AKL NAN AKL SYD
UA MEL-SYD-SFO-SEA and back for xmas
CX 101 First Class HKG-SYD
Southern hemisphere on united 1st class: SFO-SYD-MEL
Part 2 of a southern hemisphere trip - air pacific business class SYD-NAN-MEL
QF/BA WT+ BNE/MEL/SIN/LHR/DUB/LHR/SIN/BNE, hotels, b&bs car hire
QF MEL-PER-MEL in J
Air NZ SYD-WLG in pacific class
Air NZ again ... WLG-SYD pacific class
part 3 of southern hemisphere trip - united first MEL-SYD-LAX-IAD
New QF experiences - PER-MEL & CBR-PER
LHR-ICN-AKL my sister ... the terrorist
Curtain call: Cathay Pacific First Class, HKG-AKL
DUB-LHR-SIN-PER (EI & QF)
MEL-PER return on Qantas
GoldFlyer's SYD to LHR on a plane
One World Explorer-based RTW: Unfolding trip report with pics
NM's RTW in 84 days
bne-sin business class
GoldFlyer's SYD to AKL on a plane
lax-akl-wlg-akl-ppt-lax
SYD-PER-SYD Qantas CityFlyer Service
low-budget hicksville, I mean Gold Coast trip report
QF450 CelebFest
CHC-WLG train, ferry and plane
Australia to Europe and Back - 8 segments, 6 carriers
Journey to the Lands Down Under - Part 1 and Part 2
Sydney to Auckland in J and down to WLG
Round the Pacific in J
WLG-AKL-LAX in Y
Polynesian Airlines J class Samoa to Tonga
MrSydney jets back to SYD via AKL in J & Y on NZ
QF MEL-PER-MEL & MEL-CBR-MEL
Fiji Islands: Inexpensive flight, scuba trip of a lifetime
RTW on *A in Biz/First (NZ UA US SQ)
QF MEL-SYD vv
Shillard's first Jetstar experience
QF MEL-SYD return, the Lion King musical and travelogue
QF MEL-PER-MEL with a bit of a rush
Aust MR SYD-MEL-PER-SYD in J (+ mini review on skybeds)
Australia/NZ from the UK in Qantas J
Around the world in 28 days
BNE-CNS QF786 J
Road Trip: Gold and Sunshine Coasts
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May 19, 2004, 9:31 am
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SkiAdcock just posted a nice New Zealand report.
Thanks for this helpful list -- I had a great time reading all the reports listed here.
Thanks for this helpful list -- I had a great time reading all the reports listed here.
Jun 14, 2004, 12:12 am
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There's even a trip report here in the Air Canada forum!
Jan 6, 2005, 4:53 pm
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Trip reports from 2005
My big treat LHR-SIN-NRT-AKL-LAX-LHR (incl side trip to WLG)
Across Australia with QF WP: BNE/ADL/PER/MEL/BNE
yyz-hnl-syd-mel-akl-sin-bkk-cdg-lhr-yul-yyz-sfo-akl-mel
SIA Raffles class to NZ, NZ domestic
Honeymoon down under
A quick trip on a small plane - NZ WLG GIS WLG
Virgin Blue - my first time MEL-PER
QF WP's head for the city of sails QF BNE/AKL/SYD/BNE
Champagne and figure eights on ice
BOS-LHR-BKK-SYD-AKL one way
AKL-PMI by water
Quick trip MEL/SYD QF444
Quick trip MEL/SYD QF444
SAN-LAX-SYD-CHC and return Jan/Feb
QF WP to some aussie capitals BNE/ADL/SYD/MEL/BNE
ICN-NRT, NRT-SYD, Business Australian Domestic
SIN-MEL in F and MEL-SIN in F
Pictures 23 day NZ South Island
RTW in 22 Days
AA/QF in F ORD-LAX-MEL-BNE-CNS-SYD-LAX-ORD
QF MEL-DRW-PER-MEL in J
BOS-LAX-RAR-AKL-SIN-FRA
Photo Essay: JFK to AKL (UA, SQ, NZ)
The Journey Continues: From the Bottom of South America to the Top of Australia
Aussie Islands - Tassie & KI with UA/QF/JQ
CX100 SYD-HKG, J Class
When things go wrong AKL-HKG, CX business class
Fiji via Air Pacific. Sheraton Resort, Villas and Royal Review
Bula Fiji. PHLBuddy's 5 days in Paradise
NZ, Oz and HK with pictures
QF Skybed: PER-SIN in Business Class (with photos)
How to Spend 670k Points in One Trip, Honeymoon trip report with photos (BOB/SYD)
EK MEL-AKL vv in Y - rather average service even for Y
United, F domestic + J international, US to Australia
4 nights in Fiji - NTL-SYD-NAN-SYD-NTL
EK F Trans-Tasman
37 segment OW220C report (link)
UA MEL-SEA + AA SEA-GLA + ?? SEA-LAS for winter
Lord Howe Island
RTW progress report posted
Mrs QF WP's birthday trip (BNE/PER/MGV/PER/ADL/SYD/BNE)
United SEA-SFO-SYD (business)
Virgin Atlantic SYD-HKG (premium economy)
AKL SYD on NZs refitted 744
SYD-BKK in BA club world 07/08/2005
Reality is better than the dream! Australia - SYD, HV & GBR
My first trip on QF domestic J MEL-CBR-MEL
Cx Lax-hkg-syd-hkg-yvr in J
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class SYD-HKG
BA MEL-SIN vv (club world and WT+)
Australia the outback
Finding the King's gold - Solomon Islands ADL-SYD-BNE-NAN-HIR-GZO-CHY-GZO-HIR-BNE
Big Do Dos or a Kiwi Flyer's Month of Madness
QF MEL-SYD for the weekend
Another trip across Australia QF PER-ADL-SYD-PER
Finally 180 pictures from the outback, AU
Graduation trip to europe on QF, BA, EZ, FR, SkyEurope: Lots of pics
Around the world (almost) on LA-IB-CX and BA in F and AF/DL in Y
SDF-ATL-LAX-MEL ASA/Delta/Qantas
QF MEL-PER-MEL in J
UA/LH MEL-SYD-SFO-FRA-MAN-MUC-SFO-SEA and later home
Do you suffer post DONEx depression?
Another manic month for Kiwi
UA MEL-SYD-SFO-JFK and back with internal MR
NZ MEL-AKL
My big treat LHR-SIN-NRT-AKL-LAX-LHR (incl side trip to WLG)
Across Australia with QF WP: BNE/ADL/PER/MEL/BNE
yyz-hnl-syd-mel-akl-sin-bkk-cdg-lhr-yul-yyz-sfo-akl-mel
SIA Raffles class to NZ, NZ domestic
Honeymoon down under
A quick trip on a small plane - NZ WLG GIS WLG
Virgin Blue - my first time MEL-PER
QF WP's head for the city of sails QF BNE/AKL/SYD/BNE
Champagne and figure eights on ice
BOS-LHR-BKK-SYD-AKL one way
AKL-PMI by water
Quick trip MEL/SYD QF444
Quick trip MEL/SYD QF444
SAN-LAX-SYD-CHC and return Jan/Feb
QF WP to some aussie capitals BNE/ADL/SYD/MEL/BNE
ICN-NRT, NRT-SYD, Business Australian Domestic
SIN-MEL in F and MEL-SIN in F
Pictures 23 day NZ South Island
RTW in 22 Days
AA/QF in F ORD-LAX-MEL-BNE-CNS-SYD-LAX-ORD
QF MEL-DRW-PER-MEL in J
BOS-LAX-RAR-AKL-SIN-FRA
Photo Essay: JFK to AKL (UA, SQ, NZ)
The Journey Continues: From the Bottom of South America to the Top of Australia
Aussie Islands - Tassie & KI with UA/QF/JQ
CX100 SYD-HKG, J Class
When things go wrong AKL-HKG, CX business class
Fiji via Air Pacific. Sheraton Resort, Villas and Royal Review
Bula Fiji. PHLBuddy's 5 days in Paradise
NZ, Oz and HK with pictures
QF Skybed: PER-SIN in Business Class (with photos)
How to Spend 670k Points in One Trip, Honeymoon trip report with photos (BOB/SYD)
EK MEL-AKL vv in Y - rather average service even for Y
United, F domestic + J international, US to Australia
4 nights in Fiji - NTL-SYD-NAN-SYD-NTL
EK F Trans-Tasman
37 segment OW220C report (link)
UA MEL-SEA + AA SEA-GLA + ?? SEA-LAS for winter
Lord Howe Island
RTW progress report posted
Mrs QF WP's birthday trip (BNE/PER/MGV/PER/ADL/SYD/BNE)
United SEA-SFO-SYD (business)
Virgin Atlantic SYD-HKG (premium economy)
AKL SYD on NZs refitted 744
SYD-BKK in BA club world 07/08/2005
Reality is better than the dream! Australia - SYD, HV & GBR
My first trip on QF domestic J MEL-CBR-MEL
Cx Lax-hkg-syd-hkg-yvr in J
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class SYD-HKG
BA MEL-SIN vv (club world and WT+)
Australia the outback
Finding the King's gold - Solomon Islands ADL-SYD-BNE-NAN-HIR-GZO-CHY-GZO-HIR-BNE
Big Do Dos or a Kiwi Flyer's Month of Madness
QF MEL-SYD for the weekend
Another trip across Australia QF PER-ADL-SYD-PER
Finally 180 pictures from the outback, AU
Graduation trip to europe on QF, BA, EZ, FR, SkyEurope: Lots of pics
Around the world (almost) on LA-IB-CX and BA in F and AF/DL in Y
SDF-ATL-LAX-MEL ASA/Delta/Qantas
QF MEL-PER-MEL in J
UA/LH MEL-SYD-SFO-FRA-MAN-MUC-SFO-SEA and later home
Do you suffer post DONEx depression?
Another manic month for Kiwi
UA MEL-SYD-SFO-JFK and back with internal MR
NZ MEL-AKL
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Jan 25, 2005, 9:42 am
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