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Australia/New Zealand March 14, 2016
We are Sue & Dick Bagg traveling on the Grand Australia & New Zealand departing March 14,2016. We will be arriving in Melbourne on March 4 from Los Angeles, taking a few days to acclimate, then renting a car on 3/6 for a week to visit the 12 Apostles, Great Ocean Road & then the Dandenong Ranges. After the Tauck tour will be staying in Auckland till 4/5, then flying back to Sydney for 3 nights, then taking a Holland America Cruise to Vancouver, BC. We are looking forward to meeting everyone on this Tauck tour & would be happy to have anyone join us on our plans before & after the tour. Besides this forum, we can be reached at smbagg@aol.com. Please introduce yourself, if you will be traveling on this tour.
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If you need any help with your pre tour trip from Melbourne, I'd be happy to help. I'm a Melbourne local.
Cheers,
Jan
Don & Jayne
I haven't been to Fiji in decades ... so I'd be no help there. Sorry. But I'm pretty good on Tassie. I have a very soft spot for our island state. It is the most gorgeous place and an excellent idea to spend some quality time. Happy to help if I can. Fire away!
Cheers,
Jan
I was on the Aus/NZ tour last March. I had always wanted to go to Tasmania and took advantage of the trip to do just that.
I arrived into Australia with enough time to spend 3 days there.
I landed in Melbourne and the connecting flight to Hobart was seamless. On the Tasmanian side, there is a shuttle bus you can take to the hotels in town. I took advantage of the Grayline tours to make the most of the 3 days. As Jan mentioned it is a beautiful and laid back place.
On my return to Melbourne, Tauck had driver waiting at the airport to take me to the hotel and then began my Australia/NY holiday.
Have a wonderful trip.
RE: Tasmania
I'm not sure where to fly into to see the best sites. Will I have any trouble get plane & hotel reservations at the last minute - like night before since we are not sure how much travel will impact us and there is always the possible lost baggage issue. While we like Tauck we don't have a problem with less upscale accommodations and normally will stay at anything that looks interesting and has a rating of 7.2 or better on Booking.com. We also stay at BnBs fairly regularly as well. What are the don't miss sights.
Will it be best to rent a car to get around or are there some good tours that will cover the sights.
It may be best to move this out of the forum. Not somewhere I hang out much and normally only check it a time or two before a trip. don.tauck16 at doubledsystems.com (broken up to discourage spammers)
Thanks for the help,
Don
Hi Sue and Dick: I will be on the tour departing starting March 16, 2017. Is yours a different tour than mine? I will be arriving 2 days early in Melbourne. Let me know if we are on the same trip. I am departing from Washington, DC. Thanks
travelingirl- this thread and all posts are from this past last year- March 2016 trip!