Avalook at Australia

Australian places and activities of interest to independent, active, over-50 travellers who want to get away from the major cities, and prefer not to take a packaged tour. Answers to travel-related questions. We are not travel agents (so we can’t take your bookings)—we are independent reviewers!

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Our travels

• Our New Zealand trip, February 2009
• Jean’s trip to Europe, September 2006 – photos, mostly unlabelled, plus commentary
• Jean’s 2006 Kimberley Coast trip, Broome to Darwin
• Our 2005 outback trip, by air
• Our 2004 around-Australia road trip
• Our 2003 outback trip, by air
• Gulf of Carpentaria and northern parts of the Northern Territory, 2002
• Outback Queensland and Lake Eyre, South Australia, 2001
• Outback Queensland, continued here, and on to the eastern Gulf of Carpentaria (Normanton, Karumba) and Undara lava tubes, 2000
• Cairns, Cooktown and Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland, 1999
• Coast drive from Sydney to Brisbane and Brisbane to Airlie Beach, 1998

Spotlight on regions

• Cape York Peninsula of Queensland
• Northern Territory
• Northern Rivers NSW (Tweed Shire)
• South Australia
• Western Australia
• Kimberley region of Western Australia

Travel tips

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• Archives of our newsletter, featuring travel tips and accounts of our own travels.
• Places to go – including things to see and do, and who to contact
• Transportation – how to get around the country by air, land, and water
• Accommodation – what to expect in a hotel, motel, serviced apartment, holiday unit, resort, roadhouse, and more
• Gadgets – which imported ones will work in Australia?
• Keeping in touch by e-mail
• Special-interest information – events, music, art, birds, golf, and more
• Rental cars and campervans
• Australian words – coping with Australian English
• And much more!

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