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Getting Around Australia

Reply from: len
Date: 02 Apr, 09:30
Traveling to Australia, whether for the holidays or a business trip,
the best way to get around Australia is to rent a car, aside from
buses and trains. Major cities and venues are at long distances,
unless you can afford to fly all around the country, renting a car
would be a good choice.

Australia is an ideal place for adventurers, wonderful beaches,
beautiful national parks, historical places and buildings and great
food! Using credit cards in Australia is the common and wiser way to
spend money, in restaurants, department stores, supermarkets and gas
stations at major cities.

Aside from these, Australia is also known for it's endless
opportunities! Offering over 200,000 jobs to people in and outside
Australia. This is one of the reasons why many people come and migrate
to Australia. A working visa for Australia can be easily applied for
online, the most common visa that will allow you to work with
unrestricted work rights would be the skilled visa:
w w w .nationalvisas . com .au/skilled/skilledvisas.htm

Australia visa services and immigration information can be found
online, offering professional service and immigration assistance:
w w w .nationalvisas . com .au

Make sure you gather enough information before traveling, pack all
necessary things, bring extra cash and a map.

Reply from: David Bennetts
Date: 03 Apr, 04:11

"len" <emaravillas@gmail . com > wrote in message
news:d04eef57-6f50-4e21-8a4b-52e78ad2ef40@c19g2000prf.googlegroups . com ...
> Traveling to Australia, whether for the holidays or a business trip,
> the best way to get around Australia is to rent a car, aside from
> buses and trains. Major cities and venues are at long distances,
> unless you can afford to fly all around the country, renting a car
> would be a good choice.

With the advent of cheap airlines and the high petrol prices applying now it
is often cheaper to fly unless you have a carload of people. Rail and bus
passes are often a good deal for overseas visitors, and this is a more
eco-friendly form of travel than use of cars.

> Australia is an ideal place for adventurers, wonderful beaches,
> beautiful national parks, historical places and buildings and great
> food! Using credit cards in Australia is the common and wiser way to
> spend money, in restaurants, department stores, supermarkets and gas
> stations at major cities.

We don't have gas stations here, they are petrol stations. Believe it or
not, restaurants, supermarkets and "gas" stations do exist outside major
cities.

> Aside from these, Australia is also known for it's endless
> opportunities! Offering over 200,000 jobs to people in and outside
> Australia. This is one of the reasons why many people come and migrate
> to Australia. A working visa for Australia can be easily applied for
> online, the most common visa that will allow you to work with
> unrestricted work rights would be the skilled visa:
> w w w .nationalvisas . com .au/skilled/skilledvisas.htm

Yes you can apply online directly via the Immigration Department and avoid
the additional fees charged by National Visas.
* w w w .immi.gov.au/

> Make sure you gather enough information before traveling, pack all
> necessary things, bring extra cash and a map.

You said before about using credit cards so why now suggest bringing extra
cash, which you could lose and is not insurable?

So Len, how about stopping your continual spam and offering
self-contradictory and crap advice to incoming visitors.

David Bennetts



Reply from: Anonymous
Date: 08 Apr, 01:18
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:11:51 +1100, "David Bennetts"
<davibenne-nospam@yahoo . com .au> wrote:

>So Len, how about stopping your continual spam and offering
>self-contradictory and crap advice to incoming visitors.

Thanks, David




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