Car rental - Can anyone help?
Oct 22nd 2002, 11:22 am
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Re: Car rental - Can anyone help?
Bayswater Car Rental are in Sydney too.
Jeremy
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:53:35 +0000, renth wrote:
>Originally posted by dpr21:
>> Yeah I agree with the previous post about Bayswater (Perth). Not sure
>> whether they are in Sydney or not - they are dirt cheap compared to
>> any of the others. The service is basic and they were/are the only
>> unfriendly people I've come across in WA. But you only see them when
>> you collect and drop off the car so it's no problem.
>> DPR
>I found them friendly enough, even though I took the piss out of their
>L.Ron Hubbard style naval uniforms.
>--
Jeremy
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:53:35 +0000, renth wrote:
>Originally posted by dpr21:
>> Yeah I agree with the previous post about Bayswater (Perth). Not sure
>> whether they are in Sydney or not - they are dirt cheap compared to
>> any of the others. The service is basic and they were/are the only
>> unfriendly people I've come across in WA. But you only see them when
>> you collect and drop off the car so it's no problem.
>> DPR
>I found them friendly enough, even though I took the piss out of their
>L.Ron Hubbard style naval uniforms.
>--
Oct 22nd 2002, 2:45 pm
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Re: Car rental - Can anyone help?
Originally posted by tinaj:
We did a similar journey to what you are planning. We drove from Sydney to Coffs Harbour and stayed overnight there. Then we headed off and stayed at the Sunshine Coast for a week drove around Brisbane and suburbs investigating areas. As the sunshine and gold Coast are big holiday resorts you can get some excellent rates for week long lets. 2 bed apartments for $250 dollars +. This also gives you a nice base to drive from. It is only about 45 mins to central Brisbane and there are loads of new estates and communities popping up just south of Brisbane that you can look at, most of them are where you buy the land and build your own house on it.
We absolutely fel;l in love with Coomera Waters you can look it up at Coomerawaters.com.au, absolutely fantastic community to live in, but upper price range for the land.
Dont let the distances put you off, we travelled with 3 kids and also went further North to Bundaberg and back down to Sydney again in 2 1/2 weeks !!
A tip would be to hire a people carrier , that way the kids have loads of room, they can sleep easily and no arguments either !!
Enjoy yourselves
Tinaj
We did a similar journey to what you are planning. We drove from Sydney to Coffs Harbour and stayed overnight there. Then we headed off and stayed at the Sunshine Coast for a week drove around Brisbane and suburbs investigating areas. As the sunshine and gold Coast are big holiday resorts you can get some excellent rates for week long lets. 2 bed apartments for $250 dollars +. This also gives you a nice base to drive from. It is only about 45 mins to central Brisbane and there are loads of new estates and communities popping up just south of Brisbane that you can look at, most of them are where you buy the land and build your own house on it.
We absolutely fel;l in love with Coomera Waters you can look it up at Coomerawaters.com.au, absolutely fantastic community to live in, but upper price range for the land.
Dont let the distances put you off, we travelled with 3 kids and also went further North to Bundaberg and back down to Sydney again in 2 1/2 weeks !!
A tip would be to hire a people carrier , that way the kids have loads of room, they can sleep easily and no arguments either !!
Enjoy yourselves
Tinaj
Any more suggestions please let me know.
Thanks Again
Ginny
Oct 23rd 2002, 9:59 am
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Re: Car rental - Can anyone help?
Originally posted by Dbm:
Giiny wondered....
Sydney > Brisbane is 2 days comfortable drive (approx 1000kms) with 2 small
children. 1 looong day is possible via New England Highway, small children
may not agree though...
Brisbane is geographically large, especially when you include Ipswich,
Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast.
Suggest you try to narrow down where you want to investigate (lifestyle,
work commuting, housing, budget, etc) to save yourself some time and effort.
Cheers
Bill
"Ginny" wrote in message>>>>>
We recently travelled down the new England Highway to Canberra (relative in the federal Police there). It was a tragic drive, that countryside is in its worse drought ever. It was shocking to see, the trees, grass, sheep were all the same colour, this death like sage/grey/brown. Awful, really sad, dead cattle & sheep if you ventured off the road. Unless the drought ends I would not take this route, it could be quite frightning for a young child. It certainly woke me up to what the drought is doing to this country. Take the coast drive, at least you can stop at small beach towns for a break. Lots of Big 4 caravan parks along the way, they have ensuite cabins for about 70 bucks a night, very clean and good value.
news:449480.1035140604@britishexpats-
.com...
> Hi there,
> We're due to come out next June to validate our visas (Me, Hubby and 2
> small kids). we're flying into Sydney and staying with friends for a
> little while. We're wanting to hire a car so we can go visiting folks
> in Melbourne and also to do a tour of Brisbane and surrounding area
> (where we hope to settle).
> Does anyone have any recommendations of car rental companies that they
> could give us. We'd be starting and finishing in Sydney and would need
> one for around 3 weeks.
> Hope you can help.
> Thanks
> Ginny
> --
Giiny wondered....
Sydney > Brisbane is 2 days comfortable drive (approx 1000kms) with 2 small
children. 1 looong day is possible via New England Highway, small children
may not agree though...
Brisbane is geographically large, especially when you include Ipswich,
Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast.
Suggest you try to narrow down where you want to investigate (lifestyle,
work commuting, housing, budget, etc) to save yourself some time and effort.
Cheers
Bill
"Ginny" wrote in message>>>>>
We recently travelled down the new England Highway to Canberra (relative in the federal Police there). It was a tragic drive, that countryside is in its worse drought ever. It was shocking to see, the trees, grass, sheep were all the same colour, this death like sage/grey/brown. Awful, really sad, dead cattle & sheep if you ventured off the road. Unless the drought ends I would not take this route, it could be quite frightning for a young child. It certainly woke me up to what the drought is doing to this country. Take the coast drive, at least you can stop at small beach towns for a break. Lots of Big 4 caravan parks along the way, they have ensuite cabins for about 70 bucks a night, very clean and good value.
news:449480.1035140604@britishexpats-
.com...
> Hi there,
> We're due to come out next June to validate our visas (Me, Hubby and 2
> small kids). we're flying into Sydney and staying with friends for a
> little while. We're wanting to hire a car so we can go visiting folks
> in Melbourne and also to do a tour of Brisbane and surrounding area
> (where we hope to settle).
> Does anyone have any recommendations of car rental companies that they
> could give us. We'd be starting and finishing in Sydney and would need
> one for around 3 weeks.
> Hope you can help.
> Thanks
> Ginny
> --
Oct 23rd 2002, 8:32 pm
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Re: Car rental - Can anyone help?
>On Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:59:31 +0000, dotty wrote:
>> We recently travelled down the new England Highway to Canberra
>> (relative in the federal Police there). It was a tragic drive, that
>> countryside is in its worse drought ever.
From what I've heard it's got a long way to go before being as bad as
the Federation drought in the 1890s, or the ten year drought in the
1930s/40s.
Jeremy
>> We recently travelled down the new England Highway to Canberra
>> (relative in the federal Police there). It was a tragic drive, that
>> countryside is in its worse drought ever.
From what I've heard it's got a long way to go before being as bad as
the Federation drought in the 1890s, or the ten year drought in the
1930s/40s.
Jeremy
