Originally Posted by
Rowan
A word of caution. I would strongly suggest you thoroughly research the immigration and visa issues. I am a resident of Australia, and didn't know, for instance, that a visa is required to visit the country if you are a foreigner. It's easy to get one, apparently -- Machka does hers on-line and I gather it costs nothing.
We are already on the ball with this one! We have our ETA visas for Australia and NZ will soon be sorted too. The only question is if we need an onward ticket to get into Aus. I gather sometimes the airlines make a stink about this. We'll work it out. Can prove money easily enough.
Many people have mentioned the temperatures. We cycled through plus 40C temps in Eastern Europe two summers ago so I think we'll survive Oz. We can nap for 4 hours in the shade and get up at 5am if necessary.