yeah airasia just started in March, Cairns Bali, also jetstar. Direct to Singapore a bit more expensive with Singapore airlines, though they do have some good sales at times.
yeah you are probably right. Could do Cairns ( best spot in Oz) Airlie beach, Sunshine Coast, maybe Gold coast ( not a fan) somewhere on the northern NSW coast, Sydney and Melbourne maybe. Bit of a whirlwind tour off the top of my head of a bit of the east coast. 4 weeks in Sydney would be my idea of hell, but I am an older being. Young people would love it I am sure. Gotta do what fits you. Me personally would do a month Cairns, mission beach, Daintree, waterfall circuit up on the tablelands and Kuranda,head up to Cooktown, Great Barrier Reef and one of the islands.😁Gee I sound like a bit of a travel agent for cairns hey? Best place in Oz.
Direct flights out of Bali or Singapore to tropical Cairns. Fly in in or out of Sydney and road trip up or down the east coast of Australia. No back tracking.
seriously still a tough call for us. But we are sceptical of the requirements going forward. Nothing set in stone for the DTvisa. But more critically for our personal situation, we are only home one month when we go back. And one requirement for the DTvisa is that you must remain in Australia until the visa is granted. A time issue really. Where with the retirement, I understand we can come in on a visa exempt if the visa doesn’t come through in time, then we can go fora holiday outside of Thailand when the retirement comes through then come back in and activate it. Stupid here booked our flights before I realised our visa exempt days were over. The insurance we need to buy for the retirement is app A$300 plus visa A$300. DT visa A$600. I know you get 5 years DT visa. But maybe if rules change and you have to keep buying courses every 6 months, that could get expensive and doing the courses would definitely impedance our travel flow. Wow that was long winded.Apologies.
yeah there is a direct email to Canberra I have been using since I found out, because I live in Cairns, I have to use Canberra. Only NSW residents can use Sydney.
