[Linux-aus] trip after linux.conf.au

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wednesday 03 January 2007 15:12, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> so, my flights are confirmed and it seems that if all goes well I'll be in 
> Sydney in a week, woohoo! :)
> 
> Now I'm thinking what to do after lca. I'll stay in Sydney until the evening 
> of the 22nd, to participate in the SLUG meeting.
> 
> And my plane back leaves on the evening of the 27th in Melbourne... and I'd 
> like to arrive in there on the 25th, maybe 26th.
> 
> So I see some options:
> 
> 1. fly from SYD to MEL
> 2. fly from SYD to MEL via Tasmania or something
> 3. take a bus via Canberra from SYD to MEL
> 4. rent a car on the 20th in SYD, drive around and drive to MEL
> 
> At the moment I like the options in the reverse order most, that is I prefer 
> the renting a car idea.. do you have other suggestions? Any Linux-Usergroups 
> on the way interested in a stop-bye?

I've done the same trip two years ago when LCA was in Canberra, and would
definitely recommend doing the car option. You should plan for at least one
week to go to Melbourne by car, and if you have another week, I can
recommend going on to Adelaide via the great ocean road.

> Is anybody interested in driving from SYD to MEL with me? 

I think Andi Kleen might be going down the same way, 

> Can someone please point me to some car rental website, which has offices
> in Sydney and Melbourne?!

Practically all rental companies have offices in the major cities, the
big ones (Hertz, Europcar, ...) are more likely to have a reasonable
cars available, the smaller ones may be slightly cheaper.

	Arnd <><