“If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 204 if you’re in Japan.”
― Claire Cook
Meet and Greet Car Parking and VIP Lounge at Manchester Airport T1 were booked together using the manchesterairport.co.uk website.
Flights from and back to Manchester were booked with Etihad Airways and take us to Melbourne via Abu Dhabi and the reverse of that for our return. Sourced and booked using traveltrolley.co.uk
Car Rental was arranged for collection and drop off at Melbourne airport and covered the entire visit, this was initially selected using kayak.co.uk and booked through Europcar.
Accommodation in Melbourne was booked using AirBnB and we have the property booked for the whole of our stay.
Flights for our trip to Ayers Rock were booked through gotogate.co.uk, the accommodation at Ayers Rock was sourced and arranged using booking.com
Travel insurance was taken out using Puffin Insurance Gold Single Trip cover, selected from comparethemarket.com
e-Visitor Visas were applied for and granted directly from the Australian Government Department of Home Affairs website homeaffairs.gov.au. These visas are valid for one year and allow for multiple visits of up to a maximum of 3 months per visit, you are then required to leave Australia before you can return and continue your visit should you wish to do so.
Australian SIM cards were bought from the Optus retail shop at the airport on arrival which included 45GB data and free calls to UK, USA and many other countries.
MyKi – This is the local urban transport pre-paid card needed to travel on trains and trams in and out of the Melbourne metropolitan area. Think Oyster Card from London. Buy from a manned station or any number of newsagent outlets locally, keep topped up…
Sandylands to Sandier Lands 