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South Island New Zealand -vs- Cairns Aus

  • 02-01-2015 3:18pm
    #1
    roadrunnermick
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    Hi,

    I am flying in to Melbourne on 16 Jan, so I have a week to play around with, befour meeting up with friends back in Melbourne.

    I was thinking South island new zealand or Cairns Australia , just not really sure as some say the heat is a killer in Cairns?

    Any advice would be appraised
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  • #2
    spurious
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    South Island NZ versus anywhere else in the world?
    South Island NZ.


  • #3
    Challo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭Challo


    Absolutely NZ but if you only have a week, might not be the best choice.


  • #4
    DainBramage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 212 ✭✭DainBramage


    south Island NZ no contest,
    however bear in mind it looks deceptively small but can take a long time to get around by car/bus.


  • #5
    5p9arw38djv2b4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭5p9arw38djv2b4


    roadrunnermick wrote: »
    Hi,

    I am flying in to Melbourne on 16 Jan, so I have a week to play around with, befour meeting up with friends back in Melbourne.

    I was thinking South island new zealand or Cairns Australia , just not really sure as some say the heat is a killer in Cairns?

    Any advice would be appraised

    South island is amazing but.... For only a week its a huge trip. cairns, port McGee, go up to the daintree rainforest, go to great barrier reef and you have used up a week.


  • #6
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,682 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Cairns and surrounds is more do-able in a week. A week could never do the south island of NZ justice, to see it properly and take in a couple of treks in the backcountry you'd need 3 to 4 weeks. You'd need a minimum of two weeks there to get a good taste IMO


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  • #7
    rockthecazba
    Registered Users Posts: 19 ✭rockthecazba


    South Island by far. Won't get to see everything obviously but the town of cairns is a bit of a sh!t hole if I'm honest and really not the best place to see the Great Barrier Reef anyway. There's nicer places in oz, like byron bay or whitsundays that would be more doable in a week, and the reef is quite nice at Whitsundays if you dive there.


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