Australia and New Zealand Travel Guide
Plan your trip with people who’ve been there
Planning a trip to Australia or New Zealand and not sure where to start? The distances here catch a lot of people out.
We’ve lived in Australia for around ten years, and from our base in Queensland we’ve been to Uluru, Sydney, Adelaide and Tasmania, up and down the Queensland coast, and the Western Australia coast from the Pinnacles to Kalbarri. In 2023 we spent several weeks in New Zealand, from Auckland, Hobbiton and Rotorua on the North Island to Christchurch, Aoraki/Mount Cook, Queenstown and Milford Sound on the South Island, with the TranzAlpine train in between.
This page brings together our Australia and New Zealand guides, the trips we’ve done, and the podcast episodes.
Us at Glenelg, Adelaide
Where we’ve been in Oceania
Tap Australia or New Zealand to see our guides.
Our country guides
Australia and New Zealand guides
Trips we’ve done and what we learned along the way.
Australia
Visiting Uluru
Our guide to the red heart of Australia.
Tasmania road trip
Our itinerary for driving around Tasmania.
A day in Sydney
How to spend one day in Sydney.
Kangaroos at Cape Hillsborough
When and where to see them on the beach at sunrise.
Things to do in Adelaide
Our favourite things to do in Adelaide.
O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat
Our stay in the rainforest near Brisbane.
New Zealand
New Zealand travel tips
What to know before your first trip.
North Island road trip
Our road trip itinerary for the North Island.
Things to do in Rotorua
Geysers, hot pools and Māori culture.
The TranzAlpine
New Zealand’s most scenic train ride.
Before you go
What we sort out before every trip.
eSIM
Get data as soon as you land with a Saily eSIM. You set it up on your phone before you go.
Travel insurance
We never travel without travel insurance, wherever we’re going.
VPN
A VPN keeps your banking and bookings safer on hotel and café Wi-Fi.
Listen: Australia and New Zealand on the podcast
From both of New Zealand’s islands to Tasmania and the Queensland wildlife.
