Hi, my name is Alana from Canada and was wondering if anyone else is planning on booking this trip for around this time. I have no for sure dates yet but in the new year I will be booking it!!!

Hi Alana...my name is Chris from Wales (UK). I have booked to go on the Australian Explorer tour in October 2008 (from memory it starts 8th Oct)starting in Darwin. It will be my first Contiki tour.

Hi Chris, I havent booked the tour yet but that is one of the dates I was planning on doing. Starting in Darwin also!!! I will let you know when I book it if I am on the same tour as you. Hopefully by the Middle of Jan I will be all booked!! I cant wait to go!!
Hope to meet you in Australia.

Great! I plan to arrive in Darwin during the afternoon of Monday 6 October (as will be catching connecting flight from Sydney to Darwin that morning). I will be spending an additional week in Sydney after the tour, before flying back to UK.

hi guys,im also thinking of doing my trip to OZ through Contiki.this tour sounds wkd and feedback sounds good. Chris - how much was your flight??know any good websites to book cheap flights??cheers!

Hi Kim, I booked flights through STA travel. Flight is with British Airways from London Heathrow to Sydney and then Qantas from Sydney to Darwin. Total cost of return flights including airport taxes was £950.

Hi Chris, so I am booked on the Oct 8th tour also, starting in Darwin. I am arriving on the 6th. Looking forward to meeting you.
Alana
If you want to chat some more please email me at
chiquitaalana@yahoo.ca
Hope to talk to ya soon. You to Kim!!!

Hi, I wanted to do this trip too. (starting in sydney, ending in Darwin), but when I look on the website now it doesn't appear anymore. For those of you who have already booked, have you been notified that it's been cancelled?

Hey, as far as I know this tour isnt cancelled!! I booked it 3 weeks ago and it wasnt on the website then! I dont know what happened to it!! But in was still in the book and when I booked it it was still available!! I would maybe try calling contiki and see if it is still a go!! ( I sure hope it is ).
Hope to see you there
Alana

Hi there.... I spoke to travel agent today and they advised that the tour is still going ahead and that there were just some gliches with the Contiki website at the moment.

Hi, Thanks for the info. I was really disappointed when I thought they weren't doing it anymore.

Is anyone doing the trip from Sydney to Darwin, and how long in advance would you suggest booking.

Just wondered if anyone else now booked on Aussie Explorer leaving Darwin on 8 October?

I'm booked on that trip!

I guess in retrospect I didn't actually leave any valuable information in that last one to say I was coming on that tour. lol I'm from Canada too (Alana) and while I haven't booked when exactly I'm going to be arriving in Darwin it seems like the consensus is the 6th so I'll shoot for that. I'm going to be in Australia from June 6th until May or June of next year, but I'm really looking forward to this tour and seeing a lot of the country!

Hey Explorer1093898
Glad to meet someone else who is also going on this tour, we are going to have a blast!! If you want to chat some more feel free to email at chiquitaalana@yahoo.ca
I am in Edmonton and fly into Darwin in the 6th! See you then
Bye for now
Alana