We would like to spend this summer holidays in Queensland with our two primary school children.
We are decided to stay 10-15 days,We want our children enjoy those days with us.
There are some options we like to get good deals like,Self catering accommodation/guided tours/Bed and breakfast/etc.
Want suggestions from Oz bargainers please?
We Want to Take Our Children for Summer Holidays (10-15 Days) to Queensland from Sydney. Best Family Deals?
Ararat on 19/07/2015 - 20:17
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Stayz is a great site to search for accommodation. It helped us to find a nice beach house last summer and the kids absolutely loved it. They have been to the beaches plenty of times before but waking up to the sound of the waves on the beach was awesome. We simply drove around in all directions to visit the local tourist attractions.
Can you be more specific, are you talking Queensland like Cairns, Brisbane, Mt Isa? There is some really good Big4's up the coast, but really depends on where you are actually looking at going.
first we want to explore Brisban then sorrounding area?
What is Big 4 ?Can you please explain?
We want the value trip,Do you have any idea how much it cost for 10-15 days there?
We decided to go by car with family from sydney?
I have etoll like other people in sydney ,will that work in Brisban as well.Big4 is a family style caravan park that also has cabins etc. They usually have waterslides and bouncing pillows etc for the kids. If you want value I recommend looking for ones on the outskirts of town or even a bit further up the coast. Google big4 and you will see there is dozens. Its going to be peak season so its not going to be cheap. It depends what your expectations are and how much you want to spend. Could always do camping, instead of dropping cash on cabins spend it on camping year, pays for future holidays to come
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You may wish to also consider purchasing the Queensland version of the "Entertainment Book". Check out the online version of it, and see if it contains the types of vouchers that you think would save you lots/be useful. It will cost you about $65 bucks to buy, but if you're going to be in QL for about 2 weeks, and eating out/visiting attractions etc. all the while as a family of 4, methinks it will pay for itself many times over.
As a bit of an aside, I highly recommend this place for families, if it fits into your travel route (it sounds sort of geeky/boring at first, but it's actually very awesome):
http://www.tropicalfruitworld.com.au/
If you make it there, be sure to take the river boat ride, and do the exotic fruit tasting/cooking demonstration session thingy (both were free/included in the price of entry, when I went there many years ago).
why not buy a theme park unlimited rides until June 2016 while it is on special on scoopon, or groupon. these provide hours of entertainment dependant on the ages of your children.
Just wondering, are those sorts of things 'generic' and therefore transferable? Or are they somehow linked to your ID or something? Because if they're generic, then you could buy one, take it on holiday, then sell it (or give it) to someone else when you got home. Would that be possible, or is there some system in place to stop people doing that?
Prior to the entry they will take your photo and issue you a pass with the photo on it.
Therefore it's not transferable.
You should be booking now for summer holidays if you want anything decent/reasonably priced.
Stayz.com.au
We did this a few years ago, but we stayed near Byron Bay. Close enough to the Gold Coast to make a day trip to Sea World.
We got an apartment a short walk to the beach and a pool in the complex. There are plenty of options.