AUSTRALIA | Driving Trip in Australia (from/to Melbourne Airport)
50-50 Well self organized budget family trip to Australia on last end of July 2009. All four of us (me, my 2 sisters and hubby) were planning to have a road trip self-drive in small part of Australia. Since the trip was in a very short time, we can only cover probably 0.05% from total tourist attractions in Australia. However, we make sure to use the very limited of time very2 wise. Here, i sincerely wanted to share our experience and also the cost incurred along the way. I am trying to reduce the cost to as low as we can. The thing that i can't predict is the currency exchange. The rate for my trip this time was consider very high as compared to early of this year which is AUD1 = MYR2.92-2.95. Day 1 (LCCT Kuala Lumpur - Melbourne Tullamarine Airport): Flight at 1.40pm (m'sia time), arrived at melbourne airport 8 hours later (11.30pm Aus time). The rental car opened at 5am the next morning. So, we spend more than 5 hours at the airport. It is very convenience for mus...