Tasmania has a lovely small airport and after dropping the rental car back and checking in we relaxed in the lounge.   The flight back to Sydney went without incident and once we had collected our bags we used a shared minibus service to drop us off at the YHA Sydney Central hostel. The hostel was…

None of us wanted to get up early. We had to leave the Gold Coast on an early flight with TigerAir to Sydney to catch our connecting flight with JetStar to Hobart, Tasmania.  Before too long we were on our way to Sydney.  While it worked out cheaper to book two single flights it meant…

There is a three-hour time difference between Auckland and the Gold Coast.  Our JetStar flight landed at 4:30pm but our body clocks were telling us it was later in the evening.  After clearing immigration, we called the car rental company who sent a shuttle bus to collect us.  An hour’s drive later and we were…