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Is the following a good 10 day vacation in australia?

Australian Memories 10Days/09Nights visiting 3N MELBOURNE / 3N GOLD COAST / 3N SYDNEY Detailed ItineraryReturn to INDEX D1Arrive Melbourne Apt and SIC transfer to your Hotel. Check in & Overnight D2Breakfast. Morning Half Day SIC MEL City Tour (APT # M1 - Complimentry & NON Refundable). Overnight. D3Breakfast. Full Day SIC Great Ocean Road Tour (APT # M4 - Compulsory & NON Refundable). Overnight. D4Breakfast. Check out and depart to Melbourne Apt for your onward flight to Brisbane. Arrive Brisbane Airport and direct SIC transfer to Gold Coast Hotel. Check-in, Day Free & Overnight. D5Breakfast. Return SIC transfer to Movieworld with entrance. Overnight. D6Breakfast. Return SIC transfer to Seaworld with entrance. Overnight at your Hotel. D7Breakfast. Check-out and depart for Brisbane/Goldcoast Airport by SIC for your flight to Sydney. Arrive Sydney Apt and SIC transfer to Hotel. Check-in and free at leisure. In the evening proceed on OWN to King Street Wharf # 5, Darling Harbour by 1850-1900hrs to join Sydney ShowBoat DELUXE Indian Dinner Cruise (No Transfers). Overnight D8Breakfast. This Morning we proceed by SIC for Half Day Sydney City Tour including Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Manly Beach, etc (APT # S1 - Complimentry & NON Refundable). After Tour, transfer back to Hotel on OWN D9Breakfast. Full Day Blue Mountains Tour + Light Lunch + 2Unit Scenic Ride (1Way Cableway + 1Way Railway) with Wildlife Park by SIC (APT # S15+LR - Compulsory & NON Refundable). D10Breakfast. Check-out and SIC Transfer to Sydney Apt for your onward flight.

Public Comments

1. There are some good elements to this package ..eg The Great Ocean Road in Vic , Melbourne City Tour , Sydney City Tour , Blue Mountains Tour &The Wildlife Park. The time spent in Queensland appears to be totally wasted if all you are going to see is theme parks We have far more to offer than that eg either the Lone Pine Sanctuary in Brisbane , Fleay's Sanctuary on the Gold Coast or Australia Zoo ..not to mention the rest that Brisbane alone has to offer !
2. My goodness, that's a lot to cram into 10 days!! You don't mention where you are from, but to be honest with you, if you are from somewhere there are lots of theme parks available to visit, then I'd give that part of it a miss and see some of the more unique australian attractions. For Melbourne, the city and great ocean roads are fantastic if you only have a few days, Sydney, obviously the opera house, city and harbour bridge are must sees, and the Blue Mountains also a beautiful Heritage listed part of our country. Brisbane.. to be perfectly honest, I think you'd be better to go to Currumbin Sanctuary which is an amazing wildlife park full of every type of Australian animal imaginable (almost). Seems like a pretty full on trip, but looks like it would still be good if you're up for it.. depends on what you're into and if you're after the Australian experience or not, I wouldn't really say it's that.. but still a fun trip.
3. too short a time you wont have time to scratch your bum & will be too tired to enjoy yourself
4. My first thought which I think you should definitely try and do is fly Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane or vica versa, the order you are flying is going to create a lot of extra unnecessary travel time as Brisbane is at the top of Australia, Melbourne the bottom and Sydney the middle. I think your itinerary includes lots of good points but is crammed and is mostly tours to points of interest, you are not going to get to see much of the city. 3 days in one city is very very little especially since you only really get 2 days after travel. Can you stay a week longer and spread it out a lot more. It appears you're doing a package which sounds like it could be quite costly. For example, the Melbourne city tour you can do for free, there is a tram and bus that run free tours everyday but it sounds like you are in some way paying for it, since it is non-refundable. I just think you could do the same trip with tours for a lot cheaper if you do it yourself.
5. On my first holiday here, I spent 3 weeks just doing Sydney. Your 3 days on the Gold coast ? Seaworld and Movieworld ? Well, if that is what you are coming here for, then OK. But it wouldn't be my idea of fun :) Only you can know if that is what you really want. It does look like you have only 8 usable days in that 10 day holiday though.
6. Yes its a great trip but you should get rid of Brisbane/ Gold Coast its a waste of time and money spend more time in Melbourne and you will have the best holiday in history. Remember No Gold Coast/ Brisbane. More Melbourne instead.