Oceania articles

I would like to second David Sutcliffe’s praise (March ’07, pg. 81) for Gayle and Michael Hawker of Tasmania Travel Planning and Australia Travel Planning (4428 E.
On FRANCE, July ’07. . .
by Jennifer Petoff, San Francisco, CA
My wife, Pat, and I have been fans of the Entertainment Book® (Entertainment Publications Operating Co., 1414 E. Maple Rd., Troy, MI 48083; 888/231-7283, www.entertainment.com), with dated coupons, for years.
Have you “been there, done that” with big-ship cruises in the Caribbean, Alaska and the Mediterranean?
Here are some small towns that stand out in my mind for their beauty or other unique characteristics.
Bicheno’s Ocean View Retreat (18067 Tasman Highway, Bicheno, Tasmania 7215, AUSTRALIA; phone [61] 3 6375 1481, fax 1554, e-mail dgardam@tassie.net.au or visit www.bichenooceanviewretreat.c
From a 2-week March ’06 trip to AUSTRALIA, here are some of the hotels I stayed at in the Northern Territory. (Also see the September and January articles)
Normally, my wife, Patricia, and I do our own travel planning, relying heavily on the Internet and reading ITN.
Since my wife, Mary, and I both retired in 2000, we have been traveling abroad at least twice a year. More and more of our friends expressed an interest in traveling with us, so we started doing organized group tours.