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					Originally Posted by notcasesensitive  I've had a change of vacation plans and I'm now booked for flights to Brisbane, Sydney and Auckland in mid-to-late June. I'll have a few days in each of Brisbane and Auckland and only two days in Sydney. Tips? Must-sees? 
 Any thoughts on what the fact it will be winter means to my travel plans? Sounds like Brisbane will be like LA (temperate year-round), but I'm less confident about Sydney and Auckland...
 |  Never been to Brisbane.  Really good food in Sydney but the last time I was there it was incredibly expensive.  Anyone could make a ton of money working at a mine drilling minerals for the Chinese, which drove prices up.  This may have cooled off.  When I go for work, I stay near The Rocks, which is not the most interesting part of town -- go farther afield.  Take a ferry somewhere and back.
 
Auckland was pretty cool when I was there almost two decades ago, but it's very spread out -- a hard place to see on foot.
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