Bus tours in Eastern Australia

Hi,

I would like to do a 4-week trip to Australia - I know, I know 4 weeks are just too less for that country, but that's all I got So that's why I focus on the East - at the moment there's a tour like Melbourne-Sydney-Cairns on my mind.

I had done a tour with Green Tortoise and it was really great! I am thinking of doing a similar tour for 2 weeks or so. I found a bus tour company in my lonely planet, which sounds good: OZ Experience

Has anybody experiences with OZ? Can you recommend me OZ or another bus tours? Of course other Australian hints are also welcome

Thanks,
Franz

try intrpedid tours, they do great tours around the world.

I think Carm means Intrepid.

Unless Oz Experience has changed a lot in the last couple of years it's basically a hop-on hop-off backpacker-to-backpacker service, not a tour company. Good value perhaps, and you would be in the company of similarly aged people, but not a lot different from Greyhound or any other scheduled bus service.

Personally I prefer the smaller tour organisations in Australia, preferably by jeep rather than bus. But that's probably just me.

yep, that's it, I will blame the cold meds on my heavy fingers!

YHA Australia Travel
Because I'd rather put pins in my eyes than go Contiki et al.
Mind you, I mostly got the train instead.
No upper age limit, rerouting and longer stays possible, staff know their stuff, plus you're not stuck on a bus with the same bunch of teenaged mongs for weeks on end. Use companies such as Greyhound or Rover (whose staff give a commentary on the route far better than most tour guides would).

For NZ (just for completeness), See NZ (YHA Travel) does similar - can't recommend them enough.