Originally Posted by
JamesSL
Just booked ours, only off for 4 nights as I'm a teacher and it's fell in my HT but need to be in work on the Monday so home Sunday morning!
Flights were £1350 from Manc.
There's flights from around £800-900 from Heathrow via America, does take 30-31 hours instead of the 23-24 usually but a lot of money saved.
Hotels aren't too bad, in Sydney can get an alright hotel for about £50pp per night.
Penrith slightly dearer but nothing bad. We're doing 2 nights in Sydney and 2 in Penrith.
I reckon you can do a week from Heathrow for around £1300 based on 2 sharing if people are looking for the most cost effective way.