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Had a similar experience on QF93, MEL-LAX, the week after 9/11. Most folks with flexible travel plans had decided to let things settle down before returning to the skies, but this was the return leg of our vacation, so fly we must. I have no idea exactly how many of us were actually on board...

Apparently this is not uncommon - from today's Age: "Hertz to refund hundreds of customers it falsely accused of damaging rental cars" (I would post the link, but the site won't let me because my post count is not high enough. Sorry. Perhaps someone else can oblige.)

When we visited Oz last year, we rented an SUV from Hertz for two weeks. We flew in and out of SYD, but rather than rent from the airport desk and pay the exorbitant (30%!) location fee, I selected Hertz' "Alexandria Downtown" location, just outside the airport on O'Riordan St. Our cabby was...

I agree it's not about damage, it's about respect for polite requests to honor cultural differences. My graveyard analogy was the best I could come up with as, not being of the Anangu people, I cannot hope to understand the deep cultural significance it holds to them. But in the end, anyone...

Many Aussies make the pilgrimage to Anzac Cove every year, but they don't go stomping around the grave sites once they get there.

I climbed The Rock when we first visited back in the '80s, before the traditional owners' beliefs were generally made known; certainly I was unaware of them at the time. I seriously doubt that I would do it again, but then, I've already done it once so it doesn't hold quite the same mystique as...

If budget permits, you might want to do both. The tours will give you a good introduction to the area and some background, while having your own transport will allow you to return to any areas that you particularly liked, away from the madding throng and without the tyranny of a timetable.

I've been fortunate enough to have visited "The Rock" twice under very different circumstances. The first was when my parents and I rented a campervan and drove a lap of the western half of Australia back in 1988. That was before before any permanent accommodations were available, and we...

The closest I've ever come to an empty plane was when my wife and I flew MEL-LAX less than a week after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The QF 747 was about 20% occupied, and every one of us in cattle class got a full 3- or 4-seat row to ourselves. Not quite a skybed, but it sure beat sleeping...