2017 Queens Birthday Long Weekend - Inspirations, Ideas and Trips

[alexy23]

What are your plans for the Queens Birthday Long Weekend? 10th - 12th June (for most states)

Feel free to recommend some trip ideas.

Some ideas from last year:

Wine Tasting/R&R:
- Barossa Valley
- Hunter Valley
- Yarra Valley
- Margaret River

Winter R&R:
- Queenstown

Sun & coughtails
- Fiji
- Noumea

First Class Indulgence:
- R Class Return to SIN (2 nights onboard SQ in an A380 Suite)

 

[Anna]

My suggestion is to join the AFF lounge crawl at NRT that weekend

 

[AIRwin]

I happen to be in PER that weekend and wouldn't want to miss Rottnest Island this time...

 

[alexy23]

I happen to be in PER that weekend and wouldn't want to miss Rottnest Island this time...

Ahh nice one - time for a quokka selfie

 

[AIRwin]

Ahh nice one - time for quokka selfie

Thanks for that! I'm joining my brother and his family for the trip and will pass this on to them...

 

[Wanderlust_tim]

I am off to Beijing for the long weekend. Bit of a status run following Qantas double status credit promotion a few months ago.

 

[Himeno]

Had to look up what weekend you're talking about...

I'll be at work.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

What are your plans for the Queens Birthday Long Weekend?

In QLD the Queens Birthday holiday is in October

Monday is MAY day here ! Traffic was already crazy at 10am at Kawana today. !!!

 

[SYD]

SA Wine tasting has been a semi-regular thing for us. Fly Friday, sneak in McLaren Vale before Sea & Vines gets crazy, then tick off Clare, Barrossa and/or Hills. The dozen cases trickle back over the following fortnight!

 

[serfty]

I'm off to NYC for a wine tasting dinner.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/comm...ual-winedo-june-11-2017-nyc-north-square.html

Following that it's Velocity SC run time as I meander on DL premium back West to LA over the next week, flying back to MEL on the 17th.

 

[Spongbob]

Most likely Van Gogh at the NGV and AFL in Melbourne (try to see the NGV winter "block buster" each year).

 

[JohnK]

Pattaya Soi 8 Beach Road with wife and daughter and Golden Ferret golf society. It doesn't get much better....

 

[Cult of one]

That weekend is "Hair EXPO" the biggest hairdressers trade fair in Aust. Imagine 5000-10000 odd hairdressers in one place at one time. @ the new Darling harbour expo site. You have been told, your choice now is to either go and have a blast or stay away. I have been around 20 times over the years and this is the first one I will miss in years.

 

[alexy23]

Off to NZ flying J with VA via CHC then AirNZ to ZQN. A weekend of Snowboarding, Indulgence and plenty of wines to come!

I almost splurged on F with EK to CHC but saved my points and going to spend them on a DXB-AMS trip sometime this year (56k for 3 hour flight vs 75k for 7 hour flight + chauffeur + DXB F lounge).

 

[maureeng]

I am off to Beijing for the long weekend. Bit of a status run following Qantas double status credit promotion a few months ago.

Pack your shorts it's around 38c here at the moment

 

[OATEK]

Steam train rides from Sydney Central this weekend - we will ride on Monday.
https://www.transportheritageexpo.com/

 

[Spongbob]

Steam train rides from Sydney Central this weekend - we will ride on Monday.
https://www.transportheritageexpo.com/

And I think you can also ride an "red rattler" electric suburban train.

 

[Milboo]

Ah that explains the old buses I saw around Central Station today.

 

[JessicaTam]

As Anna said upthread, NRT is the place to be this weekend!

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....al-events/nrt-lounge-crawl-11-june-77011.html

 

[OATEK]

Steam train rides from Sydney Central this weekend - we will ride on Monday.
https://www.transportheritageexpo.com/

And I think you can also ride an "red rattler" electric suburban train.