Author: Cheryl & Pat

Day 50 This morning we headed to the train station in route to Wellington. The storm from yesterday that canceled the afternoon whale watching had left snow on the mountain tops.  Across from the snow covered mountains, the locals were surfing. Another interesting thing we observed on our train ride was the Saltworks, which is… Read more

Day 45 This morning we said goodbye to Australia and caught a flight to Christchurch, New Zealand. We had so much fun in Australia and are already thinking about coming back to see more within the next 5 years. We love a plan! Despite having an early flight, our room was ready when got to… Read more

Day 40 Today is another travel day. Pat was up early and went for a walk along the Esplanade and enjoyed a “flat white” (similar to a cappuccino, but only espresso and steamed milk, no milk foam) from a local coffee shop along the beach. Pat forgot to include in the last post that Lizard… Read more

Day 34 Today was another travel day. With an 11:30 am flight, we had a leisurely morning. Pat picked up his favorite belt from Argentina that needed some repair work from a local shoe repair shop, then we said “farewell” to Brisbane. We arrived early afternoon following a 2 hour flight in the same time… Read more

Day 30 Today was another travel day. We had to reverse our path and drive about 5 hours back to Alice Springs. We encountered more traffic on the way back, seeing about 65 cars and trucks heading to Uluru (at least 3 times as many as before).  Making the long haul are semis pulling four trailers… Read more

Day 27 Today was a travel day. We were up and out the door headed to the airport by 8:15 am. We caught a flight to Alice Springs and got a rental car to drive to Uluru. It was 4 hours and 45 minutes of very monotonous driving. The road continued straight ahead for as… Read more

Day 23 We had a short plane ride from Launceston to Adelaide. We entered a new time zone which was 30 minutes earlier than before. How strange to jump 30 vs 60 minutes. We got our rental car and headed north to Barossa. Remember that great tip about using your outside arm as the one… Read more

Day 16 – Hobart We said goodbye to Sydney this morning and headed to the airport. Interestingly, in Australia, they don’t check IDs at security or when boarding. As long as we had a ticket, we were all set. They are also “old school” in that anyone can go back to the gates as long… Read more

Day 11 We had an early wakeup call (5am) as our transportation company wanted us to leave at 6am for our 930am flight. The drive was quite rainy, but mostly uneventful, except for our driver being very sleepy, so we engaged him in conversation as Pat noticed him drifting off. We were on a full… Read more

Day 6 We arrived in Fiji bright and early on Monday morning. Our hotel, the Crowne Plaza Fiji Nadi Bay Resort, will be our home for the next 3 nights. The resort is beautiful, however, a little detail we missed was that it is the rainy season in Fiji from January thru March (looks like… Read more