We are off to Australia and New Zealand on Saturday Jan 26, 2013. It's going to be a very long flight, almost 23 hours of travel time. We fly from Toronto to Vancouver to Sydney, arriving Monday morning. We have booked an apartment in Sydney for 11 days and plan to use it as our home base, taking day trips and enjoying the city and Australian culture. We have trips planned to the Blue Mountains, Hunter Valley (wine district), Wollongong, Canberra and the Sydney Opera House, plus some time at Bondi Beach soaking up the sun.
On Feb 8th we board the Diamond Princess for a 14 day cruise that takes us to Melbourne, Hobart, Tasmania, then over to New Zealand where we work our way up the coast (Milford Sound, Dunedin, Akaroa, Picton, Wellington, Tauranga and Auckland). In Auckland, we pick up a car and drive down to Rotorua for a few days before flying to Queenstown on the South Island (the Banff of New Zealand). We will spend time there, in Wanaka and Mount Cook, working our way back to Christchurch, where we fly home on March 3rd.
It will be a great trip. I hope to be able to post a blog every few days, with some pictures. Stay tuned.
So excited to follow along!!! We will miss you!!
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