Tickets and Packing

Today I purchased my tickets for traveling around what I now know to be a continent as large as the US... Australia. I thought I would hold off and not plan anything... just see where I ended up. Then after speaking with a long lost friend that lived in Australia for a year I was set straight. She mentioned that I might spend days on end traveling on a bus or worse yet a slow train, so I booked plane tickets. I decided to forgo the Kimberlys and Ayers Rock and picked up New Zealand. I figured that was a lovely place to visit and since I was in the neighborhood I might as well. I have set the wheels into motion for the land down under...

Sydney: Sat 12 AM - Tue 15 AM Fly to Cairns
Cairns: Tue 15 noon - Thu 17 PM
Adelaide/Barossa Valley: Thu 17 PM - Mon 21 AM
Drive the Great Ocean Road: Mon 21 AM - Thu 24 PM
Melbourne: Thu 24 PM - Sat 26 PM
Christchurch, NZ: Sat 26 PM- Thu 31 PM
Sydney: Thu 31 PM

Fly Home April 1st

Now I just have to figure out how to view the Great Ocean Road, purchase some tickets to the coral reefs, and wine tours and I will be done. I think I will wait to purchase tour packages until I am there to see what my options are. I think I will take a hot air balloon ride whil eI am in New Zealand.