Down Under - February & March 2003

A Vacation to New Zealand and Australia

Getting There
Atlanta to St. Louis to Los Angeles to Nadi, Fiji, to Sydney to Auckland
The Cruise
Auckland
New Zealand
Wellington and the House & Garden Tour
Christchurch and the Sheep Shearing and Akaroa Tour
Dunedin and the Bonnie Dunedin Tour
Fjordland National Park
Australia
Hobart, Tasmania and the Bonorong Wildlife Preserve Tour
Melbourne, Victoria and the Aboriginal Walk Tour
The Shore Excursion
Cairns, Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef
Uluru, North Australia
Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales and the Walkabout
Wine Tasting Tour
Coming Home
Sydney to Los Angeles to St. Louis to Atlanta

All the bags are pack, The backpack is full and ready to go.

email home:
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 16:39:59 -0800 (PST) From: Cruise Buddies Subject: Going Home Marathon has begun To: the.wack@eloptac.com AND WE'RE OFF! We've checked out of the hotel and rode the Airport Express to the international terminal. We can't check in for our flight for 90 minutes. Bummer. Mom & Pops Joseph & Christina Harlan - On vacation somewhere in the world!

We're waiting to check in and we've got to keep a watch on all our luggage.

Sydney Airport

and a short 14 hours later we're at the Los Angeles International Airport.
Interestingly we left Sydney at 3:50 PM Saturday afternoon and arrived in LA at about 10:15AM Saturday morning. That's about 5 hours before we left.

We spent the afternoon walking Marina Del Ray

A Vacation to New Zealand and Australia