Well It's Real Now!

All the tickets are bought so Erin, Jenn & I are going to Australia over the Christmas break to experience the "Land Down Under". This wasn't our original plan for the year, but the "stars aligned", and here we are in the final stages of planning! You see our dear friend Neal (remember him from our Mexican Adventure "Martins' Down and Out"), took an assignment in Melbourne Australia for a couple of years, and we decided it was now or never. He graciously opened his home to us as a "base", and the planning began. We have a more detailed plan (trust me!), but here are the basics.

• Fly out of Atlanta on December 20th and after a couple of connecting flights, we land in Caines, Australia, gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.
• We take a day to recover from the 25+ hour  flight, we spend a day snorkeling the reef, with a helicopter ride to look at the reef from above thrown in.
• December 24th, we fly to Melbourne and spend Christmas with Neal, Sandy & Family
• December 26th, we pick up a couple of motorcycles in Melbourne and spend 3 days exploring the Great Ocean Road, rated #3 of  the best roads in the world!
• December 29, we plan to explore Melbourne and get some beach time in, as it will be summer-time in Oz.
• December 30 we fly out to Sydney  to prepare to ring in the new year at the first place that celebrates the occasion, Sydney Harbor.
• December 31, party at the Harbor!
• January 1, recover and rest up for the next day's adventure
• January 2, a daybreak hike to the top of the bridge over Sydney Harbor, a walk that starts at 3:30 AM and gets to 400 feet above the water!
• January 3, explore Sydney
• January 4th, fly back to the states. Funny due to time changes, the time we will arrive in LA is before we leave Sydney :)

So some final details still being worked out, but this is our plan. Another event packed adventure that I am sure will be another one that will provide a lifetime of stories :)

More to come, but for now ..................... G'day Mates!   Starting to get my Aussie on!