30 Days
... and counting! And how! Just 30 days before I set off for the land of Oz!
Capt Mike and I have just finished finalizing the plans for our trip. I will be arriving on Nov. 3, and he will fly in the following morning. From Sydney, we'll fly to Ayers Rock, where I've booked us on a sunrise climb of the Rock followed by a picnic lunch in the desert. After that, we head northeast to Cairns, where we'll be staying in an Oceanview apartment for a week, during which we'll learn how to dive and go on an overnight trip to the Great Barrier Reef. We'll then fly to Brisbane, where we're renting a car, and driving back down to Sydney, stopping along the way in Surfer's Paradise and The Hunter Valley wine-growing region. And one our last night in Australia, we're booked on a climbing tour of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Because a vacation isn't a vacation in Capt Mike's eyes unless he's scaled something.
I can't wait!