DREAMY ADVENTURES
AUSTRALIA – DAY 16 – Kuranda Rain Forest
SATURDAY 4/3/2010 – KURANDA RAINFOREST Before leaving for the Kuranda Rainforest, Marcia went to the front desk and asked them to confirm our transfer to the airport the following day. There seemed to be some confusion with the Airport Connections Company again. After...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 15 – Great Barrier Reef
FRIDAY 4/2/2010 – GREAT BARRIER REEF The Ocean Spirit Cruise tour met us outside of the Rydges Esplanade Resort Cairns at 7:35am for a full day Michaelmas Cay Cruise aboard a five star catamaran. Michaelmas Cay is a beautiful sand reef island, 24 miles off the coast...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 14 – Alice Springs to Cairns
THURSDAY 4/1/2010 (APRIL FOOL’s DAY) – ALICE SPRINGS >> CAIRNS We paid $20 for a two hour late checkout at the hotel. We sat by the pool in the morning. Two birds were vying for our attention, making noise, fanning their tails, and staging a cockfight. We...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 13 – Uluru and Kata Tjuta
WEDNESDAY 3/31/2010 – ULURU (Ayers Rock) & KATA TJUTA (the Olgas) Glen, our Discovery Eco Tours guide, picked us up at the Voyages Desert Gardens Hotel at 5:45 am to take us to see the sunrise at Uluru. Marcia misheard his name and called him Clay for the first...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 12 – Alice Springs to Ayers Rock
TUESDAY 3/30/2010 – ALICE SPRINGS >> AYERS ROCK The Australian Pacific Touring bus picked us up outside the Aurora Alice Springs Hotel for our half day Uluru tour. Karl is our Luxury Coach Driver and Guide; unlike Richard, he methodically counts passengers....
AUSTRALIA – DAY 11 – Ghan Train to Alice Springs
MONDAY 3/29/2010 – GHAN TRAIN >> ALICE SPRINGS At 6:30 am they called the Red Cards to breakfast. I decided to wash up using the sink rather than try to use the shower in the toilet/sink/shower room. Marcia came to our room about 7:50. For breakfast, we had...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 10 – Ghan Train
SUNDAY 3/28/2010 – GHAN TRAIN Marcia rose early to shower and do laundry. There was a windstorm in the bathroom again. We had breakfast in the hotel restaurant. The rail station that is only 3 blocks away from the hotel is NOT Keswick Rail Station, which is where...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 9 – Kangaroo Island and Back to Adelaide
SATURDAY 3/27/2010 - KANGAROO ISLAND >> ADELAIDE We ate breakfast at Aurora Ozone. Unfortunately, the menu in the restaurant is only half of what is posted in room. If you order Macchiato, you’ll get a ½ shot glass. Profiteroles are ice cream filled cream puffs...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 8 – Adelaide to Kangaroo Island
FRIDAY 3/27/2010 ADELAIDE >> KANGAROO ISLAND Kangaroo Island Sealink bus picked us up at the Hotel Grand Chancellor at 6:15 am. The bus ride was a scenic tour of the hills and farmland along the coast to Cape Jarvis. Here we connected with the Sealink ferry for...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 7 – Port Fairy to Adelaide (Last Day of Great Ocean Road Trip)
THURSDAY 3/25/2010 - PORT FAIRY >> ADELAIDE Today we started the final leg of our roadtrip to Adelaide. Our Central Motel bill included a 10% surcharge for using a plastic card plus $2 per “tale” (towel). After telling us “Yanks” “are causing all sorts of...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 6 – Apollo Bay to Port Fairy (Great Ocean Road Trip continued)
WEDNESDAY 3/24/2010 – APOLLO BAY >> CAPE OTWAY >> PORT CAMPBELL NATIONAL PARK >> PORT FAIRY >> CAPE BRIDGEWATER >> MT. GAMBIER While checking out of the Golden Chain lodge, we asked Rex for his recommendation of things to see and do on...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 5 – Melbourne to Apollo Bay (Great Ocean Road Trip)
TUESDAY 3/23/2010 – MELBOURNE >> GEELONG >> TORQUAY >> APOLLO BAY I woke around 6:30, got up, and showered. Lexie followed. Marcia was back from getting coffee by the time Lexie was out of the bathroom. Lexie straightened her hair – I’m telling you ....
AUSTRALIA – DAY 4 – Sydney to Melbourne
MONDAY 3/22/2010 SYDNEY >> MELBOURNE Another Diem to Carpe! We woke around 6:00 am, showered, got ready, and went back to the Carrington Room for another buffet breakfast. No straightener for Lexie; another day with frizzy hair. It makes a girl very crabby....
AUSTRALIA – DAY 3 – Sydney (continued)
Sunday 3/21/2010 - SYDNEY To quote a line from Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, “We have diem to carpe!” Marcia got up to get coffee and to use the internet around 5:30. I got up by 6:00. Lexie woke up shortly thereafter and went to use the gym for a half hour. With...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 2 – Sydney
SATURDAY 3/20/2010 (I think. What happened to 3/19/10?)- ARRIVE IN SYDNEY We landed in Sydney on time (7:45 am) TWO DAYS AFTER WE LEFT the U.S. Wait! What happed to Friday? Lexie was the only one of the three of us – in her slumber – who checked YES to carrying food...
AUSTRALIA – DAY 1
THREE SHEILAS DOWN UNDER THURSDAY 3/18/2010 – MADISON >> CHICAGO >> LOS ANGELES At 10:45, the morning of Thursday, March 18, 2010, my daughter, Lexie, and I packed our bags into Mom and Dad’s vehicle. We picked up our friend, Marcia, at 11:00. Our flight...
AUSTRALIA – GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY for THREE SHEILAS DOWN UNDER Here's a glossary of Australian Terms. Some we were aware of before we left for Australia. Others we were not - and, they sure would have been nice to know! ABORIGINAL HARDWARE STORE – mulga tree AUSSIES - Australians (pronounced...
AUSTRALIA – 2010
AUSTRALIA - 2010 THREE SHEILAS DOWN UNDER I was trying to decide on a name for this story. Unfortunately, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” has already been taken. I considered “The Mom, the Girl, and the Emu” . . . (you’ll have to read the blog series to learn why!) ...
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