DREAMY ADVENTURES
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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