Booked and excited!

Yahoo! I finally got in to see the travel agent and after much deliberating, decided on a flight path.

Looks like I'll be leaving here, flying for a quick stop over in LAX, before headed on Quantas straight to Sydney. Thats a relief since the original ticket she wanted to book me with had a multitude of stops, which, while they were all in great places, I wouldnt want to stay on my own. Things like Singappore, Tokyo, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. I'll do those on an Asia trip I think. But for now, being my first trip I just want simple . That also means less chance for my bag to go missing.

So, arriving in Sydney on April 16th for Oz intro, and then I'm going to be booking with Ozexperience (sister company for ummm Adventure Tours) for their independant tour of the East Coast up to Cairns. That means I can go at my own pace, stop at all the cities along the way if I like.

I think I'll be stopping at Surfers Paradise, and of course Brisbane for a while. Then it'll be off to Hervey Bay to learn to Scuba Dive (its cheaper there apparently) and maybe a quick jaunt to Fraser Island before continuing up to Airlie Beach and touring the Whitsundays.

Once I eventually reach Cairns, it'll be a nice 2 day min excursion up to Cape Tribulation for a stay in the Rainforest and a tour out on the Great Barrier reef.

And then! its the Grey Hound for Western Australia. Heading up to Darwin, taking some time to head down to Alice Springs and Uluru of course before going back up and hitting the West coast down to Broome. I'm really looking forward to this part of the trip since I know very little about it, it should be very exciting!

Once I eventually reach Perth, its the Indian Pacific to Adelaide. I havent really decided on what to do about Uluru, since I can either go there from Darwin, or Adelaide with the Greyhound pass ... so I'll have to decide which time of year will be better.

In Adelaide, there will be the mandatory stop at Kangaroo Island before possibly heading inland to visit a few interior cities in Victoria before ending in Melbourne, hopefully for Christmas / New years. (Sydney is a possibility here too) then its down to the beautiful and supposedly unmissable Tasmania / Hobart, before heading back to Melbourne where my flight is leaving from in April again.

Oh my god! There is going to be sooo much to do! and I havent really got any dates in mind as to where I'm going to be when, but it should be alot of fun.

Looks like my travel agent thinks that the VIP back packers card is the best, though I think I'm still going to get the YHA one just incase. Its not very much money, and it will be nice if there arent any VIP hostels available.

Wow this is a long blog post. I think its time to cut it off before I really go nuts!

Del