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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

January 2-8

Now that the holidays were over, it was time for a headlong dash to Darwin where we were scheduled to fly to Bali on January 18th. That gave us very limited time to enjoy everything in between so we made the decision to extend our stay in Australia by a week. Since we had a Quantas flight, we thought this would be simple, but were told by the airline that the change was free but had to be initiated by the agent who booked the ticket. Even when I begged, the agent on the phone told me there was no way for him to access the reservation to make the change. I then had to contact our agent at Airtreks who informed me that we would be charged US$50 per ticket to request the change. I reminded her of all the business we had given them and that we still had to book the tickets for the remaining half of our trip but she wouldn’t budge and said it was Airtreks policy. We ended up going directly to a Quantas office in Melbourne and Claude convinced the agent to make to change for us for only AUS$25 per ticket (he says I just didn’t ask the right way the first time). Needless to say, we won’t be giving Airtreks any more of our business and I’ll let Claude do the negotiating from now on. [read on]

Sydney’s Diamond Jubilee

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

December 31

When New Years Eve finally arrived, we took an early train into Sydney and arrived at Macquarrie’s Point around 11AM (along with about 10,000 other people).

From Holidays in S…

After standing in line for an hour and a half to get through the security checkpoint we finally reached the point and staked out our spot beneath a shady tree with a good view of the Sydney Bridge.

From Holidays in S…

Now all we had to do was wait. [read on]

Sydney for the Holidays

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Dec 24 – 31 As the days wound down to Christmas, I reflected on what I was doing this time last year – namely, stressing out about Christmas sales while rushing around madly to get all the shopping and wrapping done. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Dec 9-22
From Queensland, A...
After our adventures in the Whitsundays and Fraser Island, we were ready to chill out for a while. We spent the next few weeks working our way down the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Fraser Island II

Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Dec 7-8 On Day 2, we had to get up really early and leave by 6AM in order to drive on the beach before the tide was too high. Our plan was to drive to Indian Head, at the north ... [Continue reading this entry]

Fraser Island I

Monday, February 12th, 2007
December 3-8 You would think that after a busy and expensive week of sailing that we would have taken it easy for a while. However, geography dictated that our next adventure follow closely on the heels of our last. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Whitsundays II

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Nov 30 - Dec 2 On Day 3, we woke up early and set sail for Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island, one of the top ten most beautiful beaches in the world.
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Whitsundays I

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Nov 27-29 After an exhilarating afternoon of sailing, we spent our first night in the Whitsunday’s in Nara Inlet.
From Whitsundays
It turned out to be very easy to navigate in the islands as ... [Continue reading this entry]

Our Little Slice of Heaven!

Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Nov 24-26 After our adventures on the Great Barrier Reef, we continued south toward Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands with a pitstop in Townsville. Simon had been so spoiled by the playground and pools in Cairns that he actually ... [Continue reading this entry]