So, Australia, here I come again! This time I’m going to see Darwin as well as the fam in Adelaide and friends in Sydney. Yay!
Angela and Dustin are still on the books for August/September unless Ange finds a job after graduating this April.
Did you know that if your passport is within 6 months of expiring that you could get denied from entering a country? That’s the story I get told from numerous sources but if you look it up on the Government of Canada website you get a vague answer (“It depends”). I tried the link associated to see what the requirements are for Australia and the website doesn’t function properly. It takes you to the main page of the Foreign Representatives page but you don’t know where to navigate to get your question answered. *sigh* Shouldn’t a passport expire in 5 1/2 years instead of 5 if they want you to renew with 6 months left on your passport? Better yet, just make a 10 year passport like in the US. You have the option of choosing a 5 or 10 year passport.
I got my passport renewed today and it took 45 minutes of waiting in line, $87.00 plus another 2.5 weeks before I can receive my new one in the mail. I guess that’s good considering last week when I went to check out the line, it was a 2.5 hour wait… Yikes!
Bertha