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Created by Mike Vondran
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Australia 2007 - 2008

A trip from December 15, 2007 to January 05, 2008, travelling to Sydney, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Kuranda …
Karen and Mike going to Australia for the Holidays. We … More  
Karen and Mike going to Australia for the Holidays. We went surfing, scuba diving, hiking, running, etc.
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Day 1 of the biggest vacation of my life


            I was so excided about this trip. My dad dropped me off at the San Francisco International airport and I was off on the biggest vacation of my life.

            I got some Australian currency and then when off to have dinner. I was surprised at the lack of good food at the international terminal at San Francisco International. I had heard that they had added a lot of hi-end restaurants but I didn’t see any. I had a pizza and a Corona beer and watched the 49er game.

I then listened to Nirvana on my Ipod until Karen arrived. I was rocking out to the Nirvana album Nevermind like I was a college student. It felt good to be young and free again.

I took a look at the nose of the 747 and was impressed with the size of the plane.

Karen and I lucked out that the person next to us didn’t show up so we had the window and isle seats with the middle sit for us to put items into it.

I was starting to fall asleep while the plane was taxiing on the tarmac.

As the plane took of and was starting to go over the Pacific, I could see the Golden Gate Bridge with the lights on and I knew my journey was about to begin!

The Qantas flight was very nice and we were feed well. The videos on demand were amazing. I watched “Superbad”, “The Simpsons, The Movie” and part of  “Hot Rod”. Superbad was funny and I laughed out loud a few times. I liked the characters of cops in the movie. Karen liked “Hot Rod”.

There was a man laughing really loud in the early evening.


 
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Great Documentation. It sounded like you got to see so much. Im going for a year. Im just as excited
as you were.
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Wondering if you are still together?? Seemed to be a lot of mention of Karen being happy.........
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Awesome trip it was indeed. Watching the videos, almost allow me to feel as if i was partly there,( in my mind, of course). I'd loved to take one very soon myself. Activities like this, really take u away from the routine-ness of ur daily life. Thumbs up, Karen&Mike.
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Nice trip, look like it was fun
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Been to Austalia and did 90% of what is being offered. Hotels are expensive as is food. Don't sign up for anything until you have a final dollar figure. Sounds like an awesome trip though, wish I could go again.
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I am going to go there next month,and I belive sydney is one the most beutiful place that I have seen.
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Anywhere you travel today it,s going to cost more of course,perhaps if you feel that it,s too expensive you can always stay home and sweep your side walks and make your little space at least look better,what do you think loves?
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around how much did you save up for this trip..im looking into a trip to australia myself..but looking into keeping a budget..
i'd aprreciate the extra info..=] thanks
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I did not find things to be terribly expensive on my trip to Australia, in fact they were very similar to the US. However, the taxes on certain products are more than here so you will expect to pay more for gas, cigarettes, etc. Another thing to remember is the exchange rate is $1 USD = $1.51 AUD so for every $100 US dollars you have, you get $151 Australian dollars. Absolutely consider this when figuring out your budget.
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Thanks TRUDY C. I'd like to know the price too. And thinks are very expensive there.
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Planned Activities
Mon 12/17/07 (day 3) - Sydney
City
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Tue 12/18/07 (day 4) - Sydney
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Thu 12/20/07 (day 6) - Cairns
City
Fri 12/21/07 (day 7) - Great Barrier Reef
Mon 12/24/07 (day 10) - Kuranda
Wed 12/26/07 (day 12) - Brisbane, Byron Bay
Sun 12/30/07 (day 16) - Sydney
Mon 12/31/07 (day 17) - Sydney
Thu 01/03/08 (day 20) - Katoomba, Sydney
 
 
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