Homecoming

Yeah. It's been a while. But you guys should be used to that by now, right?

Once again, there hasn't been much to report on. There really aren't many touristy, fun things to do here in Whangarei, and besides that we're trying to save all our money for the upcoming trip to Australia... which we have finally purchased tickets for!

We leave New Zealand next Friday, the 24th for Sydney. From Sydney we'll fly up to Cairns and then begin our 16 day journey down the east cost, from Cairns to Sydney. Along the way we'll see the Great Barrier Reef, rainforests, opera houses, and probably lots of Kangaroos, Koalas, and all those other crazy Australia-exclusive animals. Once we're finished up in Sydney, we'll fly back to Auckland for a brief 2-day stopover to pick up our excess baggage (we're going to store the stuff we don't need for Australia so we don't have to haul everything around) and then board our final flight back to the States on August 12th. The flight leaves at 2:30 pm and gets in at 9 pm on the same day, even though it's over 24 hours of travel time. Time zones are so fun!

So there's the big news for the day. This could be my last post until I'm back home. Internet connections at hostels are always sketchy and/or expensive, so I'm not sure if I'll be updating on the go.

If not, I'll see you all sometime after August 12th! Now I've got Australia-trip-planning to do.