Off to Australia!

I've randomly decided to take a 3 1/2 week trip to the land down under. I'm heading there solo- but not without much help from planner extraordinare Katie (who not only is an excellent bachelorette party planner and inspirational speaker, but happens to be a fabulous travel agent too!). I owe her big time for the countless hours I've made her go over the travel options with me.

I don't really have firm plans right now, other than that I'll be leaving the US on July 7th and heading to Sydney. On the way over, you lose a day because they're 18 hours ahead, so I actually won't be in Australia until July 9th. Which means I'll never have a Wednesday that week. But on the way back August 4th will be a 48hr day... weird, huh?

Over the 26 days that I'm there, I'll be heading from Sydney to Cairns (pronounced Canns.... I didn't know either). And I'll be stopping off in Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Noosa, Rainbow Beach, Fraser Island, Airlie Beach, The Whitsunday Islands, The town of 1770, Magnetic Island, Mission Beach, Cairns, Cape Tribulation, and Daintree.

I can't even begin to explain how excited I am!!!! It started out as me going on a Contiki tour (they do the planning, you just show up) and has become a full-blown backpacking adventure!! I'll be using this blog to update you on my adventures in Oz and post the millions of pictures I'll be taking! (I'm buying a memory card that can hold 32,000 pictures... no joke!)