After the mostly bust that was port douglas we headed south for our 3 day sailing adventure on an australian tallship! The bus down was unexceptional service that one expects from greyhound BUT there was one cool thing : all the seats had seatbelts! I have long pondered why buses in america don't have 'em. It certainly felt safer- I am going to go on record as being an advocate :) accomadations for the night were whitsunday moorings -- a gay friendly b&b where we had the best breakfast - mostly it was the setting, overlooking the marina under a sea of tropical plants, heaps of parrots, at a wonderfully presented table. would certainly stay here again :) We also walked around arlie beach - both toisha and I like fun tourist towns (filled with bars ... read more

Yay! We can post via the blackberry :) pls excuse any impending grammar, spelling and txt language. Whenst we last spoke there was a rain of mythic proportions beating down on us at woodford. This was also the first day we decided not to carry our rain gear :( ALSO the window to our home away from home (some suv model nissan that was rather cosy and easily fit our air mattress - our tent proved worthless, literally puddling water during the first pitiful rainshower on the first night) was cracked so we returned to a damp but doable spot on susan's side but elsewise were unscathed. Woodford: completely amazing experience! We hope to come back and bring some of y'all with us! We spent our days eating scrumditiliumcious food from all over: yemen, hungary, japan, ... read more

so we left like a bag with ALL of our chargers and shit in susan's office in new york. then we couldn't get into the building with our master key and we had to call a locksmith at 3 in the morning. he was worthless and fleeced megan of $45 on our behalf (hi megan!) and then we hopped into a cab and flew out of new york. by flew out of new york i mean we gave up seats on an overbooked flight for vouchers (that's our next flight to NYC or DC) and then got upgraded to business class with the most awesome-est flight attendants and sat on the runway in the snow for like two hours AND THEN we flew out of NYC. we caught up with our luggage in LA (thanks jenna!) ... read more

we FINALLY have our itinerary! See our map on the next page... Brisbane - Lamington National Forest Woodford Folk Festival Port Douglas - Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation Whitsundays Uluru Melbourne - Great Ocean Road Sydney Auckland (just overnight) Queenstown - Lord of the Rings Tour Milford Sound Franz Joseph Glacier Train from Greymouth to Christchurch Auckland HOME!!! ... read more