So I've been receiving a lot of emails lately saying that I haven't updated my blog in a while.... to be honest, not that much is happening. Mel and I have gotten very comfortable in our little town here. The weather for the most part is very hot (but when I hear about what you guys have back home, I don't feel too sorry for myself!).
Mel and I have become very close to our travel agent lately. We've finally finished planning all of our trips and solving all of the little glitches in between. We now have our agenda fully planned until we fly back home in May.
I've also been in contact with my good friend Sarah Scott. I grew up with her (and her sisters), and used to work with her at TD, then last year she moved to Melbourne, Australia for a teaching job. We've been chatting, and decided to get together. So two nights ago, I bought my plane tickets and I'm flying down to live with her from March 16-25th. I'm really excited to see her again.... I'm sure her familiar face will give me some of the comfort of home that I've been missing. There are also a bunch of places in Melbourne that I'd love to see, so I'm really happy to go for a visit.
Once I fly back from Melbourne, I have about another week on the Gold Coast and then Mel and I take a flight up to Cairns for five days. We booked a Contiki tour here and it goes to Port Douglas, Kuranda, Mossman Gorge and Cape Tribulation. The tour is only 3 days, and in that time we go to some different national parks and see cultural Aboriginal centres etc. There's also the opportunity to go zip lining through the rain forest in Cape Tribulation. That's definitely something i want to do!
We'll stay another two days in Cairns and do our own thing...one thing we really want to do is a snorkeling day tour on the Great Barrier Reef. Apparently, it's supposed to be one of the most magical places in Australia, and the snorkeling is supposed to be fabulous! The only bad thing I've heard is that it's jelly fish season now, but all of the tours provide you with wet suits that are supposed to prevent any chance of getting stung....I'm sure it'll be worth it!
From Cairns we fly to New Zealand, where we're doing another Contiki tour. This one is for 13 days and we're travelling around both the north and south islands. It'll be a big climate change from hot Australia, but it's supposed to be soooo beautiful there. We're hoping to do some white water rafting, glacier hiking, black water rafting in the caves and glowworm cave guided tours and some winery tours.
Once the tour ends, we stay in NZ for a couple days and then fly back to Sydney for our last week. My dad found a really great deal for a resort and spa in Bondi beach, so we're staying there for four nights and then we're spending our last couple of nights in Sydney. On May 2nd we catch our flight back to Canada.
It's crazy to see it all laid out in an itinerary...it feels like my time here is just flying by. I'm really excited for the pace to pick up and to start experiencing all of these exciting new places!
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