We’ve been talking so long about the Australia trip that what we’re beginning to hear is, “haven’t you left yet?” or “oh, how was the trip?”. It isn’t that it’s been a constant topic so much as it is that we’ve been repeatedly asked to participate in things during that time frame and each time we explain why we can’t, the trip is described again. With that said, as usual I committed to way too many tasks to complete before our departure and I am almost at the point of having those completed and setting aside a few that genuinely can wait. The house sitter situation is lined up and those associated tasks taken care of.

Part of the confusion is because we are driving to Georgia for Thanksgiving with my husband’s family, then scooting back to leave not much more than 12 hours later to begin the first of multiple legs to get to Australia. We have to have the Australia bags packed before we go in order to double-check everything – especially the documentation. We’ve decided to pack light and do laundry in-country. With all the moving about we’ll be doing we don’t want to haul a lot of luggage with us. Plus, considering what the airlines charge for luggage, having laundry done will be a cheaper option. If we pull this off, I’ll take a photo later to show what we did.

My plans for posting will be as we did for the Belize trip. I will do a day-by-day blog and then post as often as we can. Our connectivity will be intermittent, depending on where we are. I don’t expect issues in the urban areas, but out in the Coral Sea will be a no-go and I’m not sure about when we’re out at Ayers Rock in the Northern Territory. We are going to be flexible about which excursions we will take once we are in-country and see how we’re feeling. Yes, we know there will be a lot of things that we won’t see, but the again, it is a very large country.