This is part of a series called The Great Australian Air Cruise After spending some time in the outback, it was a bit of a culture shock arriving in Darwin, the capital city of the Northern Territory. Darwin has a completely different feel than the other Australian state capitals — it’s tropical and much more…
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This is part of a series called The Great Australian Air Cruise From Katherine, we actually took a bus the short distance to Cooinda, the gateway to Kakadu National Park. Once again, we were pleased to see mostly Aboriginal people working in the hotels and tourist concessions. In fact, they managed the property where we…
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This is part of a series called The Great Australian Air Cruise The next morning we were on our way to Katherine, Northern Territory. On the way, we visited a working outback cattle station named Longway to see first hand what is involved in running a property in the outback. The couple that ran the…
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This is part of a series called The Great Australian Air Cruise Our last trip in Australia was probably the most amazing — a 13 day “air cruise” around Australia’s outback. Essentially, this is 20 passengers flying around the outback in a Dash 7 which is a short take-off and landing aircraft that doesn’t need…
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As our time in Australia was coming to an end, we had yet to see one of the places on our bucket list — the Great Barrier Reef. Of course that covers over 1400 miles of territory, so we had to figure out where to go. After a little research, we decided on Hayman Island….
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One of the benefits of having clients all over Australia is that you can schedule little holidays around your work. This was the case when we visited South Australia to spend some time in Adelaide and then venture out into two of the three wonderful wine regions in the area (the Borossa Valley and the…
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But, as with everything, good times have to end. We arrived back in Queenstown in the early evening, in time for a beautiful sunset and a final dinner with new friends. It has truly been an amazing trip and I think New Zealand has jumped up to be our favorite place on the planet! The…
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This is part of a series called New Zealand From Queenstown, we were off to visit one of the South Island’s Crown Jewels — Milford Sound and Fjordland National Park. The drive takes about 5 hours, especially with all the photo stops. In order to get there by car, you have to drive through the…
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This is part of a series called New Zealand Our next stop would be Queenstown, the “adrenaline capital of the world.” It was another long day on the road, with a few stops for impromptu cattle and sheep drives, a stop along the river for lunch (where the blowflies drove us out within about 5…
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This is part of a series called New Zealand The next day was a long day of driving. Of course, by this time, everyone had gotten to know each other pretty well and, with three women and one man in the van, the conversations would inevitably turn to how men screw over women. In this…
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