Friday, November 30, 2012

Australia - New Zealand - Fiji

We will be leaving on our trip to Australia/New Zealand/Fiji on Thursday, January 10 and we will be returning Friday, February 1.  This is our itinerary:

Day Date Day Activity
1 1/10 Thursday Depart from Detroit with a stop in Los Angeles
Leave drom Detroit at 2:05pm on Amer Airlines #4007 (Operated by American Eagle) to Chicago O'Hare Arrival 2:30pm; Leave Chicago at 3:05pm (pretty tight)  on Amer Airlines #1445 with arrival in Los Angeles at 5:30pm; Leave Los Angeles at 11:30pm on Quantas #94
2 1/11 Friday Cross International Dateline and lose a day
3 1/12 Saturday Arrive in Melbourne and begin tour of Melbourne
Arrive at 10:20 am
4 1/13 Sunday Melbourne (Fitzroy Gardens)
5 1/14 Monday Fly from Melbourne to Alice Springs:
See Old Telegraph Station and Anzac Hill
Gain insight of the Outback Educational System
Meet Aboriginal Group)

Fly on Quantas #796 at 9:50am; Arrive in Alice Springs at 11:10am
6 1/15 Tuesday Alice Springs:  'Dreamtime Tour' of everyday activities of the Aboriginals
7 1/16 Wednesday Drive from Alice Springs to Ayers Rock
8 1/17 Thursday Visit Ayers Rock then fly to Cairns
Fly Quantas # 1854 (Operated by QuantasLink) at 3:25pm; Arrive in Cairns at 6:30pm
9 1/18 Friday Cairns- Great Barrier Reef
10 1/19 Saturday Cairns - Explore forest canopy and in the afternoon fly to Sydney
Fly Quantas #925 at 12:05pm; Arrive in Sydney at 4:00pm
11 1/20 Sunday Sydney:  Tour Kings Cross, the Harbour Bridge, Chinatown, the Rocks, Circular Quay, the Botanic Gardens, Sydney Opera House
12 1/21 Monday Sydney:  Koala Park, National Opal Collection, Sydney Harbour Cruise
13 1/22 Tuesday Fly from Sydney  to Christchurch New Zealand: See magnificent gardens, elegant park district and Neo-Gothic cathedral; visit a New Zealand home for dinner
Fly Quantas #45 at 8:25am; Arrive in Christchurch at 1:30pm
14 1/23 Wednesday Travel from Christchurch to Franz Josef Glacier Region; See the Southern Alps
15 1/24 Thursday Franz Josef: West Coast Wildlife Centre and take a coach to Queenstown: pass through the rainforest with the surrounding S Alps
16 1/25 Friday Queenstown: Travel to Milford Sound for a cruise
17 1/26 Saturday Queenstown: Visit Queenstown area in our own way
18 1/27 Sunday Queenstown to Mt. Cook National Park:  Visit Arrowtown a boomtown in the 1800's goldrush; winetasting
19 1/28 Monday Mt. Cook to Christchurch: Visit a working farm with sheep shearing and a sheep herding dog
20 1/29 Tuesday Fly from Christchurch to Fiji
Fly Quantas #4954 (Operated by Jetstar Airways) at 8:05am; Arrive in Auckland at 9:25am; leave Auckland #3843 (Operated by Air Pacific) at 1:50pm; Arrive in Fiji at 3:55pm
21 1/30 Wednesday Fiji
22 1/31 Thursday Leave Fiji in the evening and fly home
Fly Quantas #3839 (Operated by Air Pacific) at 10:00pm;
Arrive in Los Angeles at 12:15pm;Fly Amer Airlines from Los Angeles #660 at 11:30pm
23 2/1 Friday Fly Los Angeles to Detroit
Arrive in Chicago at 5:20am; Leave Chicago #5993 (Operated by United Express) at 7:21am; Arrive in Detroit at 9:39am

Follow the timeline:  Thisis a pretty good timezone map:  http://www.worldandcitymaps.com/gfx/map_of_timezones.jpg.  When we land we will be 15 hours ahead of Michigan and then 14 hours in Alice Springs, back to 15 hours ahead in Cairns and Sydney, and then 17 hours ahead in New Zealand and Fiji.  Follow flights on a map at http://www.flightradar24.com/.

I've added a few maps for your reference throughout the trip.






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