Australia 2007

For all of those of you who have known Nicole and I for sometime probably remember that our dream destination for a holiday was Australia!  It was the destination that we had planned for our honey moon after being married in 2002.  However, that never worked out due to the time constraints of Nicole teaching and my vacation allowance at work - to put it simply one week of vacation in Australia would not have been adequate given the time lost in travelling to Australia.  Well, anyway after 4 1/2 years of marriage, Pierson and one more on the way we decided now is the best time to finally bring that dream vacation to a reality.  On the following pages you will be able to see some of the wonders we saw and through short videos feel some of the experiences we felt.  We look forward to your viewing and hope you enjoy - realistically we understand probably not as much as we did!

The facts:

Travel  (50.5 hours on planes and estimated 27,000 miles):

London to Sydney via Frankfurt, Germany and Bangkok

London - Frankfurt Airbus A320 (1.5 hours) on Lufthansa

Frankfurt to Bangkok Boeing 747-400 (10.5 hours) on Lufthansa

Bangkok to Sydney Boeing 747-400 (9 hours) on Thai Airways

Travel Around Australia

Sydney to Gold Coast on Virgin Blue Boeing 737-800 (1.5 hours)

Brisbane to Townsville Airbus A320 (2 hours) Jet Star

Townsville to Sydney Airbus A320 (2.5 hours) Jet Star

Travel from Sydney to Bangkok for two night stay

Sydney to Bangkok Boeing 747-400 (8.5 hours) Thai Airways

Coming home to London

Bangkok to Singapore Boeing 777-200 (2.5 hours) on Singapore Airlines

Singapore to London Boeing 747-400 (14 hours) on Singapore Airlines

Sydney (3 nights)

Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast of Australia (5 nights)

Townsville, Queensland Australia - Great Barrier Reef (4 nights)

Bangkok, Thailand (2 nights)

Airplanes (2 nights)