2 Hours In Melbourne
After an overnight stay at Uluru, the group hopped on an 11am flight to our 5 hour layover in Melbourne before returning to Sydney. A weird setup faced us for our onward flights to Sydney: - 7 of us needed to switch airports during our layover...
It Must Be Aliens: Uluru
Today, we flew a helicopter: After spending 3 spirited days in the wettest part of Australia (Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef), the group got up early at 4:30am to catch our 6:50am flight to what probably is the driest part of Australia:...
Don’t Go Cairns Chasin’ Waterfalls
It's been a productive 3 days in Cairns: 2 days ago we flew over the Great Barrier Reef and yesterday we dove straight into the middle of it. So today would be more a free day where the group save for Bryce, decided to rent both a car...
Finding Nemo: The Great Barrier Reef…From Below
Yesterday evening we saw the Great Barrier Reef from above, and this morning we saw it from below: After a raucous pregame at Cock & Bull and subsequent dinner at Goong Korean Restaurant involving lots of meat and soju last night, the...
The Great Barrier Reef…From Above
After an unexpected 2 hour layover in Brisbane, we took off at 2:10pm and arrived in Cairns approximately 2 hours later at 4:25pm on the dot. We then collected our bags from baggage claims and promptly hailed Ubers 6 minutes over to Daintree Air...
2 Hours In Brisbane
Getting in a healthy 7 and a half hours of sleep, I decided to leave with the first group of 5 monsooners at 7:30am to make sure their direct 9:30am flight to Cairns turned out okay. Sarah, who with me was supposed to leave on the later 10:35am flight...
A New Year In Sydney
Unlike our marathon 14 hour wait for the fireworks last night at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, today was a bit more productive.Waking up at around 10am, some of us headed out into the city on our own while others first stopped by for brunch at The...
A New Year’s Sydney Serendipity
Happy New Year from The Monsoon Diaries! FYI, this entry almost never happened -- organizing affordable accommodations for a group during New Year's Eve in Sydney has been no joke the past 6 months. Most of the affordable properties in...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
