by Calvin Sun | Jan 7, 2018 | Australia, Fit for Foodies, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
Last night we returned to Sydney for one final farewell to our Australian portion of the trip, the 11 of us packing in like sardines in our 2 Uber XLs back into the city. Instead of staying at Kings Cross again, we chose to park up at the highly...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 6, 2018 | Australia, How's the weather?, Layovers, Serendipitous!, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
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...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 6, 2018 | Australia, Camping, Fail, How's the weather?, Uncategorized Stories, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
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:...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 4, 2018 | Australia, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
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...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 3, 2018 | Australia, What Dreams May Come, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
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...
by Calvin Sun | Jan 2, 2018 | Australia, Winter 2017: Australia & New Zealand
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...
