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 awarded Sydney...
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 from MEL...
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: Uluru. The 3 hour...
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 and a van to drive around...
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 group went to bed at...
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 in Building 97...
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 to Brisbane...