Tasmania, Australia

Day 0 (8) Today was a travel day from Ayer’s Rock to Hobart, Tasmania, with a short layover in Melbourne. Besides my second flight getting delayed, a boring day. I made it to my lodging in Hobart and called it a night, since I had to be up early to head to Port Arthur. Day …

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Uluru / Ayer’s Rock, Australia

Day 1 My flight from Sydney to Ayer’s Rock airport was at 10am, but after almost missing the flight due to the airport shuttle stopping at every hotel in the city, I was glad to make it. The flight was 3.5 hours, and I got some good views of the Outback, and of Uluru / …

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Sydney, Australia

Day 1 (1) After a second night of sleeping on a plane, I was glad to finally arrive. I found a SIM card for my phone and hopped a shuttle to my hotel in Potts Point. Thankfully they had a room ready for me, even though it was only 10am. My goal for the day …

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Ugggh

LAX, why do you keep making me hate you? 1 hour after scheduled departure time and we’re sitting at the gate having the hydrolics on the plane looked at. And there is a screaming alien baby in the row immediately in front of us.

Dunedin to Queenstown

Once we arrived in Dunedin, we found our hotel – a place called Hogwartz Bacpackers. We got there earlier than planned so took a tour of the Cadburry chocolate factory and Speight’s – one of the bigger beer brewers in NZ. We added on dinner at the Speight’s Ale House after which was quite tasty.The …

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Doubtful Sound

Just made it back from overnight cruise to Doubtful Sound. It was amazing – had to be highlight of the trip. Now off to Queenstown for the last few days before flying home.

Proposal Details

In case anyone wants more details than “I asked, she said yes” (But really, do you need to get any more detailed than that? Just sayin…), Cressie has posted a more in-depth account you can read here: http://chrisandcress.com/post/1319042260/my-precious-the-details

Cressie has The One ring

“Yay! so excited! he did such a good job! more details to come later but here are a few pics. Woot!” – Cressie Oh, and she said yes, in case you were womdering See and download the full gallery on posterous