Our Route

As mentioned, we'll be leaving Toronto on February 11th, with a short layover in Vancouver where we'll meet up with my sister, my nephew, and hopefully our friend Steve, who has been a great help in the planning of our trip.  We land in Queenstown, South Island New Zealand (via Auckland) on February 13th where we will do a one month loop, sticking mostly to the coastline.  Around March 12th, we'll fly to Auckland for a 1.5 week trip through the Coromandel and Rotorua before we fly to either Adelaide or Melbourne.

In Australia, we'll drive between the two cities mentioned above via the Great Ocean Road before flying to Sydney or Brisbane.  We'll spend a week in Byron Bay (eastern most point in Australia), then head up toward Noosa/Hervey Bay/Bundaberg/Fraser Island over the course of about a week.   Afterwards, we'll fly north to Airlie Beach (near Townsville) for a week on the Great Barrier Reef before returning to Brisbane for a few days before returning home May 3rd.

Regardless of what we do, we're going to miss a lot - it's just not all possible in 11 weeks.  Two times we will be quite busy on the road, spending one to two days in a location before moving on, and at others, we are hoping to find a place to bunker down for three to seven days at a time.  Plus, there is the unpredictable.  I think if Kerri sees a kangaroo and koala bear in the wild, she'll be happy.  Sharks/spiders, and snakes will equal unhappiness.