Excitement

It seems impossible that in just 3 short and very busy days we will be leaving for Australia on our great adventure. Our bags are almost packed, the house is clean, lesson plans for several weeks are finished and we only have a few last minute things to do. We leave at night so our hope is that we will sleep most of the way and be alert and ready when we arrive. We have 40 minutes in LA and that is a worry. Keep your fingers crossed that we make the flight...AND the bags make it too! We arrive in Melbourne only to catch our flight to Darwin.

Here's an abbreviated look at our itinerary...

Two full days in Darwin. That's hardly enough time for me but at least we'll be able to head to the Mindil Beach Sunset Market. Shopping is fun here and the food is outstanding. I've been thinking about this market for the past year and am thrilled I'll have another opportunity to shop here.

On Monday, we'll pick up our 4wdr and head west into new territory. Our trip will take us across to Broome on The Gibb River Road. We'll camp along the way, enjoy the outback, hike in the Nat'l parks, see hundreds of gorges, and drive through rivers. We'll steer clear of crocodiles...I am rather worried about that!

Two weeks later, we'll arrive in Broome, spend a few days to check out China Town, shop for pearls, see the stairway to the moon, ride camels into the sunset and take a nice long shower!

Our camping is not over yet. We'll head north of Broome up the peninsula to Camp Leveque...just to say we did! I'm not sure what we will see but who cares really. It's all good for me!

We'll return through Broome and head to Perth, taking a few more weeks to travel the coastal highway...camping along the way, stopping at beaches, and just exploring.

Perth will be a welcome stop with a hotel room and a nice long shower. We'll spend a few days exploring the city before catching a flight to Melbourne for our final stop in our Australian adventure.

Stop back to this blog to join us on our trip. Whenever we have internet, we'll add interesting info about the area and drop in lots of pictures!