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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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saw food, they'd come up to you -- but once the food was done (or
if you really didn't have any), they'd just go back to their own business.
Still, it was a nice opportunity to see so many kangaroos that were used to
people up close.
After the sanctuary, we went to the local mall, where I picked up a copy
of the Lonely Planet New Zealand guide. From there, I made some calls to
Qantas about changing my flight to New Zealand to the following day,
realizing that I now had a few days in which I could see some of NZ's North
Island if I wished, since I had left Kakadu and Darwin earlier than planned
because of the weather. Changing the flight was no problem, but getting
accomidations were. I wanted to fly into Auckland the next day, rent a car,
and head straight up to the Bay of Islands, north of Auckland. However,
when I called the main Bay of Islands reservation line in New Zealand, I was
told that New Years is the most popular time for that area, and everything
had been sold out for weeks. Still, always determined to give it a go
rather than resign myself to not trying, I went ahead and changed the Qantas
ticket to fly out the next day. I wanted to see the Bay of Islands, and if
it meant sleeping in my car, I didn't care.
We stopped at a Hungry Jacks for lunch, and after picking up Bob's
daughter from the cinema, went to the top of a local mountain for a good
view of the whole Brisbane area. I actually never made it to downtown
Brisbane, but it was no loss. It was much more interesting spending some
time with Bob and his family than just walking around a downtown area
looking at a guidebook.
After the lookout, we all headed back to the house to relax, talk, and
tinker around in the garage. That evening, Bob had a barbecue in his
backyard, and invited two other neighborhood CoCo users and their wives ...

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