After spending a few days enjoying the Great Barrier Reef at Lizard Island, we flew to Ayers Rock by way of Cairns. What a contrast! A tropical climate, lapping waves and lovely serene white sand beaches gave way to the warm dry conditions, sandstone monuments and gorgeous red sand of the heart of Australia. Uluru,…
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Lizard Island and the Great Barrier Reef
We’ve been on a little slice of paradise on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia known as Lizard Island for the past three days. Transport here was from Cairns by way of a single engine prop plane. The journey was kinda fun. We had a flight from Sydney to Cairns and in Cairns we transferred…
Sydney Harbor Nightscape
We flew overnight from Houston, Texas to Sydney Australia on a 787 Dreamliner in United Airlines Polaris Class. The flight to Sydney, although 17 hours long was really quite comfortable. The flight crew was friendly and accommodating. If you wish for the glory days of service and comfort from the Golden Age of Air Travel…