The "real" trip doesn't start until Wednesday but as I'm leaving Longreach today this is the beginning to my holiday!Mum and I flew down to Brisbane where we had a bit of fun with her in a wheelchair being pushed by a lovely young man and me carrying my backpack, handbag, Mums wheelie walker and pushing,pulling Mums large suitcase as we made our way over to the car hire place.... seemed like a mile away!! Mum is rather disappointed she didn't take a p...

We touched down in Brisbane at 7.10 am. I was feeling ok because I managed to get lots of sleep during the 14 hr flight, Rodd however never sleeps much on planes. We breezed through immigration, collected our bags and out through security in short order. Next we have to make our way over to the domestic terminal so we head off to the Air Train. On the envelope that our boarding passes were put in in LA was a free pass on the Air Train so we showed it to the lady...

Tuesday 12th January - Longreach to BrisbaneThursday 14th       - Brisbane - Los Angeles - Las VegasSunday 17th          - Las Vegas to New York CityFriday 22nd         - Board Norwegian Gem (Yipee!!)Tuesday 26th         - San JuanWednesday 27th      - St Thomas USVIThursday 28th       - St MaartenFriday 29th          - Tortola BVIMonday 1st Feb      - Disembark          ...

Finally home ... I was pretty exhausted and on one hand really bummed that our holiday was over but I must admit it's nice to be home. The boys went crazy when they saw us, I guess they really do miss us when we're away and it's nice to be so enthusiastically welcomed!Deb and I sat and chatted over a few drinks and caught up on all that had gone on over the last 4 weeks but crazy Rodd went straight out and mowed the lawns!! So now this trip is over an...

Finally time to get this show on the road. Of course I woke early and had all day to wait and those last few hours seemed like days. I was a little tired cos Deb arrived yesterday and all good intentions for an early night flew out the door ... Into the pool with a few (too many) margaritas, wine with dinner at the pizza shop and home for more wines and dancing around the lounge room til 2am!We stayed at the Riverside Hotel in Southbank, this is the 3rd time we&#...