Australia...finally!

Thursday, January 20

Finally, we have arrived in Brisbane! We can now say that we have been on every continent! The fourteen hour flight was long but we are here. We have gone through customs, claimed our luggage (which amazingly arrived on our flight with us), visited the airport ATM, got a new SIM card for our phone (yeah - we now have an Australian phone number!), rechecked our bags, and took the bus from the international terminal to the domestic terminal We are now waiting for our propeller flight to Hervey Bay where we meet the ferry to Fraser Island. Because of the lost day, we are skipping our first scheduled itinerary location in the rainforest and going to spend an extra day on Fraser Island. While we are obviously dissappointed in missing the first stop, we are excited for the extra day to spot some dingos!

Thanks to Tom at Asia Transpacific (see link on side bar) for helping with the frantic rearrangements to our itinerary.