Date |
Event |
Status, Hotel - and other details |
4th March |
Arrive in Melbourne from Hong Kong |
CX105. Dep. 2340./Arr. 1145 |
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A few days in Melbourne. |
Staying with a friend. |
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Flight to Tasmania |
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About a week touring Tasmania with the same friend. |
14th March |
Flight from Melbourne to Sydney |
Flight details not finalised. |
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About a week in Sydney |
Staying with a friend. |
23rd March |
Flight from Sydney to Christchurch |
QF045. Dep. 0925/Arr. 1320 |
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1-night stay in Christchurch |
Charlie B's hostel. This will be my first experience of a backpacker's hostel. New Zealand sounds like the mecca of the backpacker party-animal lifestyle, and I expect to feel very, very old here. |
24th March |
Bus to Ashburton (about an hour south of Christchurch) |
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Several days in Ashburton and maybe beyond |
Staying with cousins |
29th March |
Flight from Christchurch to Auckland |
QF4152. Dep. 1800/Arr. 1925 |
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2-night stay in Auckland |
Auckland City Hotel. Chosen partly because they wish it to be understood that: "We do not like parties! That’s why we are not a FUN place." Fun. Yes. Keep that damn stuff away from me. |
31st March |
Overnight flight to Los Angeles |
QF025. Dep. 1805/Arr. 0945 on 1st April |