Plans for New Zealand, Australia & Fiji

We are busy preparing for our upcoming trip, getting last minute doctors and car appointments done, getting together equipment (cameras, dive gear, computers, art supplies), medicines and trying to pack the bare minimum of clothes and other stuff. We feel as though we are preparing for a safari.

Below is a map of our planned route. The itinerary is:
May 1 - Leave LA
May 3-19 - Arrowtown, NZ house exchange (1 on map)
May 19- 25 - Drive from South Island to North Island
May 25 - 31 Bay of Islands house exchange and Auckaland, NZ (2 on map)
June 1 - 8 - Melbourne, AU stay with Dahlia's relatives (3 on map)
June 8 - 30 - Sydney, AU house exchange (4 on map) and 3 or 4 day flight and tour of Ayres Rock and Alice Springs (5 on map)
June 31 - July 14 - Cairns, AU house exchange (6 on map) with couple of nights on boat on Great Barrier Reef
July 14 -22 - Nadi, Fiji timeshare (7 on map)
July 22 - Return to LA

We will update the blog approximately weekly, any delays mean we are having too good a time to bother with the computer!!