We spent an evening in the NE Queensland city of Cairns before flying to Lizard Island on Hinterland Aviation to meet our dive boat, the Spirit of Freedom
A review of two Virgin Australia domestic flights from Sydney to Cairns via Brisbane in economy class.
Berkshire Hathaway recently unveiled a low-cost, somewhat straightforward type of travel insurance called AirCare that pays out rather handsomely for some common headaches such as delays, missed connections, delayed and lost luggage, and tarmac delays.
We spent New Year’s Eve on Sydney Harbour at the Italian Village on Campbell’s Cove with a perfect view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House for an amazing NYE fireworks celebration.
The next 2 days in Sydney, we visited the Sydney Opera House, took a Ferry to Taronga Zoo, went to Bondi Beach, had lunch in The Rocks, went through the Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens, ate dinner at Harry’s Cafe de Wheels in Woolloomooloo, and went to the Sydney Fish Market.
During our first two days in Sydney, we took a free walking tour of the city, had dinner in the Rocks, took a ferry to Manly Beach, and spent an evening in Darling Harbour.
Our United Global First Class flight from Los Angeles to Sydney on the B747-400 featured very good service, an extremely comfortable seat, and simply dismal catering.
A long few days of travel commenced with a couple domestic hops and several hours at both Washington-Dulles and LAX United Global First Class Lounges… and they both were distinctly different experiences.
As the mid-point of the year has now come and gone, I figured it was that time of the year to compile my travel statistics for the year thus far. Though I’ve taken a couple wonderful trips, my rate of travel lags FAR behind my pace in 2013.
Flying to Australia on frequent flyer miles in the Winter is no small feat. I used United miles to fly between the USA and Sydney in United Global First Class. Domestic Australia flights on Virgin Atlantic and Qantas were planned with British Airways Avios, American Airlines miles, and cash.