From mid October to mid November our adventure was to Australia and New Zealand. We flew to Sydney Australia via Los Angeles. After three days in Sydney we flew to Uluru (Ayers Rock). We rented a car for our 1-1/2 day visit there then flew to Melbourne where we drove a rental car to the coast south of the urban area. Two days later we flew to Christchurch New Zealand.
We toured both islands of New Zealand during the following three weeks. After driving about 3300 KM (~2000 miles) we were feeling quite comfortable on the left side of the road! We found the towns in New Zealand to be charming and reminiscent of small town America a few decades ago, predating the big box store invasion.
Our return flight was Auckland to Sydney to Los Angeles to Detroit. We walked into our house 34 hours after we woke up at our hotel in Auckland! It was a great trip, without mishap. We found the people in New Zealand to be exceedingly friendly and loved to chit chat.
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