Australia/New Zealand Bear Trek

Normally in the winter months we're in our motorhome somewhere along the southern tier of states -- usually between San Diego and the Texas gulf coast. This year we're deviating a bit with a 16 day trip to New Zealand and Australia (in that order). It's a group tour sponsored by the University of California Alumni Assn -- a "Bear Trek" Discoveries tour. We'll visit a few high points in each country, and conclude with a 4 day voyage aboard a private 25-stateroom ship along the Great Barrier Reef from Townsville to Cairns. As with all Bear Treks, we'll have the company of one or more professors to provide information on the places we'll visit. You're welcome to share this experience with us if you'd like through this Journal, which we'll update with photos and comments as we explore these lands down under. Just click on a date below to see the entry and any related graphics. You'll also have the option if you so choose to receive email notification of each update that's posted as we wander through two countries quite new to us.