Our trip is planned to span approximately eight weeks, taking us to Sydney for a few days, to New Zealand for six weeks (about four on the North Island and two on the South Island). Following that we return to Australia and spend a week in Tasmania before completing the circuit in Sydney for four nights prior to our departure back to the United States.

We have been to both Australia and New Zealand before, so we are combining repeat visits with some new destinations on this trip.  It will be epic!!

Part 1 – DAB-LAX-SYD-AUK (Way too many hours on airplanes)

Part 2 – Whangarei and Tutukaka Coast (Starting to roll in NZ)

Part 3 – Coromandel and Bay of Plenty (Accelerate, brake, turn….repeat …)

Part 4 – Napier (Art Deco, out of the ruins of an earthquake)

Part 5 – Lake Taupo and Taranaki

Part 6 – Hamilton, Cambridge and Beyond (Full circle to AUK)

Part 7 – South Island here we come

Part 8 – Back to the Outback

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