We'll be driving to LA and hopping on a plane for a 15 hour flight to Sydney. Lots of movies and sleeping! Then bopping around to Cairns and Alice Springs and back to Sydney!

We'll be staying in beautiful Sydney at the beginning and end of our trip.

The Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach...so much to do, so little time!

Taking time to relax on the beaches of the northern Queensland coast will definitely be at the top of the list during our first week in Australia! From there we can also explore the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree rainforest.

The snorkel trip of a lifetime!

Port Douglas on the north Queensland coast is renowned for its world class restaurants. Fresh seafood is at the top of our list!

Hopefully no roos on the menu.

We'll be taking Ben's favorite mode of transportation for a camping trip from Alice Springs to the MacDonnell Ranges to Ayers Rock and back!

When in Rome...

A bottle of Australian wine to make our meal complete.

Flights in country from Sydney to Cairns to Alice Springs and back to Sydney. 22 hour flight from Sydney to DC. Lots more movies and sleep...

The best way to see all the Sydney sights!

A short ferry ride from Sydney, the Taronga Zoo has an amazing array of animals and offers a chance to meet a koala up close!

We can't wait to try some of Sydney's world-class restaurants!

Daytrip to the Daintree Rainforest, the oldest rainforest on earth.

So we can capture all the action.

A lazy day out on a sailboat with a bit of snorkeling off the Low Isles coral island sounds like heaven!

This buffet lunch at Wildlife Habitat in Port Douglas is renowned, for obvious reasons! Includes all day admission to the park. Is it touristy? Yes. Do we still want to do it? Yes!!!

You don't want to see what happens if we run out of food.

At this highly recommended nature park, we'll explore the habitats of the central Australian desert and meet some roos!

Entry to the national park, where we will be camping and hiking around the base of Uluru and neighboring Kata Tjuta.

Alice Springs, the MacDonnell Ranges, Uluru and Kata Tjuta...so much to see!

We were very excited when we heard we could ride camels through the Australian outback! Apparently camels were the main form of transport through the Australian outback before railroads were built, and there are now quite a few wild camels running about. Hopefully ours will be well tamed and good natured. :)