It now seems rather definite, we return to Australia next April. Airline reservations have been made and hotels booked so only the final payment to the cruise line remains to be made.
Australia is a long way from home and we will have to travel by air as much as we would rather not do so. So, in order to make the trip less taxing we have decided to do it in stages. We plan to stop overnight in Vancouver both coming and going. We will also stop in Honolulu for two days on the way and a single night on the return. We will also spend a few days in the Auckland area after the cruise circumnavigation of Australia.
We will visit Melbourne for several days prior to the cruise. It will be nice to revisit Sydney, Brisbane, Port Douglas and Adelaide again having been there in 2007. We are also looking forward to the new ports on the north and west coasts.
Our ship for this itinerary will be the Dawn Princess and this will be our first time aboard any Sun Class ship. The Dawn has been in Australia for some time now and may very well have numerous Australian passengers. This promises to be very enjoyable. The planning process is being documented on my Australia 2014 website.
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