Australia is a very long flight from home so we plan to do it in stages. Toronto to Vancouver; Vancouver to
Honolulu, Honolulu to Auckland to Melbourne. The return will be the reverse. To keep the time change
effects to a minimum we will stay overnight in Vancouver, take two days in Honolulu then a plane change in
Auckland en route to Melbourne. On the return we will visit the Auckland area for four days then do overnight
stops in Honolulu and Vancouver.
We arrive for a four day stay in Melbourne to look around before we begin the cruise. We spent one day in
Melbourne in 2007 but only had time to visit the Healsville Wildlife Sanctuary. This time we hope to visit
Phillip Island and tour the Dandenongs on the Puffing Billy railway.