For those of you who will be following my movements around the globe, I'm putting my itinerary here, in a permanent location. Any changes that occur will be posted here as soon as I am able to do so. Mainly I hope this will serve two purposes: 1) brave souls wishing to join me will have a better way to plan a meeting along my route and 2) my ventures off the beaten path and into Nature will be clearly shown so that you've got an idea why I haven't called or posted anything for a while and won't get unnecessarily worried.
If you have chanced to glance on my laptop at the most used application, iCal, you will have seen my colour coding system and OCD tendancies put to work. I am sparing some of the detail orientation I so enjoy with this version of my plans. You, my dear readers, are missing such riviting information as transit dates and the sights in various areas I have on my 'want to see' list. However I think it can be sussed out all right, as is, for your purposes. (Though I do love to show folks my iCal! Ask to look at it if you care to be doused in my insanity)
As we go on this will end up more a travel history than a future plan. And that's good. Will help us all navigate the archives for images we liked.
UPDATE 24/11/07
I was a pissy pants until getting a new itinerary sorted. If you've paid any attention to this page, or I've blathered at you about things, you'll notice that there is very little tramping in comparison to the original set up...Universe playing big bad meanie. If anyone ever doubts my ability to change plans and still be happy, I'll refer them to this trip. If ever my Yoga flexibility has been tested, it's been here!
2007
September
5th Arrive Auckland and head to Russell
6th - 8th Russell
9th - 11th Kaitaia
12th - 17th Auckland
18th - 22nd Whitianga
23rd - 26th Rotorua
27th - 28th Gisborne
29th Big Bush Holiday Park
30th - October 4th Lake Waikaremoana Walk
October
5th - 11th Napier (accompanied by UKitecht)
12th - 17th Wellington
18th Picton
19th - 1st Nelson (with UKitect for his long Labour Day weekend, yeah!
November
2nd - 4th Punakaiki (Mr. Moon nailing down plans to travel the next few weeks' portion, which I hope amounts to my having a private chef!)
5th & 6th Hokitika
7th - 9th Franz Josef
10th & 11th Wanaka
12th - 26th Queenstown (Mr. Moon flies to States 14th to drive up the West Coast with his Austrian Sweetie for Thanksgiving; UKitecht is joining me the 16th thru 21st!)
27th -December 1st Bluff
December
2nd - 7th Stewart Island
8th - 11th Te Anau
12th & 13th Milford Sound
14th - 16th Doubtful Sound
17th Queenstown
18th - 20th Catlins
21st - 23rd Dunedin
24th - 26th Auckland start holiday with UKitect
27th Mt. Manganui
28th - 30th Whakatane
31st - January 2nd Rotorua
2008
January
3rd & 4th Taupo
5th Waitomo
6th - 8th Auckland
9th - 13th Anahata Retreat Centre Celebration of Sound Retreat
14th & 15th Nelson jaunt with BCBB begins
16th - 19th Abel Tasman Great Walk
20th Nelson
21st - February 1st Wellington with Kelley-Ann revelling in the wonderful thing that being girlfriends is (in not any sort of a lesbian way, just in case you've missed the fact that I am a raging heterosexual).
February
2nd train to Auckland
3rd Auckland (LPM arrives - I love her and we are going to get into mischief! Right after she recovers from the flu she's flying out with, poor dear.)
4th - 8th Surf School through Bay of Islands
9th Pahia for more dolphin swimming woo-woo, foo-foo, choo-choo riding spirituality stuff
10th Auckland
11th & 12th Sydney, gateway to OZ
13th - 19th Cairns and Scuba Diving School
20th Sydney
21st - 23rd Katoomba & Blue Mountains
24th Laura Flies home
25th - 27th ATA bus tour to Melbourne
28th - March 2nd Melbourne
March (going solo once again...)
3rd - 5th Launceston, Tasmania
6th - 14th Eco Tour of Tasmania with lots of National Parks and camping and hikes, no internet though
15th & 16th Launceston again
17th - 21st TaSafari 5 day second round
22nd- 24th Hobart, 23rd Patty Griffin plays in Hobart!
24th Melbourne
25th - 27th ATA bus tour to Adelaide, again - National Parks and no internet likely
28th & 29th Adelaide, shark cage adventure on my mind...
30th - April 1st Kangaroo Island tour
April
2nd - 7th tour to Uluru
8th - 10th Alice Springs, visit Sarah and try to play guitar some more
11th - 13th tour to Darwin
14th - 16th Darwin
17th - 21st 5 day tour of Kakadu National Park with camping galore and no internet
22nd fly to Sydney
23rd & 24th Sydney
25th fly to states
