Well - on December 31 I finally did what I've been trying to do for months - submit my expired passport for renewal and get a fresh one.
On January 10 (yes - only 10 days after applying for renewal) the US government issued my new passport and mailed it to me. Whoever said that the government is slow about everything obviously hasn't worked with whomever processed my passport renewal! So I've got my passport, and now I'm ready to go - except for this little thing called a visa. When I went to England years ago, they didn't require me to have a Visa, unless it was issued by my bank, and I was heartily encouraged to bring that one so I could spend all my money in their country.
Apparently Australia requires one visa (a tourist visa for visiting) and encourages the bank issued Visa for spending money!
We've decided that we're going to stay in the CBD (That's Central Business District for those of us that are acronym challenged) in Sydney, and use that as our central jumping off point. We have day trips planned to the Blue Mountains and the beach - maybe Manly Beach and maybe Bondi Beach...Should be fun.
Other than that, we're still trying to firm up specifics for what to see. Since Australia was once a penal colony, I want to go see some of the old prisons/barracks/etc. My wife says she's game for that - I only hope she doesn't threaten to take me to some scrapbooking shop while we're there. She can buy paper in the US just as well as in the land down under, right?
Signing off for now - I'll try to post again in a few days or when something noteworthy happens :)
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