After another great day of touring yesterday, we ended the evening in the lavish suite of our friends Bill and Sue (funny to think of a Holiday Inn suite as lavish but this one is over the top) along with most of the other Flyertalkers.
We'll be transported to the airport by our wonderful Australian volunteers about 1:00 p.m. They've even matched up status with non-status passengers and we may get admitted as guests to the DRW Qantas Lounge.
We'll then fly to Sydney after 3:00 p.m. Darwin is a half hour behind Sydney so we won't arrive there until 8:00 p.m. or later. We'll take the train to the neighborhood of our hotel, the Four Points Sheraton, and probably concentrate on a good night's sleep before our final full day in Sydney before flying back home.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.