At least not yet. But I’m thinking about it. Boy am I
thinking about it!
There is a great website, the http://www.independenttraveler.com/, that
has all kinds of packing advice. Which I would take except that Randy, my
husband, is a fabulous packer. My favorite story about how great a packer he
is: We took our (then teen-aged) children on an airplane trip to Hong Kong (in
the summer there) and Australia and New
Zealand (winter) with a stop in Honolulu. Hong Kong was great, it was warm, we
didn’t need a lot of clothes but we did buy a few things. Did I mention we only
had carry-on bags? One carry-on each and my daughter and I had a purse each.
But we also had makeup and “stuff” that teen-aged girls (and their mothers) have
to have.
When we got to New Zealand my daughter fell in love with
some fleece lined, knee-high, leather boots. I said no initially because I
could not believe that they would fit in her suitcase. Did I mention it was a
carry-on?
Well, Randy managed to fit those two boots in. As he said, “Piece of
cake!”
So I have my very own packer.
But I still read the packing advice and, as someone who has
always before this trip only had carry-on sized bags—in fact, we don’t even own
a bigger bag than that. We don’t even own more than two carry-ons—I am
seriously thinking about how we are going to pack for 104 days. Maybe more like
124 days as we are now considering staying in Australia a few more weeks to go
on a trip with Outback Spirit,
the
Cape York Wilderness Adventure.
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| Our transportation, a 4WD Mercedes Benz |
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| After dinner in the campground |
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| Before getting the tents up... |
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| ...and after getting the tents up! |
We went with them once before, a somewhat adventurous tour
in 2008, 19 days of camping (12 nights) and hotels (7 nights) from Darwin to
Alice via Kimberly, Broome, the Bungle Bungles, and the Tanami Desert. This year’s
tour
is a bit longer as it goes to the Mitchell Plateau in addition, but is otherwise
the same one we did in ‘08.
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| We tried to show the Aussies how to make 'SMores |
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| Our home |
So we know the tour company well, we just have to decide if
we want to tack on another 12 days to
our 104 days (plus the week before the cruise). We did spend some time in
Daintree a few years back right after one of the biggest Wets in a while. But
we have always wanted to see the Cape York area. It seems to be the right time
of year for it, I just have to convince Randy that two more weeks would be worth
it!
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