That's been a big day of tourist adventures. The alarm went off at 5.30 because (agedMac) had missed the adjustment for the change in time zone but this did turn out to be a handy addition because we only just made it to the foyer in time for our 7.15 pickup by AATKings Tour.It was a very large coach for just the 19 travellers in our group. After a false start ( we had to return to the depot to retrieve luggage that was forgotten) we were heading along the St...

We had hardly settled into our seats and the flight was over. That little domestic hop, skip and a jump of four hours was a breeze. Scored an extra seat so we had the row to ourselves, tuned in for a couple of movies, a bit of food, a couple of drinks, weathered a little bit of turbulence and we were touching down in Darwin. Effortless.And forget those boring old days of watching the safety demonstrations, Qantas have released a new inflight video that captures t...

It's always the way. Once the party's over - the party's over. We were keen to get started on the trip home and of course the prospect of "forever" in the plane was daunting and can't believe that at some stage we had thought it was a great idea to go home via Sydney.The morning was leisurely with even some time thrown in to make a last stop at Macys to finish off the shopping. Afterall, there was still room in the luggage for a few more treasures...

Today saw a new benchmark for FREEZING. The sky from our 25th floor view of 7th avenue promised blue skies. A second day of perfect views of the New York skyline. And when you are standing by the radiator as it relentlessly pumps out heat it is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security.The -9 C predicted, combined with a slight breeze, was of course the "perfect" day to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.So we layered up....and this is what it takes to achieve the ...

Third time lucky for us! We just kept on walking straight up to the revolving door of the Empire State Building and we were in. The attendants were advising that there was a one hour wait to get to the top but the queue was moving so quickly and armed with probably the best audio tour of the visit so far it seemed that we had de-robed and re-robed for the security check in a matter of minutes.The ground floor included a detailed interactive display of the changes...