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2023 - Bonnie's Journey to Australia and New Zealand

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 Bonnie’s Journal -  Australia and New Zealand, November 2023   We had been to Australia before but wanted to see New Zealand. We are travelling with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT). We invited our daughter Tammi along and added the pre-trip Australia booking so she could see a few of the highlights. Before leaving on the trip, we went to the websites for Australia and New Zealand to complete electronic requests for visas. At the airports before we departed for each country, our passports were scanned and the approval for the visa showed up. Otherwise, we would never have been allowed to board the plane. After months of planning and anticipation, we were finally ready to travel. Travel from Phoenix to Sydney took three days. ·         November 8 - First travel day, 3:10 pm, American Airlines, Phoenix to LA (1 hr, 31 min), Layover until 8:25 pm, Qantas Airline, LA to Sydney (15 hrs, 10 min) ·       ...