See ya, Sydney

Australia isn't a place you come to see (like the great cities of Europe), it's a place you come to do. And we did Australia. In three weeks I've cruised Sydney Harbour, sailed the Whitsundays, sea kayaked at Long Island, rafted the Tully, been diving on the Great Barrier Reef, trekked through The Olgas, base walked around Ayer's Rock, climbed Devil's Marbles, slept under the stars at a cattle station, swam in nearly every plunge pool, thermal spring, and swimming hole in the Northern Territory, bush-walked to the great waterfalls of Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, hiked the Blue Mountains, and surfed Bondi Beach. Not to mention we've traveled over an area half size of half the U.S. to do all of this. And there was a little biking and city walking in Singapore to start it all out. I don't think we could have done any more in the time we had.

It's been a heck of a trip. In the process I will have crossed the equator four times, earned tens of thousands of frequent flyer miles, and only twice slept in the same place three nights in a row. And in all this time, I've only seen Foster's beer for sale at one bar in this entire country.

But now it's time to go home. See you soon.