We're here!

We had to ride a lot of planes to get to Australia . Our plan was to ride from Philly, to Chicago to LA to Brisbane. But the Chicago flight got cancelled so we had to go to Dallas instead. The LA to Brisbane was really long- 13 hours! And we still have to fly to Cairns.

Weather: Brisbane: Very warm & pleasant.

Mom/Pam says:
The flight was brutal. We left Chad’s school at noon on Tuesday and arrived in Brisbane at 4:00pm on Wednesday US time. But it was 6:00am Thursday here. The flight from LA to Brisbane was just over 13 hours. We were right next to a baby, but he actually was very, very good. Chad slept very little preferring to play his DS and the video games on his personal TV screen.

Australia has very strict import laws. You’re not allowed to bring in nuts, fruit, cheese, wood, jerky, etc. We had some apples, jerky and nuts with us. We decided to throw out the apples and declare the other items. While we waited for our luggage a cute little beagle sniffed our carry-ons and sat down letting the inspectors know we had illegal food items. So I gave the inspector the nuts, etc from my bag and showed him my customs declaration card. He felt better just throwing it all out, so we did. But the dog kept sitting there because the apples had been in Chad’s bag – so that was searched, too. What a nose – he could smell the apples even though they were gone! Luckily, it’s not illegal to bring in Reese’s peanut butter cups because we were stocked with those for Aunt Amanda. Australia doesn’t sell PB cups or PB candy of any type.