i-Pod chargers

At a recent meeting, I mentioned the i-Pod chargers being sold by Costco. They use two Duracell AA batteries, and can be used to either charge your i-Pod's interior battery, or can be used to run the unit when its battery goes dead.

They are great, but because it's Costco, they are sold in packages of two. Did anybody buy a package, but only wants one of them. Would you like to sell the second charger? If not, is anybody interested in buying one, but only wants one? If so, there is a delegate you wants to buy one. If you have one to sell, bring it to the meeting Sunday!

Are You Walking?

As I finished my one hour walk last Monday, I was wondering how many of you were keeping up with me? Remember, we will be spending a lot of time walking, and you'll want to keep up!

Roadways

None of us will be driving, but still it is important to know what side of the road vehicles travel upon. Why? Because you may have occasion to cross a street once or twice on our trip. When you approach a cross walk, should you look left, right, or what?

Of course, the correct answer is "or what," which means "both ways." Seriously, vehicles travel on the opposite side of the road compared to us here in North America, and that can confuse even pedestrians. So remember to look both ways before you cross!

Luggage

I recently received a message from a delegate asking about the "one-piece-of-luggage" rule. The delegate looked up an airline website saying passengers could check two suitcases. That may be true, however I'm not talking about airline rules. I'm talking about People-to-People realities.

First, anything you take with you, you'll have to carry, where ever you go. That may be up two flights of stairs at a hotel. That may be 500 yards at an airport.

Second, we'll be travelling a lot by bus in Australia. There will be 40+ of us, and only so much room under the bus, in the cargo area, for luggage.

For these reasons, we say only one suitcase, and one carry on!

TSA regulations

Before we leave for Australia, please check out the TSA website for the latest information.


http://www.tsatraveltips.us

Our Schedule of Activities is posted!

This is when it really starts getting exciting. Our schedule of activities, what fun things we’re going to do, what days we’ll do them, and specifically where in Australia we’ll be, is now available!

To see the list, log on to the On-Board website, click on the “Travel Center” tab, then select the “Travel Information” tab. Once the page opens, click on the “Schedule of Activities.” It’s a PDF file, so it may take a moment to open depending upon your connection speed.

For those of you celebrating a birthday on our adventure, where will you spend your special day?

You can get out a map of Australia, and start plotting our course.

Have fun!

What Time is it in Australia?

Here is one way to find out; check out this traffic cam website for the Sydney Harbor Bridge.

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/trafficreports/innersydcameras/harbourbridge.html

You might also notice which side of the road the cars are driving on.