We had no troubles with our flights and it didn't seem unbearably long, although the flight to Australia was 14+ hours from LAX. Uffda. We watched a few movies and slept a bit. Erik was planning to use his new CPAP machine, but it was so crowded and our outlet didn't work very well. The plane's so noisy no one heard him snoring!
We went to our hotel near the airport, napped for a few hours and then took the train to the iconic Sydney Harbour for a walk and some crepes.
The next morning, the 27th, we took an uber to Central Station, since we have so many bags-7 all total! Wouldn't you know it, the driver and Erik started talking all about Human Computer Interaction, etc. This man had worked for Xerox in the early days before he moved to OZ and he and Erik knew some of the same scientists. It was great. It was only his 7th drive ever and he didn't even know if he was allowed to take Erik's tip!
We took a 2.5 hour ride north on the train and then another 3 hours on a bus before we arrived at Tiona, our church campgrounds. It is a few miles south of Forster (Aussies pronounce it Foster). It's a gorgeous place between the Pacific Ocean and a salt water lake, called Wallis Lake. Our church has been having camps there for 95 years.
I'll tell you more about camp in the next post.
Here are a few photos of our first day in Australia.
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