the plan

Leave SFO the evening of Thursday, the 26th of August

Travel through Sydney, arriving in Perth on the morning of Saturday, the 28th (We lose a day crossing the Date Line)

Stay in Perth Saturday night the 28th of August

Leave Perth Sunday on the Indian Pacific Railroad for Adelaide – Golden Kangaroo service.

Arrive in Adelaide on Tuesday morning the 31th of August.

Sean, Jennifer, and Laura detach the next morning (1 Sept) and will join up again in Sydney

Stay in Adelaide three (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) nights, the evening of the 31st of August and the first and second of September

Leave Adelaide on the first class daytime train early in the morning of Friday, the 3rd of September, headed for Melbourne. Arrive there in the evening.

Stay Friday and Saturday nights, the 3rd and 4th of September, in Melbourne

Leave early Sunday morning the 5th of September on the first class daytime train for Sydney

Stay Sunday and Monday nights, the 5th and 6th of September, in Sydney. Sean, Jennifer, and Laura should have rejoined us.

Fly back to SFO on Tuesday, the 7th of September, from Sydney. Arrive in SFO earlier the same day.