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Lee and Karen Duquette flew from Florida to Los Angeles, California.
Then they spent the night in a hotel in California before taking a 12-hour
flight to Australia on the next day, ON December 17, 2005.
GOOD TO KNOW: Always carry a photo ID as you may be asked to identify
yourself. Follow the driving laws as fees can be very high. Australians
shorten a lot of words. Australians are "Aussies".
McDonalds is "Marcca's". Football is "footy",
Woolworths is "Woolies'. Avocado is "Avo".
NOTE: It is illegal to litter in Australia. Do NOT throw cigarette
butts from your car window as they can cause bushfires and is considered
as litter. Do not ride a bicycle without a helmet. Do not go in the
sun without sunscreen. Australia has the 2nd highest rate of skin cancer
in the world. Do not stare at people. Do not mention divisive topics
of Australian society such as refugees, Indigenous affairs, religion
etc. Do NOT be overly argumentative. Australians avoid the company of
people who are too opinionated.
Qantas Airline had individual TV sets for each passenger, with multiple
choices of free movies, regular TV stations, various music radio stations
or games. The TV showed the location of the plane, plus the estimated
time of arrival, distance from departure, how long we have been in the
air, how much longer the trip would be, air temperature outside of the
plane, how high we were flying, plus ground speed and attitude.
As it got dark outside, most passengers slept and some
watched TV while wearing earplugs. Before Karen and Lee Duquette slept,
they changed their watches to Australia time so that when they woke
up, their bodies would believe the time on their watches. IT WORKED.
They did NOT have any jet lag at all.
They crossed several International Date Lines,
and therefore there was NO such thing as a Sunday. So they
arrived in Australia on Monday morning, December 19, 2005. Total air
miles from Los Angeles, California to Australia was 6,455. |
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may view the sites listed below in any order you choose. Each site will
let you continue on in order, or return here to navigate in the order
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AUSTRALIA
Each
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At the bottom of this page be sure to visit the New Zealand menu and
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Lee
and Karen Duquette took a flight from Australia to New Zealand on a
two seater, 12 passenger plane, mostly because they wanted to go Zorbing.
They were only there one day, and enjoyed places not posted here, but
those photos were put in her photo album, just not copied for the internet.
Then they returned to Australia for the adventures shown above. |
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After you have seen ALL of the above,
