Heading DownUnder

We are in the final stage of planning for our trip to Australia for the month of April. We will fly to Chicago and meet up with Lydia and Jerry Beehler. We will then fly to Los Angeles and pick up our Qantas flight to Brisbane. We will be hosted in Brisbane by Jeff and Chris Beehler. From there, we will take any number of daytrips. Australia is soooooooo big and it takes so long to get from one place to the next unless you fly, which I guess we will be doing. We will visit the coastal area and the Great Barrier Reef for sure. Also on the intinerary is the Rain Forest. The Beehlers haven't visited Ayres Rock and Alice Springs, so we want to make sure that is on our list to see also. Still lots to do before we are comfortable that we have a place every night.