We start our trip, April 1, 2005

I flew from Appleton, WI to Cincinatti, then to Los Angeles. From I joined Brian Halbrook, Dave Kriege and his sister Pat. We boarded Qantas flight 8 for the 14 hour trip to Sydney, Australia. I left Appleton at 7 AM on Thursday and landed in Sydney at 8:35 PM on Friday. Someone took a day away from us when we crossed the International Date Line. I hope we get it back. We checked into the Holiday Inn near the Chinatown district in Sydney and got a good night's rest.