Our Itinerary

30 Dec 2013 – 13.55 – Flight Hobart to Sydney, arriving 15.45hrs. Hotel at airport; dinner with a friend.

31 Dec 2013 – 09.30 – Flight Sydney to Santiago, Chile with a landing in Auckland, NZ. Flying time 3 hrs 15 mins to Auckland; 1 hr 45 mins stop; and another 11 hrs 20 mins in flight – to arrive in Santiago at just 11.35 am on the same ‘day’ we left Sydney (we 'gain' a day as we cross the international date line on our way across the Pacific).

31 Dec 2013 – 17.15 – Flight Santiago to Buenos Aires, Argentina – 2 hrs 5 mins in flight. Not sure if we will venture forth into Buenos Aires during our 12 hour night-time stop over… being New Year’s Eve, it might be difficult getting back to the airport for our (very!) early morning flight south… and we are likely to be encumbered with our luggage between the international and domestic flights… there are lots of hotels within 4 kms of airport… or there might be lots going on at airport to keep us occupied?

1 Jan 2014 – 04.45 am – Flight Santiago to Ushuaia – 3 hrs 45 mins in flight – arrive 08.30. Booked for next 3 nights at Hosteria Les Eclaireurs in Ushuaia. Hope to meet our skipper Bob and maybe give a hand with food shopping and stowing away.

4 Jan 2014 – Board the yacht ‘Australis” in Ushuaia and begin our voyage south to the Antarctic Peninsula.

24 Jan 2014 – ‘Australis’ due back into Ushuaia, with our trip notes making the point that delays can occur due to weather or other reasons…

KSB is due in Ushuaia “about the end of January” on her epic bicycle ride from the Caribbean down the length of South America to the southern-most city. So it is planned to meet up – who will be waiting to greet whom is yet to be decided! We will spend most of February together, visiting the Torres del Paine National Park and other points north up the mountain ranges of the Andes. Looking forward to doing some walks in these remote and scenic places.

27 Feb 2014 – 04.30am (another very early start!) – Flight Santiago, Chile to Easter Island – 5 hrs 40 mins in flight. Accommodation at Kona Tua Hostel (IYHA) for three nights.

4 Mar 2014 – 00.05am (an even earlier start!) – Flight Easter Island to Papeete – 5 hrs 50 mins in flight, to arrive in Papeete at 00.55! We have a 31 hour stop over here, in transit … no plans yet…

5 March 2014 – 8.10am – Flight Papeete to Auckland – 5 hrs 40 mins flight, but we arrive just after midday on 6 March (having crossed over the international date line again, losing the day we gained going east-wards). 1 hr 40 mins in transit at Auckland airport.

6 March 2014 – 14.10 hrs – flight Auckland to Sydney – 3 hrs, 35 mins in flight. Overnight in Sydney.

7 March 2014 – 08.00 am flight Sydney to Hobart. HOME again!