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Day 20 – July 15 – Great Ocean Road
We took a trip down the Great Ocean Road from Geelong to Apollo Bay. We made the great decision of purchasing a “GuideAlong” Tour which is an app that gives lots of good information about a tour as you drive along. We learned about the history of the Great Ocean Road (it was first built,…
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Day 19 – July 14 – Geelong, Australia
We had a long but uneventful flight from Honolulu to Auckland and then Auckland to Melbourne. Tari and I had a row to ourselves on the nine-hour flight from Honolulu to Auckland which was nice. Our adventure really started when we had to find the shuttle to the airport carpark, locate our car, and figure…
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Day 17 and 18 – July 12 and 13 – Fly to Melbourne
I am writing this post before we actually fly but I don’t think I will have much of a chance to do the post on our first long travel day. We leave Honolulu at 10:15 am tomorrow and fly for nine hours to Auckland, New Zealand. We have a two-hour layover in Auckland and then…
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Day 16 – July 11 – Fly to Honolulu
Today was a travel day from Kona, Hawai’i, to Honolulu, Oahu. We had to fly to Honolulu because our flight to Melbourne tomorrow leaves from Honolulu. It was too risky to try to fly from Kona to Honolulu in the morning before our Melbourne flight. So, we are staying in a hotel next to the…
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Day 15 – July 10 – Hapuna Beach State Park
Today we spent about four hours at Hapuna Beach relaxing and enjoying the ocean. We rented a beach umbrella, two chairs, and snorkeling equipment. We were able snorkel around the beach area and saw lots of different types of fish and one sea turtle feeding around some rocks in about 10 feet of water.
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Day 14 – Kailua-Kona
We had a restful day at our condo. We took a long walk, watched the France-Morocco soccer match, spent time at the pool, went shopping in Kona, and had a nice dinner. Going to beach tomorrow.
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Day 13 – July 8 – Volcanoes National Park
Today we took a trip to the southern part of Hawaii including Volcanoes National Park and Hilo. Southern Hawai’i Coast – We started the day by driving down the Kona Coast to the southern coast of Hawai’i. We stopped at Punalu’u Beach Park and walked on a black sand beach and then stopped at an…
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Day 12 – July 7 – Northern Hawai’i island
Today we drove up to the north shore of the island of Hawai’i. We drove through the warmest and driest part of the island and into the town of Hawi (pronounced Haa-vee). We drove out to the Polulu Valley lookout to see big cliffs and a lush valley. We drove back to Hawi and had…
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Day 11 – July 6 – Kona, Hawai’i
Our first full day on the island of Hawai’i. We had a nice slow morning watching soccer and then went shopping for groceries. We spent the afternoon doing a trip down the coast and learned a lot about the history of Hawai’i and how it became a US state. We visited the Pu’uhonua o Honanunau…
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Day 10 – Fly from Sacramento to San Francisco to Kona, Hawaii
Today we are flying from Sacramento to Kona, Hawaii, with a layover in San Francisco. We are currently in the San Francisco airport watching the Brazil/Norway soccer match (Erling Haaland just scored for Norway). We leave in a couple of hours and are scheduled to arrive in Kona at 7:31 pm local time. We will…