Favorite bike tour?

[chartman64]

Have you thought about coming down our way?

Actually, I have -- I've been to Australia and New Zealand several times but always on business, and there's never been enough free time to see very much. I've been fortunate to do a few day trips out of Sydney and Melbourne and to attend conferences in Perth/Freemantle, Adelaide, Brisbane and the Gold Coast/Surfer's Paradise, and once had a free afternoon to visit the botanical gardens in Wellington. I'll have to see if I can talk Greg into the concept.

Of course it'll also depend on what time of year we wind up being available to do it. With my work, I can pretty much pick and choose, but Greg's in the movie business, so he can only take vacation time between film projects. The "when" of a long enough window between projects is not easy to nail down. Once we know the window, we'll probably plan the destination based on what part of the world is experiencing the optimal weather and travel bargain season! (We prefer going somewhere when there are as few as possible other tourists, especially our fellow Americans. I love my country and the people when they're here at home, but so many of them can be horrid, embarrassingly stupid, awful tourists.)