DAY 1

Week 1

BOISE (Idaho, USA) to SYDNEY (New South Wales, AUS)
via SAN FRANCISCO (California, USA)

Friday July 6th, 2001

TODAYS MILEAGE – 8379 miles or 13485 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 8379 miles or 13485 kilometres


The first leg of the journey is a short 523 mile (842 km) flight into San Francisco.

From there it was down to Los Angeles International (LAX) and then the 14½ hour bum numbing flight on into Sydney with what would have to have been the surliest bunch of trolly dolly's United Airlines could find. Fair dinkum, they made you feel like you were disturbing thier holiday when asking for a drink of water.



• SAN FRANCISCO (California, USA)


Here's a breakdown of the travel times and distances in getting over there:

∗ BOISE ~ Fitzy's Poverty Palace (Idaho, USA) to BOISE ~ International Airport (Idaho, USA)

8.3 miles or 13.4 kilometres

• Travel Time: 19 minutes

∗ BOISE ~ International Airport (Idaho, USA) to SYDNEY ~ International Airport (New South Wales, AUS)

8364 miles or 13461 kilometres

• Flight Time: 16 hours 3 minutes

∗ SYDNEY ~ International Airport (New South Wales, AUS) to SYDNEY ~ Novotel Darling Harbour (New South Wales, AUS)

7.2 miles or 11.6 kilometres

• Travel Time: 24 minutes