Thanks, Beth! I am ALSO confident that a lot of you will be posting from aboard the ship and letting the rest of us go with you vicariously on this adventure (starting of course, with your pre-cruise lark)! I have done much the same itinerary before, and absolutely loved it in New Zealand and Australia. Why I booked KANGAROO as a replacement for the ill-fated TUT cruise. So I get to start where I left off before.