I decided to look up the Lions 2013 tour fixtures to see if I could try and see some of them and it turns out, with the exception of the first two games (Hong Kong and Perth) they are all on the East Coast between Melbourne and Brisbane.

I could fly in to Brisbane to see Queensland Reds (8 June), then use the Greyhound Bus to travel 800km to  see NSW/Queensland in Newcastle (12 June), 160km to see Waratahs in Sydney (15 June), 200km to see Brumbies in Canberra (18 June) and then maybe fly the 900km to see them play Australia in Brisbane (22 June) again before continuing up the East Coast until the end of July.

Hopefully, Dad and Police Dog Pete will be going out to see the tour as well so, 6 months in might be just about the right time to blag a nice hotel, showers and some decent food!!

Other things I want to do in Australia are;

• Stay with the Claydons in Sydney (if they’ll have me again!)
• Track down Dan Hovey, presumably in Queensland somewhere
• See the Machrays in Maroochydore
• Scuba dive on the Reef

I’m most excited about seeing some people I haven’t seen for a while!!

Today, I arranged a meeting with STA Travel, a company recommended to me by numerous people, for next Saturday to discuss what I want to do next year and what package deals they can offer.

I’ve been told that the best way to do it is to buy a one direction, round the world ticket which would include a limited number of flights. You can then buy very cheap internal flights once out there to get from place to place if you need to. On that basis, I’ve come up with this outline schedule (which I’m sure will change countless times between now and January!);

> January to March – South East Asia
> April to May – India
> June to July – Australia (to coincide with the British Lions tour – 5 June – 6 July 2013 which dad might be going to!)
> August – New Zealand (which Joe might join me for!)
> September – Pacific Islands (when the beach football world cup takes place in Tahiti!)
> October to November – South America
> December – Africa (specifically Tanzania to climb Kilimanjaro!)

Despite being 6 months away, this is all getting a bit real and exciting now… So much so that I lay awake for an hour last night wondering what sort of camera I should buy!!

Anyway, here’s some men singing some song on some rooftop at some point in the past…

 

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