Australia schedule

[re-bumped] The schedule, including flight departure and arrival times (given in local time for each airport), is:

• June 30: depart Virginia, carrying a thick book four books and a suitcase.
• Norfolk to Dulles, 12:50 to 13:49
• Dulles to LAX, 15:00 to 17:26
• LAX to Sydney, 22:30 to 6:30 July 2. I'm crossing the International Date Line and don't get a July 1st. As my mortgage is due on the first; I assume this means I don't have to pay my mortgage.
• July 2: Sydney to Brisbane, 8:05 to 9:35. This is a continuation of the Norfolk to Australia trip. I have no idea how many hours I'll be spending on a plane. Frankly, I'd rather not know. 
• Things to do in Brisbane: Get Josh, see Griffith University, get Josh's stuff, empty his bank account, flee ahead of any pitchfork-wielding mobs which just happen, by coincidence, to be in the area. 
• July 3: Brisbane to Sydney: 11:15 to 12:50. Because at the end of this trip, we only have one day in Sydney, and one day is, we've been told, not enough. 
• Stay at the Challis Lodge, Potts Point
• Things to do in Sydney: Take the Harbor Ferry, visit the Rocks District, visit Manly, see the Opera House, possibly climb the Harbor Bridge ($200 each to climb it? ROFL). 
• July 5: Sydney to Cairns, 14:00 to 17:15. 
• Staying at Cairns Colonial Club Resort.
• Things to do in Cairns: Josh goes scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef for three days and two nights. 
• I'm taking a one day snorkel trip--can't go to Australia without giving the saltwater crocs (also sharks, sea snakes, killer jellyfish, poisonous octopi, attack snails, etc etc, yes, I know) at least one shot at me. 
• Drive to Port Douglas along the coastal road and see the rain forest. Drive to Kuranda. Stay an extra day after Josh's dive expedition so he can, literally, decompress.
• July 10: Cairns to Ayers Rock, 7:15 to 9:35.
• Staying at Outback Pioneer Hotel
• Things to do at Ayers Rock: see the Rock. Climb the Rock. Walk around the Rock. Ride a camel?
• July 11: Ayers Rock to Alice Springs, 10:15 to 11:00.
• Things to do at Alice Springs: get to the train station. 
• July 11: Alice Springs to Adelaide, leaving at 15:00 via the Ghan Train .
• July 12: arrive in Adelaide
• Staying at the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hindley
• Things to do: 
• July 13: Adelaide to Sydney, 14:55 to 17:15
• Stay at the Challis Lodge, Potts Point
• July 14: Wave goodbye to sunny Australia
• Sydney  to JFK, 10:15 to 17:25 (it's a lot longer than seven hours in flight, remember all times are local)
• JFK to Toronto, 20:00 to 22:00
• July 15: Staying at an undisclosed location in Toronto. Niece's wedding rehearsal dinner.
• July 16: The Tominator and his motley crew plan to escort me on a recon of the Royal Ontario Museum, including the Chinese terra cotta warrior exhibits. 
• July 18: Fly home
• Toronto to Philly, 17:44 to 19:15
• Philly to Norfolk, 20:29 to 21:28

Yes, this does equal eight thirteen planes and a train in less than three weeks.

Things I've been asked to buy (or otherwise obtain) in Australia: opal, flag, shot glasses, sheep, dice, two boomerangs, koala, aborigine art, something surferish.