Hi Explorer114333 my friend and I land in SF on the 31st as well..then we are taking the 10PM flight to sydney that night getting in to Sydney on Nov2.

Thomas,

Did you get your money converted already??

Have you guys figured out what you are packing and bringing with you yet? I don't know if i should bring some of the things that are on the suggested packing list...like a raincoat, a warm coat?

All found out some info today:

So I recently was searching for a converter/adapter for my trip and found one at BedBath&Beyond by Samsonite, but when reading the back it said do not use with battery recahrgers, etc..so I wanted to know the etc! I called up Samsonite and they had me call the company that makes them for them, the guy told me, think of a converter for travel products, travel irons, travel hair dryer..that require much power.

He said for charging ipods, camera batteries, computer, stereo, flat iron, curling iron to use a step down transformer!! Here's one they have on Samsonite website. This will still require an adapter though, because these transforms are made for traveling to Europe. No clue why they don't just have adapters included!

http://shop.samsonite.com/stor...dSA3983XX-cC35-.html

I have a travel iPod charger with the right adaptor for Australia. If you want to borrow it once we're there let me know.

That would be awesome thanks.

JimBray I think you are on the same flight as us heading home. We fly like 545am to sydney. Then from SYD to LA-JFK...staying on the same plane the whole way from SYD-JFK.

You said you were ordering currency?? what did you mean?? Using the atm, is there a fee. should we convert money before we leave??

advice??

OMG, so we are! Awesome!

I have had bad luck trying to get currency out of ATMs in Canada so I decided to just get some money before the trip. You don't have to do that at all, it's just my preference.