So these are the dates of my plane tickets...
Leave Chicago Monday June 1st at 3 pm from Chicago at 3 pm. Arrive in Melbourne (after lay overs and such) at 8:20 am on Wednesday June 3rd.
Then I make my way up to Brisbane and leave Brisbane July 6th to travel Auckland, New Zealand for a week.
Spend a week in Auckland and depart at 5:55 pm on July 13th. Then I arrive home in Chicago at 12:04 am (sorry to whoever is picking me up).
How is that for an amazingly wonderful trip?