The Big Day has arrived!
2月7日, カナダ ⋅ 🌙 -13 °C
The bags are packed….We have started on our trip to Australia. It is about minus 12 in Calgary and we are at Calgary Airport going via Vancouver to Sydney.
We are using our 35 year pass andもっと詳しく
No drama
2月9日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We both slept well on the airplane and the flight was around an hour under schedule so it didn’t seem long after we woke up that we arrived in Sydney. My previous experience with Aussie customs hasもっと詳しく
Aussie walk about !
2月9日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
It is too early to check in, so we changed to more appropriate summer clothing in the Pullman hotel lobby washroom. The bus to Coogee beach is just around the corner from the hotel, so we left ourもっと詳しく
Hike from Spit Bridge to Manly
2月10日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
After a quick bus ride where the driver was a tour guide we began our hike from Spit Bridge.
The day started out sunny, but showers were in the forecast. It was a good start with a warm breeze andもっと詳しく
Trivia night!
2月10日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Billy Lockley is the son of friends of ours. He hosts trivia night contests in and around Sydney, and tonight he is hosting at a pub within walking distance of our hotel. After drying out from theもっと詳しく
Drying out.
2月11日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
24 hours later still drying out from our hike yesterday.
Sydney Sites
2月11日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We put some more miles on our shoes today seeing some of the sights around Sydney. Our hotel is across from Hyde park, we walked to Darling harbour and around the city. Tomorrow we make our way toもっと詳しく
Melbourne
2月12日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
We met up with our travel partners Liz and Alan at the Sydney domestic terminal in the Jetstar checkin area. They had arrived from Vancouver on the same flight we took 3 days ago and they lookedもっと詳しく
City sites of Melbourne
2月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
Street art, central train station, ANZAC memorial, Victoria parliament, all are on our city tour today. Not everything was photo worthy and not much wildlife inside the city. I think Australia is oneもっと詳しく
Shrine of Remembrance
2月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 29 °C
This was our official first stop on today’s tour. It is the Victoria State war Memorial. The soldiers pictured are practicing for for the commemoration that will take place tomorrow.
Melbourne beach
2月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 30 °C
The beach is unremarkable, but real estate is another story. One of these beach huts recently listed and sold for over 900 grand. This is crazy, no power, no running water just a storage shed! I standもっと詳しく
To market, to market to buy a…..
2月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 34 °C
We had lunch in this neighborhood and picked up some fruit for tomorrow’s bus ride. The market was huge and well attended.
The last photo is an old wooden roller coaster, larger than the one atもっと詳しく
Cook’s cottage
2月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 35 °C
The Cook we are referring to is Captain James Cook, the famous British explorer and cartographer. The cottage was his parent’s cottage in England that was moved here to Melbourne in pieces andもっと詳しく
Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
2月13日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌬 35 °C
This is probably the first of many churches/ Cathedrals to visit. It is large not too decadanct.
The grounds are pretty and well cared for.
Tonight we went for a tapas dinner on a barge. Fun nightもっと詳しく
Epic bus ride
2月14日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Anglesea, Lorne, Separation creek, Wye river, Apologies bay are places that sound like they should be in NewfoundLand but are on the Great Ocean Road south of Melbourne. The destination is The 12もっと詳しく
Twelve Apostles
2月14日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
So this is what we rode on the bus for 8 hours on a windy, twisty, queezy tummy ocean road to see the 12 Apostles. The “stacks” as they are called. We saw only 8 not 12….
The view was amazing,もっと詳しく
Shipwreck walk
2月14日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
As the story goes a ship, the Loch Ard crashed into the rocks May 1878. 2 survived; climbed the cliffs and made there way to a farmhouse for help. It is amazing anyone could survive these waters.
The Capital
2月15日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
This morning we hit the floor running; up at 5, brekkie at 6 and bus to the airport at 630!
Arrived in Canberra at 10. First stop on the tour is the National ANZAC war memorial. It pays tribute toもっと詳しく
Parliament
2月15日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The new parliament building has been open since 1988. Our tour gave us the opportunity to see representatives chamber and the senate chamber. The government functions much like Canadian parliamentもっと詳しく
Next is Cairns!
2月16日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Another early morning, brekkie & luggage loaded by 8 am. Flight to Cairns with a quick stop in Brisbane was good but makes for a long day.
Did a short walk around before dinner to get our bearings.もっと詳しく
The Great Barrier Reef
2月17日, Philippine Sea ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
A planned boat excursion to the Great Barrier Reef is on today’s agenda. Our group boarded a good sized vessel about 8:30 and together with some other tourists we motored out of Cairns harbour.もっと詳しく
Snorkeling pic
2月17日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Tom & I had an amazing time snorkelling. The water was murky at times; due to heavy rains but for most of the time it was great. The water was warm and we only saw friendly jellyfish!
Train to Kuranda
2月18日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Out of the hotel at 8 and get into a large transportation vehicle that looks like it could ford a swift flowing river. It takes us to the train station where we all board a vintage train that isn’tもっと詳しく
Dream walk
2月18日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
The dream walk is an introduction to the indigenous culture of the area. The didgeridoo is demonstrated, spear throwing and boomerang chucking are also part of the curriculum. Finally there is a aもっと詳しく
More dream walk
2月18日, オーストラリア ⋅ 🌩️ 30 °C
The return boomerangs did NOT return😂😂😂we just needed one more try!
旅行者Those bags look to be over 20kgs. Hope you get some sleep.
旅行者
Have a great trip!!
旅行者Wow.!