Australia and New Zealand

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Trip start
November 24, 2024
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We’re ready to go!
November 24, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Waiting at SEATAC for the first of three flights.
TravelerGute Reise!!! 🛫
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Eine tolle Zeit euch allen! Wir sind gespannt auf eure Abenteuer! [Ruth]
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Vancouver airport
November 24, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Why is there so much money in that fake river?
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Air New Zealand Sky Couch
Nov 24–25, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
So worth it.
TravelerAmazing! Definitely something for our next trip 👍🏼
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Traveler Sleeping sitting up…🙃
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TravelerCool sky couch. How comfy was it?
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Traveler Not terribly comfy, but we did sleep enough to feel refreshed the next day. And it was a lot more better than “sleeping” in an economy seat!
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Arrival in Sydney
November 26, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
TravelerThe kids look like excellent travelers.
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Exploring Darling Harbor
November 26, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Traveler Nice!
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Traveler That’s our girl!
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Traveler Love her spirit
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Traveler Every time she screams about water in her face during a shower, I’m going to show her this picture 🤣
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Harbour ferry tour
November 27, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
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At Bondi Beach!
November 27, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
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Watsons Bay
November 27, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
We saw cockatoos and other cool birds!
Traveler Beautiful!
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Blue Mountains and Dinosaurs
November 28, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Three sisters are rocks
Cicadas buzz hurt our ears
Dinosaurs are best
Traveler Works best with a copilot yelling at you, in our experience.
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Dad just salty because he kept running up on curbs in Ireland [Will]
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TravelerI mostly just turn on the windshield wipers at every other turn.
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Walking Sydney
November 29, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Traveler Ooooof HW!
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Traveler Where the wild things and Benjamin live
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We <3 Sydney
November 30, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Last day in Sydney. This might be Anna’s new favorite city. There is so much amazing Asian food! 😄
Traveler Is that how people get water down there?
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TravelerYup. And everyone has their own sheep for milk.
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Really? Alina has never seen fireworks? [Will]
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TravelerNope. 4th of July fireworks in Seattle are too late at night!
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Port Douglas
December 1, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Traveler Luv the new doo!
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TravelerFinally after sweating under all that hair for two weeks, we convinced him to get a haircut in Melbourne. A bribery of ice cream helped too….
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Traveler Like kryptonite, but creamier?
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TravelerYes…should i bring some back for you? We decided to gift the jar to the apartment kitchen...
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Aboriginal Daintree Rainforest Tour
December 2, 2024 ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Mossman Gorge in the Daintree Rainforest. The rainforest was really interesting and the tour by members of the Kuki Yalanji Aboriginal Tribe was really interesting. They talked about their culture and what plants, rocks and minerals were important to them. We also learned the most plants in the rainforest were poisonous to humans…yikes!Read more
Brave giving the kids a boomerang [Will]
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Great Barrier Reef
December 3, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
We were skeptical about the massive tour boat and permanent activity platform, but it was perfect in the end with kids. Anna was allowed snorkel for a while when Daniel was on the semi-submersible with the kids. But the best time to go in the water was at the end when all the tourist were done- and Daniel got to see a sea turtle and a shark. The corals species themselves were not very colorful, but the size of the “forests” of corals were really impressive.

In the end, we were most impressed with Alina. She jumped right in and snorkeled in open water! We only practiced once in a pool before the trip. Can’t wait to take her to more reefs in the future!Read more
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Koalas and more!!
December 4, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
We got to feed and pet some cool animals at the wildlife habitat
TravelerWonderful experience! How was Ben?
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TravelerHe was a little scared by the animals that were taller than him like the emu or big kangaroos but otherwise had a great time
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Traveler Sehr schöne beeindruckende Bilder. Wo bleib das Küsschen für das Krokodil😘
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Traveler“Swimming with the crocodiles” war auch im Angebot… haben wir aber vorsichtshalber ausgelassen
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The crocodile looks cuddly [Will]
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Melbourne
December 5, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
This Melbourne might be a bit cooler than the Florida one…
The city had a great vibe and it’s as if the pandemic didn’t affect any businesses here. Melbourne has the most restaurants per capita in the world and that was very apparent walking through downtown. One day we’ll make it back for the Australian Open and plan our trip around eating (when the kids are more adventurous)!Read more
Traveler Very tasty!
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Traveler Even tastier!
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Traveler Brave for trying!
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Great Ocean Road
December 8, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Moving south coupled with a cold front gave us northerners a bit of relief. We really have Seattle kids! They melted in Sydney and Port Douglas. Finally they showed some more excitement and energy on short walks in the rainforest.Read more
Traveler Wunderschön
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Traveler Na die beiden wachsen ja schon sehr zusammen in dem Trip, oder? Sehr schöne Zeit habt ihr!!
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Traveler Wooooow!!!
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Rainforest and the 12 Apostles
December 9, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
More like 7 apostles…not that we could see all of them. They’re slowly eroding away, but the view of the cliffs and the turquoise water was still very beautiful! Even the kids were able to appreciate the views for a second before the biting flies came in and annoyed us.Read more
Traveler Gorgeous views!
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TravelerAgree- these kids are pretty cute!
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Traveler Wie toll not den Videos!
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Great Ocean Road ctd.
December 9, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Apollo Bay, Cape Otway Lightstation. Alina’s highlights were the beach, koala, and the playground. Oh, and the rainforest walk. Benjamin likes what Alina likes.
Traveler Hi cutie!
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Glamping and Dance Parties
December 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
TravelerIhr habt eine wunderschöne Reise; weiterhin sehr viel Spaß und genießt es.😍
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TravelerNice moves! 🎶
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Traveler Großartig!!! Discoboy! Love it
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Tasmanian Devil Unzoo
December 11, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
We arrived in Tasmania, and of course seeing Tasmanian devils was top of the list.
Traveler😳
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Aptly named! [Grandpa]
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Traveler Sind das coole Tiere
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Tasman Island and Point Arthur
December 12, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Today we went on a 2.5h “cruise” around the most Southern coast of Tasmania in a sort of speed boat. Besides the spectacular cliffs we saw humpback whales, dolphins and seals. And albatrosses, cormorants, Pacific gulls…Limited photos as the boat ride was a little rough and fast.
Afterwards, we checked out Port Arthur Historical site where the Brits had put the repeat offender convicts.Read more
TravelerMore gorgeous views. ❤️
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Mount Wellington
December 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
We drove up Mount Wellington which is right next to Hobart and 1200m high. When we arrived at the peak it was in the clouds, raining and 5 C cold. After waiting a little bit the clouds cleared up and we had a nice view over the city and bay.Read more
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Hobart
December 13, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Traveler What is this? Looks delicious!
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MONA
December 15, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The museum of old and new art (MONA) is really cool. A private collection of modern and provocative art. It’s outside of town so has its own ferry shuttle.
Traveler ❤️
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Like two puppies [Opa]
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Traveler Absolutely no idea what this is
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TravelerIt’s art…duh 🤣
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