Maclin Lodge Sydney

... nice to know we weren't the eldest !!!!
So far we have toured about Sydney city centre and stood outside the opera house, walked around the botanical gardens where a long beaked Ibis took a fancy to steves sandels and started to peck his feet .....( must like cheese then !!) We have taken a boat trip around the harbour, been to the blue mountains where we eventually saw 2 rather sleepy Kangaroos ( Well it was in the 40's and we were all pretty knackered as the air con on ...

5th Nov...

The one were we really found out what Ozzie is all about...and itīs still bigger than Holland..!!!

Well as said..this country is BIG.!! As we left Whitsunday we still had another 2000 km to go or so. We were not even half way! But okay, we knew what to do now, early to bed, and get up early to drive like 4 or 5 hours in the day. That way at least you can be at your camping site around noon and still have fun. So we did and not to bore you ...

... is situated on the Murray River and is known for being the world’s paddle-steamer capital. As it was so grey and rainy on the day we visited, we decided to give the paddle-steamer cruise a miss. Instead, we had lunch in a quaint, old-fashioned tea room and after a brief wander around the town, we got back in the car and continued on our way. We drove as far as the town of Albury, on the border of New South Wales, and booked into a motel ...

... house to have a look around and there were some choirs singing outside which was nice. We then had a walk through the botanical gardens where we saw some really beautiful white parrots and some very strange birds which were about a meter tall with long curled beaks. We had a bite to eat and walked back to the hostel almost crippling Lauren’s feet on the way as she had new shoes on which rubbed her feet to shreds.

The next day Celia was extremely excited as we got the ...

... an excellent seafood meal at an affordable price with a million dollar view. Carla had the salt and pepper squid and Mike had the sea perch.

We finally were able to get some good
city shots at night– and the Opera House really is commanding.
Every New Years the Opera House is on TV since Sydney is one of the
first to experience the New Year – and on TV it looks cool but now
seeing it at night we are impressed. See for yourself!

Debbs joined us today for our trip into town.

Caught the bus and got off next to the Victoria building. A beautiful Victorian conversion of market buildings. Went to the Sydney Tower where there were far reaching view of the city and countryside/sea beyond. Also went on the 'Oz trek' experience (a multimedia, moving glimpse of ...

... turned qualified tour guide on the 3 hour canyon walk. Nothing could prepare me for the wonder of this walk. The path dropped down 400 metres to the canyon floor where there were caves, euchalyptus of all froms, creeks, greenery, all sorts of creature, ridges - it's really hard to describe - for it all sounds rather ordinary - but it was far from it. I've done some amazing treks on this holiday so far - Mission Beach in Queensland, the Southern Harbour in ...

... was ridiculous. "Sweet Home Alabama" is timeless, "Southern Man" is just not that good. Neil Young would admit that, and I believe he has...) But I digress... The band closed with a raucus version of "Livin' on a Prayer." I was dissappointed they didn't ask us to all pretend we were from Jersey ("where we don't pump our gas, we just pump our fists"), that would have really been funny. The DJ came on and spun more US hits. It ...

Our last day on our adopted home was a lazy day spent by the pool as the ship made its way up the coastline from Melbourne. We also got a back stage tour of the theatre and the kitchens and got to find out all the goss on the performance artists. The theatre was very impressive and it was really cool to stand on stage with the spot lights shining on us - fame at last!

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ferres

... vi lige naaede rundt i byen inden det blev moerk og var paa kinesisk rest.
Dagen efter var det Kiakoura, der hvor hvalerne hore til. Vi havde selvfolgelig bestilt en baadtur saa vi kunne komme ud og se dem. Men da vi saa ankom var det aflyst pga for meget vind og jeg blev SAA skuffet. Det var jo hvad jeg var kommet for, eller i hvert fald naesten, men det var da en af de store hojde punkter ved NZ. Naa men se dem ville vi jo, saa vi tog da bare et fly i ...