Australia - Part 1 Sydney -2006

From Malaysia we flew to Sydney Airport, we arrived at 6.00am and then hopped on a train to Darling Harbour. We wandered around Sydney center in the drizzling rain.

In the evening we took a cruise around Darling harbour, we had a drink in the Ice bar and a Chinese meal in "The East" overlooking Sydney Harbour bridge.

Australia Day.

The following day was Australia day so we made our way over to The Sydney Tower which had wonderful views of the City. We then did the Oz trek experience before heading over to Hyde Park where we ate steak pies in the shape of Australia.

We walked down to Circular harbour where they were plenty of street entertainers, we walked onward to "The Rocks" area where 4 stages were set up for different kinds of music.

Back in the harbour we watched a flotilla of boats arrive, parachutists land and a display of jets flew overhead.

We walked over to a local park to join a large crowd to watch a band called "Taxi ride"

Walking home we popped into The Dundee pub and met a few expats.

Blue Mountains

The next day we joined a bus tour to The Blue Mountains, We had an early start but we stopped off for coffee on the banks of the Neapen river.

We then drove onto the Jameson valley to see the famous clouds rising from the valley.

Next stop was the Wentworth water falls before stopping off for lunch at Leura.

We moved on to the Emile Lookout to see The Three Sister rock formation.

Next stop was an old mine, which they said was the World's steepest train ride, then cooled off with a couple of ice creams.

We moved onto the Blue Mountain National Park(Glenbrook) to see a  mob of kangaroos.

The Famous Opera House.

The Next Day we walked over to the World famous Sydney Opera House.

From the Opera House we jumped on a local ferry that took us over to Manley. This is a beautiful area with dramatic rocks to the sea and a super beach.

The return ferry ride show off the Sydney skyline as the sunset.

                                          

Australia – Part 2- The Road trip.

 We picked up our hire car in Sydney and headed South on the Princess Highway, we stopped of at the town of Buli for a coffee and a look around.

We drove on to Ulladulla where we checked into the Harbour Royal motel which had views of the harbour, we walked over to the seafront and had a beer at the Marlin hotel. On the way home we stopped off for fish and chips at Tigers fish bar.

The following day we left Ulladulla and headed to Batemans Bay where we stopped off for breakfast. We drove onto the town of Narooma where we booked into Forsters lodge which had lovely views of the Bay.

In the evening we went over to the Naroom sports and social club for a drink before having dinner at Lynch's bistro.

The next day we left Narooma and drove to to Merimbula where we had breakfast on the waterfront. We drove on to Eden but there was not much too see so we drove onto Mallacoota.

We booked into the Mallaccota Motel and took a drive around the lakes stopping off to see a mob of wild Kangaroos. In the evening we had a very good meal at the "Tide restaurant"

From Malacoota we drove on to the Town of Orbust for coffee before heading to Lakes Enterance, and booked into the Emmanuel apartments that overlooked the river.

We the drove out to Paynsville where we caught the ferry to  Raymond Island, we were told that this was the place to see Koala's in the wild, and that's exactly what we saw.

The Next day we walked down to the local jetty  and joined a "wine cruise", we passed Frazier island where we saw plenty of wildlife including black swans and kangaroos.

Our boat "The Corque"  stopped off at the small port of Matunga where we stopped to stretch our legs.  We sailed on until we reached the  Wyanga Park winery where we were given a tour and tasted several of the wines.

On our return to Lakes Enterance and went for a walk over the causeway to 90 mile beach.

It was an early start the next morning as we set off  back on the road, our first stop was the town of Yarram where we stopped of for coffee and toasties. We finally reached the town of Cowes where we booked into the Koloha holiday resort.

In the evening we went to watch the famous "Penguin march" where the little birds leave the sea and return to their nests.

The following day we drove out to Ryhll and had breakfast at the Temuku cafe overlooking the bay, we pushed on to San Remo to see the Pelicans feeding and  Rays swimming in the shallows.

We then stopped of at The Nobbies to look over to seal Island.

The next day we left Cowes and headed to Melbourne, where dropped off the car after doin 1600km on our road trip.

Memories of the Road trip from Sydney to Melbourne.