Category Archives: Australia
Returning to the USA From Australia
Just some facts-It’s 11:44 P.M. Australia time. I’m tired, it’s almost impossible to get comphy and sleep-but right when it seemed my fatigue would win out, on came the cabin lights. Our altitude is 10,668 m Time since departure: 9 hours 45 minutes Time to destination (L.A): 3 hours 4 minutes Air Temperature: -45 celcius [...]
Jenolan Caves and a Platypus
Chris and I sleepily forced ourselves awake this morning for our agreed upon 7:30 A.M. nature walk to scout out any platypus in the area. We spotted 2 in a little stream. Mom took an amazing video of one leisurely scratching himself. The platypus was unaware of her presence–they are very shy and spook easily, [...]
Katoomba Falls, Blue Mountains Australia
We went on a walkabout today at Katoomba Falls in the Blue Mountains West of Sydney, Australia. The walk was scenic, we had a good view of the “Three Sisters” peaks and Katoomba Falls. We all bought the $28 triple pass to Scenic World and road the scenic skyway with a glass floor you can also [...]
The Carrington Hotel
Wow! We’re spending the night at another fancy and unusual hotel called the Carrington. It’s on Katoomba Street in katoomba NSW Australia 2780. To me, it feels like staying in an elegant old castle. The Carrington opened in 1882, then known as The Great Western-and was a popular destination for those who wanted to visit the Blue Mountains in [...]
Fort Denison Sydney Australia
We’re on our way out of the parking ramp-near the Rocks Quay (Circular Quay area) getting ready to leave Sydney and continue our road trip West. We’ve checked out of the Lord Nelson Hotel & Brewery. We tried to get it for a third night, realizing how much there’s still to do in Sydney, but [...]
Travel Journal Entry for Sydney Tower and Chinatown
After visiting the Sydney Wildlife World we decided to walk over and see why 800,000 people visit the Sydney Amp Tower every year. The tower has 1,504 steps up to the top, but we just took the high speed double decker elevator, which can carry up to 2,000 people/hour. A trip up takes only 40 seconds, traveling at [...]
Sydney Wildlife World
Sydney Wildlife World is conveniently located next to the Sydney Aquarium. You can usually get a discount if you do both. Wildlife World features the largest variety of animals and Australian plants under one roof! It covers 3 floors, 9 habitats and 65 exhibits ranging from bugs to cute cuddily looking koala bears. We had [...]
Lord Nelson Hotel and Brewery
Looking for an unusual and novel place to stay in Sydney? The Lord Nelson Hotel and Brewery is simply awesome! Nice deep bathtub, yummy smelling bath products in cute containers, comphy bed, fancy metal hot water maker that’s even faster than the other kinds I’ve used on this trip, Earl Grey tea samples, and interesting [...]
Quantas Flight 580 Perth to Sydney
We sit in the middle row of a giant 747 Quantas Jet waiting to depart Perth and fly to Sydney. We’ll be arriving approximately 6:30 this evening where we already have reservations at the Lord Nelson Hotel and Brewery for two nights. They’re performing a maintenance procedure on the plane before we can take off. The [...]
Kings Park in Perth, WA
After dropping our stuff off at the Comfort Inn hotel in Perth that’s near the airport, we got to thinking, hmm..it’s still fairly early-what can we do in Perth that doesn’t cost a lot of money without a vehicle? Chris remembered the Elevated Walkway he had read about in a guide book on the road [...]
Exploring downtown Fremantle
We spent the night at the ritsy Hotel Esplanade in Fremantle, WA. Last night, Chris and I went out to a nice Indian restaurant for a late dinner. I tried something called a Mango Lassi with mango, yogurt, milk and a splash of rose water. It was delicious. After dinner, we walked to the Anchor Sail Brewery, [...]
Namburg National Park
Namburg National Park-our adventure began as a 3.5 km hike until we decided to stray from the path and then it became something much longer, but we still had fun. It was cool to see all the pinnacles. Some pink birds made their home in one of the pinnacle rocks and crawled down a hole [...]
Sandra’s Bio Reading at Snag Island Leeman Caravan Park
We spent the night at a caravan park somewhere between Geraldton and Perth, I can’t remember what it was called, but it was near the ocean and there was a cage with colorful birds inside near the entrance. Chris thinks it was the Snag Island Leeman Caravan Park in Leeman, Western Australia. We walked to the beach to [...]
HMAS Sydney (II) Shipwreck, Geraldton, WA
We stopped at a scenic ocean overlook in Geraldton-it was cold and windy with the strong smell of fish. We drove to the Western Australia Museum in Geraldton which is full of fascinating maritime exhibits among other things. I spent some time in a special exhibit for the Pride of the Fleet, the search for [...]