2017 Australia

2017 sees Photos and I make a trip down under to visit our friend Physio! We travel to Australia with stops in Sydney, Ayers Rock, Tasmania, Melbourne, Airlie Beach, The Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef.

Planning for Australia

ByMinion-Chris February 17, 2017 0 Comments
I'm about to hit the road again! This time my friend and I are on our way Down Under to Australia! This will be my LAST continent to visit in order to check off my bucket list item of visiting all 7 continents! Initially when I first started planning this trip, the plan was to visit both Australia and New Zealand. But as the plans evolved, it became impractical given the size of Australia and...

Travel to and first day in Sydney

ByMinion-Chris February 28, 2017 0 Comments
It took a while but we finally arrived in Sydney, Australia! Flights Our initial flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Guangzhou (CAN) was smooth and uneventful. (as much as a 13.5 hour flight can be!) However, what was meant to be a 3 hour layover in CAN turned into a 7 hour layover as my flight to Sydney was delayed due to maintenance problems. I ended up spending a few hours in the Premium lounge in...

Exploring Sydney

ByMinion-Chris March 1, 2017 0 Comments
Sydney With a good nights rest and a renewed sense of adventure, we set out to explore with Photo's cousins. Our first stop was a brief visit to the Queen Victoria Building in the center of Sydney. We spent some time picking up some morning coffee and enjoying the historical building before setting out. We strolled through Hyde Park and a little of downtown before arriving at the Botanical...

Blue Mountains

ByMinion-Chris March 2, 2017 0 Comments
Blue Mountains Our plan was to visit the Blue Mountains today. Our local friends and online travel guides both recommended a visit. It is a bit of an earlier start as it's approximately two hours outside of Sydney. We trained to Strathfield where we met Physio and a few friends to drive the rest of the way. Three Sisters Our first stop was at the Three Sisters. This was one of the main...

Coastal Walk and Aladdin!

ByMinion-Chris March 7, 2017 0 Comments
It'd only been two days but we already started feeling the "fullness" of the days we'd had in Sydney. Today we didn't have as many stops, so we were looking forward to a "more relaxed" day starting with a coastal walk. Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk Fortunately Photo's cousins are very close to Bondi Junction Station/ So it made getting to Bondi beach extremely easy. A single bus (381) got us there...

Wedding Cake Rock , Wattamolla and last day in Sydney

ByMinion-Chris March 8, 2017 0 Comments
Royal National Park We had a full day planned in Royal National Park today. One of the things we really wanted to visit was the Wedding Cake Rock along the Coastal walk. So our friend Physio would drive us out to the National Park and we would make a day of it. Coastal Walk In order to get to Wedding Cake Rock, we would have to take a short 3-4 kilometer coastal walk. It must be something about...