Category: Australia
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Long, and lonely drive
Today we drove from Esperance over to Albany… a long, lonely drive (except for road trains) mostly scruffy trees, large expanses of former wheat fields, some cows… and bumpy road… nothing to take a picture of. Except that we drove off the map… But before we left the Esperance area, we did take time to…
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The great outback…
Well, kinda. We travelled from Hyden to Esperance. From the “outback” to the coast. The word of the day was “road- train” Long straight stretches. And Rain… We arrived at Esperance and explored the Esplanade, and as the temperature dropped, with the rain, we just stayed in and watched TV for the evening
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Definitely the road less travelled
Today we headed out to Hyden, Western Australia a tiny town with one major claim to fame. Wave Rock. There is not much between Perth and Hyden, so I looked to see what I could find. I found a place called “Wandering” So, of course, we had to go there! The landscape was very dry,…
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Perth, a thoughtful city..
It’s Sunday! So we headed into Perth to go to the cathedral for choral Eucharist. A lovely service, and we also went to the cuppa after and met some people. I personally find it’s helpful to really know the city if you meet people at church and chat. We also had a great tour of…
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Rottnest
Yesterday we visited Rottnest Island. A very interesting island off the west coast of Australia, and home to a unique macropod, the Quokka. (That’s a marsupial with large feet) Quokka’s are about the size of a cat, and although are generally nocturnal, they are very bold on Rottnest (or Rotto as locals call it) There…
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Changing location, next stop… Tasmania!!!
We did another relocation yesterday. Left Sydney, and flew to Hobart, Tasmania. Our flight was later in the day. So we packed up our suite in CBD Sydney, and left our bags with the concierge, and headed out to wander again. We decided to spend our day at the Botanical gardens. Lovely way to spend…
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And the Bells shall ring
It’s Sunday again! So we headed off to church this morning, you would assume we were going to the Cathedral, but no. we went to the oldest surviving church in Australia. St James King Street. An interesting history, it was originally supposed to be the court house, but in the middle, they changed it to…
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The trumpets shall sound
Today was Sydney Opera House day. It was iconic. It was bucket list. It was UNESCO world heritage. It was AUSTRALIA! It was bigger than life Our day consisted of a tour of the opera house, followed by lunch at the Opera Bar, and concert in the concert hall, Handel’s Messiah. Aaaaahhhhhhh. I could probably…
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Sailing away, on a riverboat fantasy
Yesterday was another reset day. We turned in the RV, and moved into a lovely Suites Hotel in downtown Sydney for four nights. Laundry was done. Re-stocking of liquids and food. We were re-acquainted to big city living, and shopping in a mall, at Christmas, in a downtown core. Did we ever tell you how…
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The quiet side of Blue
The day started with cleaning out the van. Getting the last bits ready for the next part of our journey. We then headed out for a tour with Clair, to see the other side of the Blue mountains. In my opinion, the Real side. The not so commercial side, the side where the real people…
Our Wicked Walkabout 