My Trip to Australia Part 5: Pittwater
For the final leg of our Australian visit, we drove through bush country to arrive at our host’s home, built into the side of hill with a view of the tiny bay called Pittwater. We ate every meal on the open deck watched by parrots, kookaburras and the occasional wild turkey. Mum and I took kayaks out […]
My Trip to Australia Part 4: Sydney
Mum and I took trip to Sydney for a couple of days. Family friends, John and Georgie picked us up from the airport and took us on a three day whirlwind tour of the sites of this beautiful city. There is very efficient ferry system that travels between the harbors and it was such a high to see the Opera […]
My Trip to Australia Part 3: The Yarra Valley
The vegetation in Australia is beautiful and because of the unusually cool and wet Summer this year, it was very lush. We visited rain forests with huge ferns that looked almost prehistoric. Driving through the Yarra Valley we saw the damage from the fires of three years ago. Vegetation is coming back, the charred trees […]