A summary of the road trip to Sydney. (see each day's post for more info)
A great road trip along the east coast from Melbourne to Sydney and back via the inland freeway.
A great week in Sydney, with daily adventures and explorations.
View from Apartment.
The final day of our adventure , starting with an early look at the navy 125 years celebrations on the harbour, due to the early time only the first wave of ships were in and with them actually dropping anchor toward the heads and not so far down the views were limited,. Still good to see but home was calling!
The journey home was the straight route via Goulburn, Albury etc and was an easy and enjoyable drive of 10 hours.
So with the morning kayak cancelled but rebooked for the sunset one, it was off to manly beach..
and then we finally get to paddle in the evening on the harbor!
A nice lazy day, over to Bondi for the walk from Bondi to Coogee beach, lots of very nice views along the way and the walk is well setup albeit with a fair few stairs, 6.5 klm in 80 minutes. But you could stop at the various coffee houses etc for a break. Highly recommend, but would start in Coogee as the beach there is not as good as Bondi, so a quick drive back to Bondi for a great swim in the surf and then a late lunch.
Interestingly the cafe on Bondi was reasonably priced and had a very very good chicken salad.
A very good day, you could catch the bus but parking wasn’t really that bad but it was mid week out of season.
Pics in reverse order for a change.
A very early start today for the planned kayak on the harbour event.
However a text at 5.15am to postpone due to lightning and rain. So back to bed !
A day drive to palm beach for the "Summer Bay" exploration.
Fun day and palm beach is an exceptional place, great beach, little commerce , crowds.
Saw the filming sites, and then a nice Nice lunch , followed by a drive back past skein sisters wool shop, before home, walk to see admiral and kirribilli house , the sydney residences of the governor general and prime minister.
Then for the heck of it a night walk on the bridge to round out the day.
First day was an early morning walk over the bridge around to the opera house coffee and return.
Then we caught the train to the QVB shops and a general look around the city with a late lunch at darling harbour followed by a ferry ride back to kirribilli. Then a chill time given we had been on the go for a few days.
A nice day leaving Sussex inlet , Mounties Sussex camp ground. A very nice place.
Driving up along the coast and the tourist route had a lot of great views, the road was windy with lots of Forrest’s and bays. just outside Wollongong we took the pacific tourist drive , with some great views and bridges. Then onto to see Homebush and the sites of the olympics then onto the dfo outlets for some retail therapy. Then into Kirribilli to the apartment for dinner.
A very enjoyable day.
The Pacific Scenic drive just outside Wollongong.
Nice lazy day drive today to jervis bay. Started filling senic drive 6 along the coast from Eden very nice but did get a bit winding road so after beumaquie we stuck tot he highway. Lots of places to stop eat drink and look. All a bit touristy and more expensive. But hey that’s the area.
Tonight is the mounties@ Sussex. Park one I throughly recommend as being friendly very clean and with some great facilities for the price.
Day one was the transport day. From Melbourne to Eden but a very pleasant drive with stops at bakeries opportunity shops and absolutely delightful views through the Gippsland and the start of the sapphire coast as we approached Eden.
Highlight in Eden was the cruise ship in port and watching it leave. A walk along the beach front with dolphins' surfers and just a very nice beach outlook. Like the look of Eden and surrounds as a place to come back to and explore more.
