Thursday, 11 August 2011

Sydney

Had a lovely time in Sydney. Went in to the city one day .
The Opera House

Had a ride on a ferry and then went to Jersey Boys. It was all so wonderful. The show was incredible.
Loved all the songs and the production was first class. The weather in Sydney has been so good. The harbour look great.
 Heading now to Melbourne. Left Sydney and had to take the caravan through more hills on the way to Gundagai. Looking forward to the Nullabor. No hills.

Sunday, 7 August 2011

Cronulla

Another nice day in Sydney.
Cronulla Beach
Went for a walk around the beach. So many people out walking and surfing. Great place for a coffee
Coffee time again

Sydney

After leaving Bathurst headed to Sydney. Left in 3 degrees. So cold. Headed to Mt Victoria. It was very steep but we got up ok. Prayed all the way.
Arrived in  Sydney in beautiful weather. No trouble getting through the suburbs.
 Nice to see the family. Arrived for Jims birthday.

Friday, 5 August 2011

Bathurst Day 2

Loving every minute of it
Had to drive around Mt Panorama so we went back to do it. So good. Enjoyed it so much had to drive around again. It was hard doing the speed limit.
We also went to Jenolan Caves which were about 70kms. The last 2kms were straight down a mountain. So steep. Down the bottom of the gorge was a village like it came out of the swiss alps.
 The caves were so brilliant.
Just inside the Caves

 So pleased I survived the experience.
 Incredible .

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Bathurst

Drove from Dubbo to Bathurst. Great drive because we went on a quiet road. Countryside very nice. Most of the farms had a bike in their yards as a feature.
Cabooture Shire

Set up in Bathurst at the caravan park. Decided to go up to Mount Panorama to see the track.
Mt Panorama
 It was a lot of fun and exciting to drive on the circuit. All the walls and pit lane are permanent so it was like you were really doing it. The drive down the mountain was very scary.
 We can't believe they drive so fast down the hill. Even down the back straight you felt like you could go fast. Unfortuneately the speed limit was 60. You can only imagine. Barry drove past so I could take a photo. You can see the buildings at the bottom are pit lane.
Barry roaring around the circuit

Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Dubbo - Western Plains Zoo

Drove from Gunnedah to Dubbo. Pretty big town. Visited the Dubbo Goal. Really well done. Even a bit scary.
Front Door
An escape

Today went to Western Plains Zoo. What a great day.
The Monkey Islands
So well done. Drove around the zoo and got out when we wanted to have a closer look at the animals. The yards looked like they didn't have any fences.
Breakfast
Another tough day.



I think it was the club med for animals.

Monday, 1 August 2011

Warwick

Had a lovely time in Warwick. Drove up to the mountains to see all the falls.
Queen Mary Falls

 Queen Mary Falls is a really nice area. Days beautiful but nights very cold. Got to -1 again. While we were driving up to the falls we saw a lyre bird. Very rare so very exciting to see one.
Beautiful Birds Everywhere