Happy Australia Day!

Yesterday was Australia Day which is the celebration of the beginning of Australia. It is a mix of 4th of July and Picnic Day. It was a load of fun even though we missed out on most of the activities. There were military planes, stunt planes, ferry races, classic car show, vintage buses, and lots of bands and food. Of course there were fireworks and loads of people with Australian flags and jerseys. What was great to see was how almost everyone was dressed up and in a good mood, enjoying the great weather. People seemed very into the holiday.
Coming soon, our new photos of our new apartment.

To keep everyone interested

Due to our moving we will not have much time for the site, especially since we may not have internet for a few days. So here are some more photos from Rich's trip. There was all manner of silliness that happened, here are some of the resulting photos. Some of the photos are fairly familiar and others are just odd, but they are all in good fun.

Travel Deal

We found a great deal to get to Sydney from CA. http://airfare.travelzoo.com/international-airfare/358248
You can come either in May or August from SF or LA for less than $1000. You can also add stop overs in other places along the way for $150 more. This is a really good deal, but you must book by the end of February. Thought we would pass it on if anyone is interested.

Southern Beach Holiday

We decided to take a break from Sydney and go on a short beach holiday. The roads were flooded and washed out north of Sydney so we went south instead. We had a chance to view some very nice scenery along the way including Sublime Point Lookout. Our first stop was in Kiama to look at the lighthouse and various sized blowholes. We couldn't resist having some fun drinking beer on the motel balcony. From Kiama we went further south to Jervis Bay and Hyams beach. Hyams Beach has the whitest sand in the world according to Guiness World Records, ha eat your heart out Hawaii. The sand was super bright, and made a squeky noise when we walked on it. It was a very beautiful beach with very few people on it. We also visited Cave Beach in the Jervis Bay National Park, which was a good surf beach with lots of enthusiasts. Moving further south we made it to Ulladulla where we set up our accommodations. We took a further drive south to Pebbly Beach to observe the wild animals on the beach. We saw kangaroos that are reputed to body surf there, but when we saw them they were more concerned with eating their dinner. Rich got up in the birds business while there as well. The birds were very tame, eating seeds out of peoples hands, making for some good photo opportunities. On the way back to Kiama we stopped at the Australian Navy Aircraft Museum to take in the Aussy planes and helis. Rich and Kt were a bit skeptical at first, but we all ended up having fun. The museum was well presented and interesting stories about the planes and people that flew them kept us interested the whole time. Finally in Kiama again we had a nice dinner followed by ice cream at the harbour.

Rich around Sydney

Here are some more photos of us and Rich hanging around Sydney. Rich and Dad at Featherdale animal park enjoying the Koala. We also ended up doing the scenic Sydney Tower skywalk, where you get to walk around on top of the tower while walking on glass platforms allowing you to look at the ground and surrounding buildings 268 meters below. You get to walk around in some great jumpsuits that tend to be a tad short. Our friend Lawrence came along with us, and we had a great time even with the 56 kmph winds. Rich also got to see some of the nice beaches and vistas in the Royal National Park.

We are Moving

We hope that everyone had a good New Years. We have decided to move from our little apartment into a bigger two bedroom apartment. The move will occur next Monday and we will be sending an email to everyone with the new address, most likely next week assuming the internet transfer goes smoothly.
On a side note we will be putting up some more photos shortly from the time that Rich has been here.