Ferries at Circular Quay After finishing our Rocks walk, we had hoped to do another walk I had cards for, which would take us through the Royal Botanic Gardens and around the Opera House, but it was raining pretty steadily at that point, so we decided instead to use our all-day transit passes some more,…
I had found a set of cards at the guesthouse that described walks one could take around Sydney, and before we went out I had chosen several that sounded interesting. One series showed a walk around "The Rocks", which is the oldest part of Sydney, including the oldest house, built in 1816. We figured we…
Saturday morning we walked down Australia St to a little cafe we'd spotted on our way home the night before. Great breakfast food and coffees, very busy, lots of women having coffees or food after exercising at a local center of some sort apparently. It was a beautiful morning, although there was a downpour while…
ENG, me, FG I was sooo excited to meet in real life a couple of my Vox friends! Empress Nasi Goreng and Frumpy Gibbon met us for beers at the Courthouse Hotel on Australia St, and then they joined us for dinner at a little Thai restaurant…
Australia St – web We stayed for two nights in Newtown, Sydney, at the Australia St Guest House. We again chose a room that had an extra bed, this time in a sort of suite arrangement. With the extra room it was A$160, which isn't bad for a major city. This is an older house,…
From Smith's Lake, it was about a 2.5 hour drive to Sydney, so not too bad. Our nav system took us right into the city, which seemed very tight with our stupid big car and driving on the left side – it kept feeling to me (as passenger) that we were going to graze the…
Nutri-grain – web When we woke up Thursday morning, the sun was up and the weather looked great! After a breakfast of Nutri-Grain cereal (which was an interesting sort of ladder shape, quite tasty really, and we had it again several more times during our trip), eggs & homefries, and lattes… …
Here are some photos of the beautiful house we had to ourselves for 2 nights on Smith's Lake, a vacation community in the Great Lakes region south of Forster. We only wish the weather had been nicer, so we could've sat out on the gorgeous multi-level deck in the evenings… We arrived at the house in…
After another delicious tea (involving really yummy crumb cake), and a little nap, we went out to dinner at a surf-themed tapas bar called Barrels. Barrels – web This is a photo from their website, but we actually sat at that high table on the right, just inside the open-air back patio. It was kind…
Creekside Inn – web Creekside Inn was our home for two nights in Sawtell. It's a very nice B&B with three guest rooms. We had reserved the Garden Room, which was a little more money because it had an extra bed for Alex; still better than having to get two rooms, and still not bad…
Where have the days gone? 