Australia ~ Day 14

April 15, 2016

All our bags are packed and we are ready to go........

Leaving Townsville today and heading back to Sydney.  It's going to be a long flight and I hope all our luggage makes it.  I have no idea how we are going to get it all home.  At the Townsville airport they of course didn't have any issues with me having my didgeridoo all wrapped up and carrying it.  It's from Australia after all so at least that was good. 

Mom got the window seat and as I read she took selfies <3

and pictures out the window......

Once we got closer to Sydney you could see the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge out the window.  Talk about an amazing thing to be able to see.  Perfect clear skys and everything......

These cliffs.....I want to go see these the next time I'm in the Sydney area.

On our taxi ride to our new hotel room, which was going to be amazing by the way.......this is how they calculated the fare.  

Our room for the last 4 days of our vacation was amazing!  We had our own kitchen area, living room area and bedroom.  It only had one bed but they did bring up a cot that we put by the window.  I told Mom she should take the bed and she insisted that I took it.  So I did.....

We had two balcony's off our room, and we were on the 12th floor.  Such amazing views of Hyde Park and parts of Sydney we never would have gotten to see if we weren't up so high.

Because of the traveling, we didn't get out and do much.  We did run down to the grocery store and got stuff for dinner which was amazing and then we called it a night and sat and watched some tv before heading to bed.  It's good to be out of the car and back in Sydney but this really meant our vacation was coming to an end.  

     

     

Boy do we have a lot left to do here in Sydney!  Let the craziness of seeing everything in such a short time commence!!!!!!

~Till Next Time~

Australia ~ Day 4

Day 4 was full of hurry up and wait as we flew from Sydney to Townsville.  We didn't do a whole lot because of our flight plans but we did get out and walk a little that morning.

After the walk we headed to the airport and enjoyed some candy before we flew out.  On the flight we went right over top the old Sydney Olympic Stadiums that are left from when the Olympics were held there in 2000.  Their land, from the air anyways, looked a lot like ours.  Farming land, mountains, lakes and rivers.  We were flying into the rain forest area though so it was a lot more green (as seen from the pictures Mom took).

A Peanuts Plane!

Sydney Olympic Parks

Our hotel for the next couple days was nice.  It was in a great location, right off the water and easy drive to and from everything we wanted to go to.  We could even see Magnetic Island off the coast which is where our whole Day 5 was spent.  We had an eating place real close and Mom took pics of the menu so that's in these pictures as well.

My Rental Car!

Driving on the wrong side of the car and wrong side of the road wasn't all bad.  Yes, I may have driven "normal" once or twice but we made it out without a scratch on ourselves or the car so that's a bonus.  It was so weird seeing Mom on my left and knowing I was driving.  Guess that was a good learning experience for when I get to England right.  LOL

So there you have it, a simple flight to Townsville from Sydney and plenty of time left over to enjoy and rest up.  Tomorrow, after all, was going to be a whole day spent on the Island.

~Till Next Time~