While planning our Sydney vacation, one activity kept getting mentions from anyone who has visited Sydney before. And several of you asked in Facebook comments: any plans to climb the Harbour Bridge? We all definitely wanted to climb, but the incredibly unpredictable weather made planning a challenge. With all of our remaining days predicted to …
Continue reading One last Sydney Post: Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Early in the trip Tessa mentioned that she wanted to hold a koala. So yesterday we headed out of Sydney to visit Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park. We set out early, and frankly most of us were not in the best mood. The kids were tired and cranky from the early wake up, and I had …
Continue reading Wallabies, ‘Roos, Emus, and the Blue Mountains
We truly meant to get the kids going early every day during the holiday. If we travel all the way to Sydney, we are up and early every day! we told them. Alas. Day two we finally got the kids out the door around noon and started walking. We headed straight for the harbo(u)r, where …
Continue reading Day two in Sydney: the Harbour, The Rocks, and beach Towns
A few months ago we looked at the gradually loosening travel rules for Singapore and cautiously decided to consider traveling for spring break in March. We looked at the options available and settled on Sydney, Australia. Because it’s “only” an eight hour flight away! Mark and I started day one at one of Australia’s oldest …
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