We were up super early this morning to get on our Blue Mountains tour. Unfortunately the sun wasn’t cooperating but it wasn’t raining...yet. We walked down the street to the pick up point and hopped on the bus when It arrived. We drove around the area picking up all the other passengers. Our first stop was the Sydney Olympic park where the olympics were held here. We saw the ANZ stadium where the opening and closing ceremonies were held. Outside the stadium they put up some poles that had the names of all the volunteers who helped out during the olympics on them. I thought that was a really nice way to say thank you to the volunteers. We also saw the olympic torch. We then made our way out into the Blue Mountains region. We ... read more

We woke up to a sunny day. A lady that was on dad’s staff back in Calgary was also over to help out her daughter so we met her at King’s Cross train station. We bought ourselves a My mutli pass for 5 days which covers all of our travel on trains, buses and ferries in Zone 1 in Sydney which was an awesome deal. I definitely recommend getting one if you come to Sydney. Anyways, the 4 of us headed to the harbour. It’s so surreal being in a spot that you’ve seen so many pictures of. We decided to go to an aboriginal museum they have in The Rocks area so we walked up to the address we had for it but could only find an aboriginal art gallery. It was good for mom ... read more

We packed up again and hit the road this morning. We made it to Port Macquirie for lunch time. It’s a beautiful spot right on the ocean. We stopped for some photos and then found the perfect lunch spot. On our way out of town we spotted another lighthouse so we went to check it out. Nice spot. We continued on our way when we hit another town and saw some huge Pelicans. They were massive! Had a little driving break there to watch the birds and then continued on. We had to stop for a bathroom break and we found a gas station with what appeared to be a replica of Ayers rock (Ulurulu) on top of it so of course we had to take some pictures. We decided that we would get to Nelson ... read more

We had a little sleep in this morning and decided that today would be another beach day. We walked down to our beach. Dad and I hopped in the water right away. The waves this time were a bit different. It was deep near the shore and then went really shallow for a ways (sand bar) and thats where the big waves were hitting. These waves scared me a bit more then the others. I liked being in the deeper water where you could just float with the waves. Mom came out with us for a bit. We walked back to the hotel and I hopped straight into the pool. It's such a nice pool! We got all cleaned up and had a snack and relaxed for the afternoon before walking over to the mall across ... read more

We woke up to a beautiful day and no desire to do anything too touristy so we threw on our bathing suits (Aussies call them cozzies or swimming costume). It's not a very far walk to the beach from our beautiful place so we got there in no time. We set up camp, threw our towels down and dad and I headed for the water. It was beautifully warm and yet refreshing from the heat. The waves were pretty big and quite powerful. They have flags set up on the beach to let you know where to swim with a lifeguard on duty. Apparently there are shark nets in the water but I didn't see any nets. There is also helicopters that are on "shark patrol" and fly up and down the beach looking for any ... read more