Australia

We are now in Australia. It was a very loooonnnggg day. Our day started at 3am NZ time, as we had to catch a 6am flight to Sydney. The flight was uneventful, except me getting puked on again!! I asked Bridget the next time we fly that she throw up on Dianne instead of me. We have learned our lesson and she will be completely drugged for the return vovage back to NZ and Canada.
We arrived in Sydney and got our rental car and headed out on our travels north. Yes it was during morning rush hour. And let’s just say it is not the easiest to maneover through. The highway that goes out of town goes right through downtown Sydney. My navigator eventually got us through it all, about 1 ½ later we were finally out of Sydney. We stopped somewhere along the way at a café and had a few pit stops along the most boring highway ever made. There is no civilization along the highway. All the towns are located about 5 – 20 km off the road. In theory it is a good idea because you don’t need slow up in every little town, but it leaves something to the stimulization of the driver and it’s passengers. We finally got to our first destination Port Macquarie, 15 hours after our rising time. Let’s just say we are all a little tired and hungry.
We are very unsure of our plans now in Australia. We definitely underestimated the travelling time between Brisbane and Sydney. We will see how our travelling goes tomorrow and make some decisions along the way. The kids have managed very well today, but we are thinking about how much more driving they can endure. And we don’t want their Australia experience to be spent in a car.
On the plus side, it is really warm. It was about 28C, whilst driving today. We had our feet in the ocean again. It is warmer than NZ, but still not as warm as Paul’s pool. And the surf was way to big for us to be in it to enjoy it. The girls have found a new fun activity, the jumping pillow! It is like a jumping castle only without sides and about 50 feet long. Hours of fun to be had there.
Signing off because it is bedtime and big decisions need to be made.
Carolyn