Got up and headed fro the bus to do a Hop-On Hop-Off tour around the city. Sydney's history is not quite as interesting as say Dublins so it was a good way to see different areas of the city but was nothing too extraordinary. We departed at the Botanical Gardens and did a walk around. To see trees filled with upside down bats in the middle of the day was a bit creepy. Its really odd to see so many birds we wold see as exotic as a native species here (cockata...

Got to bed fairly early last night as we had to be at the Sydney Bridge by 9:00 for a three hour climb/tour. I will spare you the details but in the end we stood atop of the brige overlooking Sydney and the bay. Needless to say, it was a spectacular sight! The skies where very clear and we could see all the way to the Blue Mountains (Thursdays adventure). Our group leaders spent 6 weeks in Saskatchewan about 12 years back in Estevan on a student exchange so it...

After a brutal 32 hours of travel we arrived in Sydney at 6:00 am. The layover in Minnesota was good and we visited the Mall of America. Enough things going there that we may have to plan a trip to Minneapolis for shopping and a sports weekend. The flight to LA was jammed with noisy kids and the 5 hours in LAX were a bit dull. Leanne managed to catch a few winks on the carpet. Flight over was 14 hours and uneventful. Managed to watch a few movies (Leatherhea...

In an attempt to document the lastest travels to Australia, I will do my best to write when we get a chance in Australia. I am led to believe that we will be going at a less hectic pace then usual but that remains to be seen. So you have an idea of where we are going here is a loose itinerary. Sept 1 -4 Sydney (climbing the Sydney bridge, Bondi Beach, Sydney harbour, Cronulla)Sept 5-6 Uluru (Ayers Rock) Sept 7-9 Cairns (rainforest tours, Great Barrier reef)Sept...

Last day of the tour and we are reluctantly readying to go home. The Shamrocker crew and fellow travelers have bee great and we will miss them. Started the day by going to the Rock of Dunamese. The Rock of Dunamase (Dun Masc "the fort of Masc" in Irish Gaelic), is one of the most historic sites in Ireland. Its ruins date back many hundreds of years. The Rock stands 150 feet (46m) tall in the heart of what is otherwise a flat plain, and was ideal as a...