Thanks for your messages! We love them! We flew into Coolangatta (Gold Coast), it was raining this morning when we left Sydney, but a beautiful sunny day here! The weather here is a little warmer, approx. 70-75 degrees. The area is all beaches with great waves everywhere! We went to Burleigh Points and a few other surf areas. The water is so clear, it is amazing! We passed different beaches and little towns, some of the names we recognized like Miami Beach, Pa...

Happy Father's Day! We spent the day in Bondi Beach. It was a beautiful day, perfect sunny weather and a little cool. Mike went surfing for the first time in Australia. The water is not that cold, but he did need a wetsuit. Sabrina and I went for a long walk and saw the coolest 50 meter lap pool. It is called the Bondi Iceberg Pool. It is over 100 years old and they have swim competitions every Sunday. It is a "swim club" pool, people pay to swim and ...

Today was great! We went on a tour to the Blue Mountains. They are located about an hour outside of Sydney. On our Drive out to the Mountains we went past the 2000 Olympic Stadium, then we went to an area with a beautiful waterfall, Wentworth Falls. We had a "bush walk" (hike) in the mountains. This area is older than the Grand Canyon! On our tour, we cam across some wild Kangaroos! We were so excited! It was a family, a dad, a joey, and a mom with anot...

G'day Mates! We arrived in Sydney yesterday (Thursday 6/17/2010). The flight was great, the Flight Attendants on Air Pacific were so friendly and nice. We had great seats...Business Class! Mike and Sabrina sat next to each other and I was next to a miserable, grumpy man! I said Hello and introduced myself at the begining of the flight (after all, we were going to be next to each other for 10 hours!), I then told him I was traveling with my husband and daughter,...

Day 2 Still in LA, blogging at LAX waiting for our flight. We leave tonight at 1130 Pacific Time. We are flying on Air Pacific to NADI, Tahiti. Then NADI to Sydney. It will be hard not to stay in Tahiti! Today we spent the day in Huntington Beach. It was a beautiful day. We had Mexican Food and walked around a street fair on Main Street in Huntington Beach. Next blog will be from the Land Down Under!