We explored Sydney harbour from the exhilarating seat of a jet boat.  Sydney Harbour is dominated by the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.  The bridge was completed in 1932 and links the city centre on the south side of the harbour and the residential north side.  Before it was completed, the only way from one side to the other was by ferry or a 20 km road with 5 bridge crossings.  It took 4000 men 9 years to build it and 16 of them died. It takes...

We left our hotel in Port Macquarie (I originally pronounced it Port Macarrie) to visit the Koala hospital. It was sad but they are so cute. I'm going to adopt one when I get home. Legend has it that many years ago here was a drought and all the animals had to share all the food and water. They doled out their portions daily. One little koala was very thirsty in the middle of the night and drank all the water that was left. He knew he had done wrong so he wen...

Sorry about the lack of blogs. The internet here is crappy. You'll be receiving a bunch in a row now.  Leaving our hippie flashback behind, we headed to the coastal township of Port Macquarie (pronounced Macwarrie), which features all the beauty of the beach set alongside gorgeous national parks. We have another CEO, Monique, hitching a ride with us for this leg of the trip. She was leading tours in Indochina so it will be a great opportunity to chat with...

Today I woke up very excited - we had a surf lesson in the morning. But first a nice group brekkie. Since it was April Fools Day I asked the waitress of she could inflate the bill. She added a $150 group charge and a $70 booking fee. Some of the group actually believed it and even after we told them it was a joke one of them asked us if the $150 was for each table or to be split between the 2. Then off to our surfing lesson at Lennox beach. What fun…but H...

We had the morning to explore Airlie Beach. I was a wee bit tired after my night out but Vic & I walked to town and checked out the beach, some shops and had lunch. Airlie Beach is basically a tourist town that is one of the hot spots on the East coast. It is backpacker paradise. Vic got several bites at some point (I think at our BBQ in the park) and they seem to be getting bigger, itchier and redder. He looks like some of the contestants on the TV show "Survivo...