Day 6: Road Trip 2 Forster to Port Macquarie

Today we have seen some fantastic beaches, eaten possibly the tastiest, most scrummy sandwiches ever, seen a fantastic sunset over a distant range of mountains but the best bit of the day was meeting Steve the Koala. 

Port Macquarie, which was probably the half-way point on our three staged journey to Brisbane, is the home to a Koala Hospital which looks after Koalas who are poorly or that have had the misfortune to have been hit by a car.

All of the Koalas are given a two part names. The first part of the koala name is the place/Road where they were found and then the prison who finds the koala can name the second part. So my namesake is Newcastle Steve because he was found in Newcastle Road and the finder named him Steve.

I'm not a great fan of animals and birds but it has to be said that Steve the Koala is top notch! :-)

Day 5: Road Trip 1 Sydney to Forster

Day 5 of our holiday saw us moving away from Sydney and driving up the Pacific highway.  Our final destination is Brisbane where we are going to meet some friends who live out here but because Sydney to Brisbane is more than 800km we are making the journey over three days.

With the help of the GPS, it's what the Aussies call a Sat Nav, we drove over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and out of the City.  Our first stop was Terrigal, a very pretty town with a fabulous beach. We had a coffee and watched people enjoying the sunshine and the beach.

We then went to a place called Entrance, which is the entrance to a series of salt-water lakes.  We decided to eat our lunch by the side of one of the lakes and saw some pelicans!

The final leg of today's journey was to Forster but we went a little bit out of our way and so arrived when it was dark, but we did see some kangaroos hopping about in some of the fields next to the road.

It is winter here in Australia so it gets dark by about 5:30 p.m.

Day 4: Last Day in Sydney

We had a very busy final day in Sydney...we did loads of exciting things.

We...walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, had lunch sat outside the Opera House, visited the Customs House and saw the model of Sydney buried in the floor, went on a ferry to Manly Bay and walked along the beach with an ice-cream and to end the day we had a gorgeous meal sat overlooking the harbour and the bridge!

That was a fantastic day, but do you know what was the best bit for me?

When we we were walking across the bridge we found a Geocache! Get in! :-)

Day 3: Bondi Beach

It was a lovely sunny day so we thought we would like to visit the coast.  What is the probably the most famous beach in the world? Yes you are right...Bondi Beach.  Where is Bondi beach? Only 6 km from the centre of Sydney.

So, early this morning Mrs Booth & I walked to Central Quay, which is very close to Opera house, and bought tickets to travel to Bondi on the bus.  Travelling on a bus is something that I don't do very often so I was quite looking forward to the journey.  All the buses in the New South Wales have started to use an electronic ticketing system which means that you can't just walk onto the bus amd buy a ticket.  You have to pre- buy your tickets from a newsagent or an official  ticket kiosk.  We found an official ticket kiosk quite close to where we needed to catch the bus.

The journey took about 30 minutes taking us through some of the different suburbs of Sydney.  A lot of them are named after places in London such as Paddington and we passed a lovely park called Hyde Park just like the one in Central London.

Bondi Brach is famous for the amount of surfers who go there to enjoy the waves.  When we arrived at Bondi there were not too many waves so we decided to follow the coastal path to Tomaloola.  

Tomaloola is a very pretty beach just around the headland from Bondi

After lunch we walked back around the headland to Bondi and we pleased to see that that there were lots of people on the beach and in the sea.

Sadly I had forgotten to pack my wet suit so I had to settle for a walk along the beach! :-)

Day 2: Watson's Bay

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Today I went to Watson's Bay.  Watson's Bay is famous for lots of things but I wanted to visit the world famous Doyles Fish and Chip Restaurant that sits right on the harbour wall. The restaurant is so popular that visitors will often queue for 30 minutes or more to wait for their food.

Today we didn't have to wait that long, although we did have to queue for about 10 minutes.  I have to say they were really tasty.  The fish was different to the fish we have in our fish and chip shops but the biggest difference was that there wasn't any vinegar. Instead the chips were served with chilli plum sauce.

Can you guess from the following photograph whether I enjoyed my fish and chips?

 Before we had our fish and chips we decided to go exploring. We walked from the harbour across to Signal Point.  On the way there were several points where you could look back towards Sydney. Some of the views were jaw dropping.  Here's an example.

Day 1: Sydney

I have had the most exciting first day of a holiday ever.  I've been on a ferry that took me under one of the most famous bridges in the world - the Sydney Harbour Bridge and I've stood in front of the Sydney Opera House.  How cool is that?

I also walked through the Royal Botanical gardens too.  Some of the flowers, plants and trees were breathtaking.

Welcome to my Australian Adventure

Welcome to my blog about my holiday in Australia.

I am so excited about making this trip. Since being a little boy, yes even I was little boy, I have always wanted to visit Australia and in particular Sydney.

I have always wanted to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and guess what?  In a few days time I will be doing exactly that!

If you would like to read about my adventures then check back here to find out what I have been up to.

Don't forget to leave me a comment or ask me any questions.  Perhaps you have visited Australia and could give me some suggestions of where to visit.

You could tell me where you are going on holiday.  So Year 7, I am off on a very exciting adventure...wish me luck!