Once Bethany had made a picnic for us all and we were all finally ready; we set off to the Central station to take a train to the Blue Mountains. A destination on mums to-do list after she and Gran wanted to go when they were in Sydney a few years ago, but didn’t get time. As children, though, we didn’t know what to expect. Click to read more
Category: Travel (Page 4 of 6)
Dad here (Mark) I have been doing my version of running/walking for a few years now and still try and get out 3 times a week. I usually go out in the morning or later in the day (not to avoid the children I promise), anyway, I knew what I wanted to achieve; having walked to Circular Quay with the family earlier in the week. So off I set at 8 am coughing and spluttering past commuters heading to work, only being held up by everyone’s favourite traffic lights, as I have mentioned, when the person is on red, 99% of people stop. So for me, it was nice to have a break but it did break up my stride and cause me a few issues, do I, don’t I try and cross – I just kept seeing the game Crossy Road in my mind, and we all know how that ends! Click here to read more
Today we set off to explore Manly beach, a place that none of us had been to apart from mum, who visited it with Gran when we were in Australia before. Click here to read more
We started today by not being able to find our tickets to get back on the Big Bus tour. We ran to the bus stop anyway; still not being able to find them…..Adam stalled the bus while Mum and Dad caught up in the hopes that the bus driver would take pity on us and take us to Bondi beach. The bus driver was lovely and let us on with our original electronic ticket. Within 25 minutes we arrived in Bondi. Click here to read more
A nice walk in the sun down to Darling Harbour first thing so we could attend Sydney Zoo (a note that the queue for the Sealife centre was huge) but no issue for the Zoo. It is sold as having Australia’s big 5 – Koalas, Kangaroos, Crocodiles, Wombats, and Platypus. Click here to read more
Our day started early as Dad was determined to make it up the Sydney tower and we did. A small wait in line to watch a 4D video promoting Sydney which was worth the 10 minutes to build up the tension of going up the tower. Click here to read more
A late start today with a trip up the Sydney tower was cut short as on our way the clouds came over and a quick family conversation about our options led to Bethany’s favourite pastime; exploring Sydney’s shops. Click here to read more
A quick dip in the pool in the morning and then Mum and Dad surprised us as they purchased a 5 attraction ticket for Sydney. This included entrance to the Sea Life centre, Madam Tussauds, Sydney Zoo, the Sydney Tower, and a hop on hop off bus ticket. We hoped it wouldn’t all be done in one day! (£300 for the whole family) Click here to read more
We started our day with a dip in the hot tub (the pool is being repaired much to our frustration). Whilst in the hot tub we saw one of those amazingly colourful lorikeets. We are not sure if it was unwell, but it didn’t make any attempt to fly and it did have a little movement so we watched for a bit and hoped that during the day it had regained its strength and had now flown away. Click here to read more
On our flight from Perth to Sydney, it was the first flight ever that we had Wi-Fi whilst in the air! We could connect our Ipads, phones or laptops to the internet and watch YouTube or the Qantas entertainment app and watch the same sorts of things we did on the other planes but this time on our own devices, it was great! We had our very own entertainment system. We could even charge our Ipads too! The plane also had screens every few seats but in the ceiling and they gave out headphones so you could also watch the film they were showing which was Hairspray. It was something we all hadn’t experienced before and was a definite bonus. Click here to read more