Part 2 driving in a car from Sydney to the GoldCoast and back.

 We had a week to drive from Sydney to the GoldCoast stopping along the way to see the countryside.  While in the GoldCoast we stayed in a high-rise on the 36th floor overlooking the beach. this was a great Airbnb!  Here are the highlights; Ghinni Ghinni road school where we stayed in an old post office from 1861, Old train station in Taree, we saw another koala, more kangaroos, 200-meter waterfall that was beautiful.  Who knew Australia had camels???  In one field we saw three camels, two cows, some kangaroos and a mule all eating together.  Then it was back to Sydney for our next cruise to Japan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two-week New Zealand cruise

 We were on the Royal Princess for a two-week cruise around New Zealand.  We left from Sydney and our ports of call were Bay of Islands, Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Fordland National Park and back to Sydney. As most of you known New Zealand is home for the "Lord of the Rings" so we were in Hobbit land looking for the Ring. We saw some amazing things and learned about the New Zealanders lived. I do recommend this cruise to anyone in the area, we had a great time.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part 1 Australian caravan road trip - Sydney to Melbourne back to Sydney.

 We spent 12 days in a caravan (class B RV) it was our transportation, hotel and restaurant as we made a loop from Sydney to Melbourne then back to Sydney, 2,803 km. Using the G'Day app we were able to find parks along the way, in the Blue Mountains, Kosciuszko National Park, and Alpine National Parks. We stayed in Melbourne at Lilydale caravan park for three nights and toured Melbourne during the day. Then made three overnight stops at Woodbine caravan part, Eden Gateway, Coral Tree and ending in Sydney the night before our New Zealand cruise.