New Year’s Eve in Sydney
It’s finally here! One of the most anticipated days of the trip! Ringing in the New Year Sydney style. Josh and I were adamant about our spot. We were locked in and ready for the long haul. Actually, I’m not sure if Josh was more adamant about the spot, or about the fact that he…
Manly Beach
We all needed a bit of a sleep in this morning. So that’s exactly what we did! It was heavenly. Then we packed up for our beach day. We went to Google for lunch. The Sydney campus is really beautiful! And as always, I wonder how anyone at Google can focus long enough to work….
Blue Mountains
The train was not running from Sydney to Blacktown for maintenance. So we decided to uber to Sydney Zoo and Featherdale and then pick up the train after that. Featherdale was a big whomp whomp. Except for the fact that Blake won free kangaroo food in his map! His lucky streak continues. Unfortunately, his luck…
Sydney Scuba and Taronga Zoo
Josh, Rusty and I had an early morning drive to Rose bay warf. We ended up being really early for our dive and so we wandered around for a bit. We cheered on a duck diving for fish and in the tree next to us were the most pretty parrots! Josh said their undersides looked…
Coogee to Bondi Beach Walk
We took a subway, tram and bus to get to Coogee beach. This was such a fun and pretty spot. The boys couldn’t wait to get in the water and play in the waves. We had so much ground to cover that sadly, we couldn’t stay long. Gordon’s Bay was next. Instead of setting towels…
Sydney, Australia
We flew straight past Christmas and landed in Sydney on the 26th. Our Airbnb host was kind enough to let us come early and drop bags and freshen up a bit. Then we down to Circular Quay to get our first views of Harbor Bridge and the Opera House. It was SO stunning and none…
Christmas (Eve) 2024
It’s AUSTRALIA DAY!! And Banks family Christmas morning. Even with our impending trip, Santa still found these big kids on the nice list. A new monitor and gaming chair for Blake, a (new to her) laptop and new coat for Halle, and a Raspberry Pie and new shoes for Josh. Blake turned his presents into…