REFLECTIONS ON AUSTRALIA
REFLECTIONS ON AUSTRALIA
Australia is a very beautiful country, but it is suffering at the moment from the bush fires around Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. We were very lucky with our time in Australia as we were only impacted to a very minor degree although we watched the fire reports for the roads all the time. We couldn't go to the Blue Mountains and we had some ash fall on the balcony of our hotel in Sydney. During our first few weeks in Australia, there were news items on the bush fires but, at that stage, the fires were minor compared with how they developed at the beginning of January. It is good to see that help is being given from so many other countries. We are currently in Arrowtown in New Zealand and two schoolgirls were raising money in support of the Australian fire fighters. People are really taking notice of the present catastrophic situation.
Perth was a very special stop over as it gave us a chance to meet family that we hadn't seen for years and to meet members of the family we hadn't seen before. We will keep in touch.
Port Douglas was our first stop on the East Coast and it remains my favourite with the Barrier Reef and Daintree Rain Forest very special places. Brisbane is a lovely city and should be on people's lists of where to go in Australia although no-one really tells you how hilly it is.
The drive down to Sydney had many bonuses, such as the restaurants around Broad Beach on the Gold Coast, Yamba, seeing Kay and playing golf with her at Port Macquarie, visiting the Koala Hospital and our unplanned stop at Bannister's in Port Stephens. Hamilton Island was a disappointment, because Linda and I are not resort people and we didn't like the fact that people fed the birds chocolate, which visibly harmed them.The Hunter Valley disappointed slightly due to the hotel and Linda's mishap (now fully recovered) although my (hang on - mine too: L) wine education certainly benefited
Then we come to Sydney, one of the great cities in the world. We loved it 9 years ago and we love it even more now. We explored old haunts and found new places to go. We have only scratched the surface.
Australia is a very beautiful country, but it is suffering at the moment from the bush fires around Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. We were very lucky with our time in Australia as we were only impacted to a very minor degree although we watched the fire reports for the roads all the time. We couldn't go to the Blue Mountains and we had some ash fall on the balcony of our hotel in Sydney. During our first few weeks in Australia, there were news items on the bush fires but, at that stage, the fires were minor compared with how they developed at the beginning of January. It is good to see that help is being given from so many other countries. We are currently in Arrowtown in New Zealand and two schoolgirls were raising money in support of the Australian fire fighters. People are really taking notice of the present catastrophic situation.
Perth was a very special stop over as it gave us a chance to meet family that we hadn't seen for years and to meet members of the family we hadn't seen before. We will keep in touch.
Port Douglas was our first stop on the East Coast and it remains my favourite with the Barrier Reef and Daintree Rain Forest very special places. Brisbane is a lovely city and should be on people's lists of where to go in Australia although no-one really tells you how hilly it is.
The drive down to Sydney had many bonuses, such as the restaurants around Broad Beach on the Gold Coast, Yamba, seeing Kay and playing golf with her at Port Macquarie, visiting the Koala Hospital and our unplanned stop at Bannister's in Port Stephens. Hamilton Island was a disappointment, because Linda and I are not resort people and we didn't like the fact that people fed the birds chocolate, which visibly harmed them.The Hunter Valley disappointed slightly due to the hotel and Linda's mishap (now fully recovered) although my (hang on - mine too: L) wine education certainly benefited
Then we come to Sydney, one of the great cities in the world. We loved it 9 years ago and we love it even more now. We explored old haunts and found new places to go. We have only scratched the surface.
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