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A view of the Opera House from the bridge.
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Gidday!

We've been in Austalia for a few days and love it.  The first two days we spent touring Sydney and the surrounding harbour.  Sydney seems to be a pretty nice city, the weather is nice and the people are very friendly.  Yesterday we spent the day in Bondi Beach which is a beach town just outside the city limits.  We spent the whole day just lying on the beach which was relaxing.  Today we are off to pick up our campervan which serves as our transportation and our place to stay.  We are going to drive for the next week up the coast to Brisbane and hope to see some more beach towns, some national parks, and hopefully make it inland for a day or two to see some of the outback.

Us walking over the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
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Well, as you can see from our pictures, we are traveling the countryside in our campervan.  We began in Sydney then traveled to the Blue Mountains.  We continued further west in search of true outback.  We did find plenty of skippies (kangaroos), beautiful sunsets, and friendly people.  Today we are back on the Coast at Coffs Harbor.  We traveled to the coast today via the Waterfall Way.  It was amazing and we were able take a few walks.  We will be headed to Byron Bay tomorrow and eventually Brisbane to drop off our beloved campervan.

Sydney Harbor and skyline.
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We spent a day and a half in Byron Bay.  Its a fun, low key town with lots of beach atmosphere.  The weather worked out perfect for us and we enjoyed basking in the sun and body surfing some waves.  After Byron Bay, we took a flight up to Cairns.  We went snorkling on the Great Barrier Reef.  I think that was one of the best things I've done on the trip so far.  We are now spending our last night in Australia in Port Douglas.  Yesterday we went to the Daintree Rainforest and this morning we went to a wildlife sactuary and played with pythons, koalas, and crocks.  (Hope you enjoy those pictures.)  We are off to Vietnam tomorrow!