a travel blog
The Blue Mountains! A beautiful, temperate rain forest.
We took an all-day tour with Anderson tours. Our guide, Ian, is a native Australian, and he gave us an excellent tour. There were 18 of us on his mini-bus. It was a little tight; every seat was filled.
First stop was Scenic World. Continue reading “Sydney, Australia – Day 3”
Our second day in Sydney was a Sunday. We took a Taxi to Macquarie church of Christ, a non-denominational church in one of the suburbs of Sydney.
This friendly congregation was multigenerational, multi-ethnic, and about as friendly as they come. Continue reading “Sydney Australia Day 2”
The 16+ hour flight from Dallas to Sydney was on a Qantas airbus. This flight included many firsts for us: first flight over 10.5 hours, first time on Qantas, first crossing of the International Date Line, first time on a double-decker plane, and first time having a vacant seat between us -which meant this was the first time I actually slept a few hours on a plane.
At one point, I checked the monitor to observe our flight path and stats:
