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Feb 5, 2018
Newcastle, Tillerman's, Jimmy's and Last evening in Sydney
What a great trip ! THANKS so much to Family Pidcock, Wellington, New Zealand and to Duffy and Bev, Sydney, Australia.
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Feb 3, 2018
Seal Rocks, Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse and The Gibbers
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Jan 30, 2018
Hunter Valley Wineries
Today the 4 of us headed up to the Hunter Valley for a 'wine & dine' sleepover while John and Bev went straight to their cottage at Hawks Nest.
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Jan 28, 2018
Cockatoo Island and Garden Party Lunch with family
John and Bev hosted a wonderful garden party lunch with extended family that we had met on prior visits.
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Jan 27, 2018
Ferry Views and Fabulous Food
In the last few days we've taken the ferry quite a few times and each time we see more interesting sites and architecture.
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Jan 25, 2018
Taronga Zoo
Today we went to the zoo in Sydney which was the first time Brandon had ever been to a zoo !
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Jan 24, 2018
Sydney Botanical Garden & Art Gallery
We went for a walk through the Royal Botanical Garden and onward to the Sydney Art Gallery as well
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Jan 22, 2018
Glowworm Caves & Themed Gardens
The Waitomo Glowworm caves were discovered in the late 1800's and they were taken over by the government as a tourist attraction in early 1900's
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Jan 21, 2018
Hobbiton - The Shire
If more of us valued food & cheer & song over hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - JRR Tolkien
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Jan 21, 2018
Auckland to MataMata
We started with a bit of drama as we had a fire alarm in the hotel in the morning while we were still sleeping. Bolt out of bed, a quick rush down 6 flights, grab a coffee from street vendor and climb 6 flights back up (elevators were busy with elderly and children)...Yes, we are awake now !
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Jan 20, 2018
Auckland City WalkAbout
We arrived in Auckland this am, picked up our rental car and checked into our downtown hotel.
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Jan 18, 2018
Zoo Day
Laurie was able to take a day off and so we waited till the boys woke up from naps and then headed out to the Wellington Zoo
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Jan 16, 2018
Wellington & Munchkins
Visit with Fam. Pidcock, tickle Charlie's toes and snuggle Sawyer. Explore Wellington area.
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Jan 15, 2018
Heaps of Clothes!
Sweet! We have Heaps of clothes bro!
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Jan 12, 2018
WOW Museum / Nelson
We went to the WOW museum, a collection of Wearable Art and Collector Cars. The Wearable Art is an exhibit of 'costumes' that designers enter into a competition.
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Jan 12, 2018
Abel Tasman Nat. Park - 3 day Kayak/Hike Tour
3 day Kayak/Hike Tour - Wow what an incredible journey !
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Jan 9, 2018
Ummm....Where's our luggage ?
It started off as an adventure from the moment we arrived in Nelson at 7:30 pm to discover that our bags did not make it !!!
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Jan 8, 2018
Sydney for the day
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Jan 6, 2018
Blackheath / Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains really do look very blue which is like nothing we've seen at home.
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Jan 5, 2018
Wombeyan Caves
UPDATED - (More photos added) We chose these caves over the more popular 'Jenolan' caves as we thought it might be more Aussies and less tourists on holiday and the gamble and drive paid off.
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Jan 4, 2018
Kangaroo Valley/Fitzroy Falls
Driving to Kangaroo Valley, Fitzroy Falls and end in Wombeyan Caves
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Jan 2, 2018
Currarong Walk
Coomes Walk @ Currarong, NSW Australia
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Jan 1, 2018
Landed in Sydney
Landed in Sydney, quick connect with Duffy, and made our way to Shoalhaven
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Dec 31, 2017
Waiting in Vancouver...
Spent a nice day visiting with peeps are YVR while waiting for our next flight, should be in the air again by 7:30 pm on our way to San Fran then onwards to Sydney !
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Dec 30, 2017
And so it begins.
We decided to start the holiday off abit early and stay tonight at the Four Points Sheraton at the Airport.
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Dec 17, 2017
Australia & New Zealand 2018
Ok, well we are off again to the great Down Under...
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Dec 25, 2009
Day 26 - 35 - Home for a rest - Christmas in Sidney
Hanging out with Duffy, Bev and all of the extended family in Sydney.
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Dec 21, 2009
Day 17 - 25 - Brisbane - Fraser Island
We have to say that our 1 piece of advise to reduce stress in Australia is to take a GPS with you when driving in and around Brisbane.
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Dec 12, 2009
Day 10 & 16 - Cairns - Cape Tribulation
Our first impression of Cairns is that it is a really gorgeous area. The combination of mountains, lush green rainforest and long sandy shoreline make for a stunning aerial view when we flew in.
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Dec 5, 2009
Day 4 - 9 Top End (Darwin)
The real adventure begins today as we headed off for Darwin and then on into Litchfield National Park.
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Nov 27, 2009
We arrived in Sydney
Only a slight glitch at YVR with our Visa's but fortunately Air Canada agent was capable and reissued the Visa at no charge and we were on our flight as scheduled
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Nov 26, 2009
Duffers Down Under 2009-2010
We're getting ready for the BIG trip to Oz. Trust me when I say there's a heck of a lot of things to take care of when going away for 7 weeks from home, pets, family, friends and of course...a business !
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