Australia
After arriving in Sydney we spent a couple of jet-lagged days there before heading down to Canberra to stay with our friends Api and Cath and their baby Logan for 3 nights.
We didn't do too much in Canberra, some might say that's because there isn't much to do, but we got over the jet lag there and managed to go National War Museum which was actually quite impressive. We also saw the Old and New Parliament Buildings.
Next stop was Melbourne where we stayed with Vicky.
Melbourne is a great city and we both were really impressed with it. We went into the city and took the free city tram on the circle tour. We then did a tour of Parliament House which was really informative.
In the weekend we went out to Healesville Sanctuary where we got our first taste of Australian wildlife plus others; Kangaroos, Koalas, Wallabies, Tasmanian Devils, Kookaburras, Wombats and Platypus. It was quite cool and Craig got to hold a Carpet Python Snake. Not as slimy as he thought. We had a BBQ with some work friends Suz had made in London. Craig brought some prawns to get a real feel for the great Australian barbie but alas no one there knew much about how to prepare and eat this fine delicacy. Still we had a laugh and a catchup.
Next stop was the Gold Coast to catch up with Craig's sisters Paula and Nicola. Paula has been there for about 3 years so knew the lay of the land, Nicola and the Joneses had only recently moved up from Sydney. Craig meet his niece Teagan for the first time and again caught up with his nephew Finley. Teagan was abit bamboozled by the term uncle and refers to Craig as Auntie Craig.
The Gold Coast was not as hot as we thought it would be but does have impressive beaches and a great nightlife so we will probably be making a few trips back to keep in touch with the family.
Back to Sydney for a night before finally setting off to Wellington and we had dinner in the Sydney Tower revolving restaurant, the food was average the view was fantastic and we had a table next to Chris Latham the great Australian FullBack and for Craigs mind the best Australian player of recent years. I'd pick him in an All Black starting 15, if we were playing Japan or Italy...
We didn't do too much in Canberra, some might say that's because there isn't much to do, but we got over the jet lag there and managed to go National War Museum which was actually quite impressive. We also saw the Old and New Parliament Buildings.
Next stop was Melbourne where we stayed with Vicky.
Melbourne is a great city and we both were really impressed with it. We went into the city and took the free city tram on the circle tour. We then did a tour of Parliament House which was really informative.
In the weekend we went out to Healesville Sanctuary where we got our first taste of Australian wildlife plus others; Kangaroos, Koalas, Wallabies, Tasmanian Devils, Kookaburras, Wombats and Platypus. It was quite cool and Craig got to hold a Carpet Python Snake. Not as slimy as he thought. We had a BBQ with some work friends Suz had made in London. Craig brought some prawns to get a real feel for the great Australian barbie but alas no one there knew much about how to prepare and eat this fine delicacy. Still we had a laugh and a catchup.
Next stop was the Gold Coast to catch up with Craig's sisters Paula and Nicola. Paula has been there for about 3 years so knew the lay of the land, Nicola and the Joneses had only recently moved up from Sydney. Craig meet his niece Teagan for the first time and again caught up with his nephew Finley. Teagan was abit bamboozled by the term uncle and refers to Craig as Auntie Craig.
The Gold Coast was not as hot as we thought it would be but does have impressive beaches and a great nightlife so we will probably be making a few trips back to keep in touch with the family.
Back to Sydney for a night before finally setting off to Wellington and we had dinner in the Sydney Tower revolving restaurant, the food was average the view was fantastic and we had a table next to Chris Latham the great Australian FullBack and for Craigs mind the best Australian player of recent years. I'd pick him in an All Black starting 15, if we were playing Japan or Italy...
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