Good StuffAnd so to New Zealand, and meeting up with my lady friend's sister after a short stay in Auckland. From there the Coromandel peninsula, and then to the famous Waitomo glowworm caves. Sun! Sights! Strange mutilation of vowels!
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Good StuffDespite what they sound like, Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays aren't actually a 70s disco quartet, but in fact the names of a small town and a string of islands respectively. We actually hadn't intended to go out to the Whitsundays at all, but having met a few fellow travellers who couldn't help but gush endlessly about how awesome they were, we eventually gave in.
Good StuffWell wasn't this a whale of a time!
Oh God I'm so sorry... Good StuffK'Gari (silent K, rhymes with "starry") is the largest sand-island in the world, and we went on a three day camping trip courtesy of the stunningly good DropBear Adventures. I don't usually advertise but I really can't speak highly enough of them. As such the "Good" portion of this write-up can be summarised as "Most of it".
The island was pretty well an unspoiled paradise, with your stereotypical white Aussie sand and the nearest thing to a road being either the beach or some inland tracks with all the smoothness of an acned teenager's chin. Both very good fun to hare along in 4x4s. Good StuffVisiting some friends in Taree, we began what became a grand tradition of "Finding a lovely beach that you can't really swim at, but you can still appreciate" by taking a day trip to nearby Forster. That was mostly nice, and was helped enormously by the world's most tenacious pelican trying to invade a fishing store.
Good StuffWe head North from Sydney to the beautiful Hunter Valley region. Wine growing, wine tasting, wine drinking, and a superb wedding for some friends, meaning we stayed in this 'ere pretend-Mediterranean style villa. The herds (herds? flocks? bounces?) of wild kangaroos and the sun made these few days some of the best we've had so far. Did I mention wine? Wine. Bad StuffScientific fact: Weddings are stressful. Much as it wasn't mine, I was involved in the proceedings and at times it got a bit hectic. There was also the problem of finding a nice place to hang out when the air is thick with eleventy billion flies the size of roofing tiles, but these are minor nitpicks.
(If you don't know what's going on here, try this) Good stuffSydney! The Big...Er...Meat Pie? Great city. Especially after Hong Kong it was nice to be able to breathe. Clean, attractive, Taronga Zoo (spectacular), bars and stuff, and this was the view from the end of the road we stayed on: Another huge plus: Staying with a friend rather than in a hostel. Nice house, nice beaches, nice people, nice weather.... nice. Bad stuffOh man the Westfield Tower is just... not worth it. What's the point of seeing Sydney from above if you can barely see the Opera House and the Bridge? Hey give us a ton of money and look at these reasonably boring skyscrapers!
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