Final Days in Oz
Sydney was not the only place we stayed in Australia, of course. We spent a day in Manly (just a short ferry ride away from Sydney's Circular Quay), where we enjoyed the walk down the Pathway of the Olympians which leads to the Oceanworld aquarium and the Manly Art Gallery & Museum. We had been told that Manly also boasts an amusement park, but, alas, it doesn't. It does have Waterworks, a small waterpark featuring giant waterslides, but (naturally), Waterworks is a summer attraction and we were there in winter.
Next, we were off to the Red Centre, to see Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). Our four-day stay included Desert Awakenings - a wonderful pre-dawn tour, a camel ride through the outback, and Sounds of Silence - a special dinner/show event which featured an astronomy lesson about the Southern Hemisphere's nighttime sky.
Our final stop was on Australia's Sunshine Coast. We stayed at the Hyatt Regency Coolum, where we enjoyed building sandcastles on the beach, watching kangaroos jump around the golf course, playing with the resort's giant chess set, and dining on Noosa's famed Hastings Street.
On our way back to Brisbane to catch our flight, we stopped at Steve and Terri Irwin's Australia Zoo. We knew all about the "Crocodile Hunter" from TV, of course, and we were not surprised to find that the zoo sports an impressive collection of crocodilians and an even more impressive series of live crocodile shows. We weren't expecting (but were delighted to see) the huge variety of other animals, including Harriet the giant Galapagos tortoise (the oldest living animal on the planet!) and the huge, beautiful (but dangerous!) cassowaries. We also got closer looks at (and were able to pet) more koalas than at any other zoo.
Next, we were off to the Red Centre, to see Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). Our four-day stay included Desert Awakenings - a wonderful pre-dawn tour, a camel ride through the outback, and Sounds of Silence - a special dinner/show event which featured an astronomy lesson about the Southern Hemisphere's nighttime sky.
Our final stop was on Australia's Sunshine Coast. We stayed at the Hyatt Regency Coolum, where we enjoyed building sandcastles on the beach, watching kangaroos jump around the golf course, playing with the resort's giant chess set, and dining on Noosa's famed Hastings Street.
On our way back to Brisbane to catch our flight, we stopped at Steve and Terri Irwin's Australia Zoo. We knew all about the "Crocodile Hunter" from TV, of course, and we were not surprised to find that the zoo sports an impressive collection of crocodilians and an even more impressive series of live crocodile shows. We weren't expecting (but were delighted to see) the huge variety of other animals, including Harriet the giant Galapagos tortoise (the oldest living animal on the planet!) and the huge, beautiful (but dangerous!) cassowaries. We also got closer looks at (and were able to pet) more koalas than at any other zoo.
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