Friday, September 14, 2012

Winter Road Trip to Jervis Bay

Yes it is winter in Sydney....what does that mean- its similar to spring weather in NYC.   The average day is 18 degrees Celsius - and gets as cold as 10 but some days it can be 22!  Speaking in celsius still confuses us- that goodness we have iphones to translate to Fahrenheit !

Here are a few snap shots of a 3 hour drive south of Sydney.  It was beautiful!

The Drive started thru a curvy national park road. (Notice photo taken from left side of the road.)  What an adjustment! 

 Then continued on to the coastal drive ( Alex all eyes on the road) 

 Although spring weather is great, I somehow was cold! 

 We debated hang gliding - but decided for a warmer day! 

 And agreed to stop for lunch instead!

 Then onto the world famous "blow hole" discovered by Captain Cook
 Yep there it is, a rock formation which replicates the "whales" blow hole when waves hit the rocks
 Rainbow and all- it was cool!

 As we continue to travel around australia, every beach we visit, is bound to have a "pool"

 And the water is so unbelievably clear

 Im still stunned - the water looks like glass and the is no pollution anywhere!
 Back in the car and onto our next stop- this white beach in Huskinson- but the locals call it "Husky"

Then onto-  sampling the local bakery....
 What a stomach ache! 

Next stop-  the famous "jervis" bay 
 Yep that is a flannel shirt with flip flops

What a great beach! 
"It feels like my 30th birthday trip again!  " 

Now back in the car ... we only have a few hours left!

 Wild Roos...
And end the trip with some fresh prawns!  Yum 

Saturday, August 18, 2012

City2Surf TandA Go!

City2Surf run!

14k fun run!

It was a stormy day that day. We tagged our accomplishment at the finish.

Also apparently hot beef is good race recovery food...

Friday, August 10, 2012

TandA Go Kiwi Hunting

In addition to hunting Kiwi's we were also celebrating our one year anniversary!!

Hellloooo New Zealand Mountains! Taken from the plane...

Pilot - "Hello passengers landing in Queenstown is one of the most challenging landings in the world..."

Sweet....


We rocked hard the night before leaving and I required a coffee.
Also supporting the squad in another country, Go O's!!

 T on the other hand was feeling great!!

 Sunset in Q-Town as seen from our balcony... Pinot-O'Clock was a wayyy classier take on happy hour...

 When in NZ, you must explore... ANd search for Kiwi's!!

No Kiwi's but we did find a BIG tree!

Through this gate the adventure begins!
T of the rings starts her quest...

The trail is long, but T is happy!

 Over frozen lake we go...  Well not really, ice was thin...

The little smudge you see in the lake is a boat that is coal powered... 

T in the dream catcher... 

 Our journey continues...

We've reached the top!

Not too shabby...


 But the journey continues...

The quest for Kiwi's continues...



Sunday, July 8, 2012

New Place!

Soo I know we've been slow uploading and updating... welll we're back!!  
We have iffy internet so maybe a few less pics...


This is our new pad, self furnished, 2 bed'er visitors encouraged!  
Both of us have j-o-b-s  and are loving life!

Grill has also been fired up, first time tonight!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Waking up for work... At our new pad

645am morning sunrise from our new balcony! I can see people running surfing and doing yoga on the beach! Motivation!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

cockatoo island....

Cockatoo island is just a hop skip and jump from Sydney....seriously it is a 10 minute ferry ride.  WE love ferries! 


On the way to cockatoo island we passed Sydney's amusement park Luna Park ( we have not been yet...)

Ah ok- before we arrive- here is some history- thank you wikipedia:

  Cockatoo Island is the largest island in Sydney Harbour in SydneyNew South WalesAustralia. Cockatoo Island is a former imperial prison, industrial school, reformatory and gaol. It was also the site of one of Australia's biggest shipyards during the twentieth century. The first of its two dry docks was built by convicts and was completed in 1857. 



The latest trend: people camp here....tents are up year round.  ( take note potential visitors)


Cockatoo also has some interesting industrial art work....









And of course there is one bar on the island- 


With a beautiful view


And ending with sunset! 

Till next time-