So we've been back in Australia for nearly 4 weeks, and it's been nearly 2 weeks without Kris and Andrea. It feels like we've been here away from the UK longer and without the guys for longer too, we do miss them.
So, what have we been up to in 3 and a bit weeks I hear you cry, well. We spent 2 weeks with Kris and Andrea, travelling from Canberra (capital of Australia for those of you who thought it was Sydney), to Sydney, hiring a camper for 8 days and travelling around Sydney. We were lucky enough to be in Sydney on Kate's birthday and a nice meal in Newtown with Elly and Veronika who we befriended whilst in Sydney. We also enjoyed a few drinks in the Rose of Australia, nice bar! After Sydney we headed towards Brisbane, stopping in Port Macquarie en route for some r and r. We were lucky enough to see some wild kangaroos in the morning at our campsite. Being back in Brisbane felt weird but it was nice showing our friends a few sights and before we knew it we were back at an airport waiting for a flight to Cairns. Flying with Qantas was awesome, they played Finding Dory on the flight and we got feed! We then spent our last 4 and a bit days in Cairns. We frequented the local pub, PJ O'Briens twice, hung out by the lagoon, spent a rainy day in Daintree Forest, and went to Green Island to see some fishes. In all it was a funpacked and enjoyable 2 weeks. It was sad to say goodbye to Kris and Andrea but also exciting as we were travelling somewhere else again.
In true Jetstar style, our plane was delayed by over an hour which wouldn't have been so bad if there wasn't an hour time difference in Melbourne and we didn't get to our hostel until 1am! After having 4 hours sleep we were up and ready to go on our Great Ocean Road tour to see the 12 apostles. It was a long and amazing day. Sunday was spent exploring more of Melbourne before our flight to Tasmania on the Monday.
Our flight was on time this time and we got to the hostel okay in the morning. Our next 10 days in Tasmania was mainly spent seeing all of the nature we could, doing various walks near mountains and beaches, numerous hours driving and even bumping into another Sydney friend who happened to be staying at the same hostel in Hobart!
So, tomorrow we are off to Alice Springs and will be partaking in an Uluru tour which we're both excited and apprehensive about.
We hope everyone back home is okay and see you all in 7 weeks.
P.S. Uncle Reg, I will try and do another couple of posts before we come home 😀
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