Saturday, September 16, 2006

Australia!!!

Hello to all the fellow Bloggers (non-writing ones:)!
We're writing this from Airlie Beach. It's 5 pm, and we're waiting for our yaht trip to Whitsunday Islands, which we're going on tomorrow.
We're in Australia now for 1.5 weeks. We started from Sydney:


After 24 hours spent on planes, we finally got there. The weather was sunny, so we took a walk to the Opera House and back, then we felt tired, went to sleep - and when we woke up - this was the end of the good weather for the next 7-8 days. It started raining, wind started to blow, and we found ourselves exploring the Sydney museums...

We left Sydney 3 days later towards the north, planning to get to Fraser Island and to see some things on our way... which we almost didn't because of the rains.

We did visit a Koala park (enough of stinky Koalas for the rest of our lives) and the Australia Zoo:














And fed some kangaroos:


When we got to Hervey Bay (the departure point to the Fraser Island), the weather started to improve, so we took a 2-day tour to the island, and it was really great. It's a kind of place you usually see on a postcard:
White sand, blue water, rainforests...

After that we drove to Airlie Beach, where we are now...

Ok, the internet time is up, we'll keep you updated if we have a chance.