Sydney Harbour is spectacular. In addition to the magnificent Opera House - where I persuaded Lee to see a Danish version of 'The Little Match Girl by Hans Christan Andersen' - there lies an incredible steel bridge that was celebrating 75 years while we were there. We did the infamous "bridge climb," where tourists are strapped in and walk alongside the top of the hanger-shaped bridge. It was intensely high, but a total thrill.
We loved the beautiful beaches and headed further north to the Gold Coast to see a bit more. The Gold Coast gets a bad wrap. Many compare it to Miami or Waikiki Beach (the cheesy side) but the beaches were incredible and the people were the nicest people we have ever met. We rented a car (yes, driving on the opposite side of a road can be challenging) and drove an hour south to Byron Bay, a quaint sleepy town adjacent to the most easterly point of the Australian continent. We differed on this but I actually felt that particular view was more dramaticly beautiful than anything else we had seen. I could have spent all day by that lighthouse, overlooking clear turquoise water.
One fellow traveler said you can spent a lifetime exploring the entirety of Australia. There really is so much to see and every city/town is different from the next. Our last stop was to the tropical northern town of Cairns (pronounced cans). Though it rained throughout our time there, it was the kind of warm rain that is soothing and unobtrusive. When traveling as we have since November, it's easy to feel as though you must see everything there is to see - after all, how many times do you have an opportunity to travel around the world? In Cairns, however, we made an effort to spend time being relatively inactive. Australia, in short, is one of my favorites and since we barely scratched the surface, we will be back.
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