What a wonderful winter

I can't believe it is 2 months since we got back from Fiji our last update. Sooo much has happened the most magical being seeing Rhian and Callum again after nearly a year.

But we get ahead of ourselves! Lets start with the next trip which was to Australia a mere 2 weeks after our return from Bula Bula Island. Malcolm was delivering training for School Business managers in Canberra, so we decided to have a few days in iconic Sydney before flying to Darwin to start the trek with the family.

We enjoyed some bright but freezing weather down to below zero in Canberra! We both thought it would be warm!

The national parliament buildings, art galleries and museums in Canberra were superb, especially the aboriginal art works which represent long story lines, creation stories and representations of daily life such as where to gather different types of foods. The folk lore is divided up into 'men's work' and 'women's work' and neither know the stories of the other.

Sydney was a tiny bit warmer and the opera house and bridge were as iconic as ever.

Malcolm was especially interested in the maritime museum and ships including Captain Cook's ship Endeavour at Darling Harbour as well as having a fun walk and photo on Bondi beach!

We even found a favourite coffee shop in Kings Cross, Café Hernandez which had not closed for 42 years - 24/7 for 42 years!! - amazing and lovely people and coffee too!

And here is the Bondi beach photo!!