Entries from 'Australia'

The Great Barrier Reef

We decided our final adventure in Australia would be to experience the world’s largest living structure – The Great Barrier Reef.  The reef stretches over 1,400 miles (2,300 km) and can even be seen from outer space.  The reef and other marine life we saw was spectacular.   Because the Great Barrier Reef is the…

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Sunshine Coast, Queensland

We spent the holiday season in lovely Coolum Beach, located in the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.  Queensland is one of Australia’s six states and is three times the size of Texas!  Although Australia’s Gold Coast is much more of a popular vacation destination for tourists, we selected the Sunshine Coast because we had read about…

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Sparkling Sydney

Part of my dream of visiting Australia has to do with the feeling I get while watching New Year’s celebrations from around the world and being amazed by the beautiful Sydney Opera House lit up by sparkling fireworks in the background.  I got that same feeling when we first set eyes on the famous performing arts…

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The Land Down Under – Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria For over 10 years, visiting the continent and country of Australia has been on my bucket list and merely a dream.  That dream has come true.  After a long 30 hours of travel from Paris to Melbourne via Shanghai, we arrived in the “land down under”.  What shocked us the most was landing…

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Happy Christmas from your Friends Down Under

Merry Christmas or “Happy Christmas” as they say in Australia! Wishing you peace and happiness this Christmas and throughout the New Year! We’re enjoying a warm summer Christmas here in the Sunshine Coast. We are a little behind with the blog updates – stay tuned as we recap our adventures in Morocco, France, Melbourne and…

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