We were able to get out of Bundaberg heading south to Brisbane since those were the first roads to open again after the flood waters started to recede. After dropping off the camper van we spent the night in a 3 bedroom apartment/house which was the only hotel room we could find. After spending so much time cramped together in the van we were excited to be able to spread out a little!
We flew to Sydney only two days later than we originally planned and got busy exploring right away. We stayed in Darling Harbour and visited the Sydney aquarium our first afternoon. The next day we walked down to the Opera House and bought tickets to see a show called La Sorie later that evening. We caught an IMAX film about coral reefs and then caught the hop on hop off tourist bus to see what we could learn about the city. Although Julie and I have had great luck with these buses in other cities, the tour of Sydney was more of a dud. The commentary was always way ahead of our physical location and when we hopped on the bus to Bondi Beach, it started raining and the roof of our bus leaked so bad it looked like we had taken showers with our clothes on!
We got back to our apartment and cleaned up before heading off to our 10:00 show, which turned out to be the highlight of our time in Sydney. We caught a ferry from Darling Harbour over to circle quay and were treated to stunning views of the Sydney Harbor Bridge with the Opera House in the background all lit up. The show was two hours of non stop amazing ness. Between comedians, puppeteers, acrobats, gymnasts, tap dancers, and other circus type acts we couldn't take our eyes off the stage.
We packed up and shared a cab to the airport the next morning where Tyler left us - he headed back to California and we headed to Perth for a week in Western Australia. It was nice to have some company after spending so much time just the two of us. We really appreciate that Tyler was able to take a month of his life to spend with us in Australia. We wish him the best of luck in his job search!
After landing in Perth we picked up our rental car and headed to the visitors center to make some decisions about how we would spend our time. After looking through numerous brochures and talking to one of the ladies behind the desk we decided to head south to Bunbury to do some diving. Our first day of diving saw us going to the Lena Dive Wreck along with two other sites where we saw numerous fish, nudie branches, and even a small ray. We decided to keep our rental gear for an additional two days and check out a couple of shore dives on our own. We went to Canal Rocks today and had a blast exploring all the swim throughs and hangovers. We even saw a really large ray on the way from shore to the rocks. Tomorrow we will dive Busselton Jetty which is supposed to be outstanding before we head back to Perth for ur last few days in Australia.
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