Intro and Itinerary

New South Wales

This is a journal of our 3-week trip to Australia in February, 2002. There were four sections to our trip: Sydney, Heron Island (a resort on the Great Barrier Reef), driving through small towns and national parks in southern New South Wales and Victoria, and Melbourne. We loved every day we spent there, but highlights included: climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge (Day 4), the entire 4-day visit to Heron Island (starting on Day 5), hiking and seeing wildlife in the Grampians National Park outside Melbourne (Day 15 and Day 16), and some frenetic shopping at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market (Day 18). After Australia, we went on to spend 10 days in New Zealand, which you can read about as well (coming soon).

Day 1: Arrive in Sydney
Day 2: Ferry to Manley and exploring Sydney
Day 3: Shopping in Sydney
Day 4: Sydney Harbor Bridge climb
Day 5: Fly to Heron Island
Day 6: Heron Island
Day 7: Heron Island

Sydney

Day 8: Heron Island
Day 9: Leave Heron Island
Day 10: Drive coastal New South Wales
Day 11: Drive coastal NSW and into Victoria
Day 12: Drive to Foster (southeast Victoria)
Day 13: Visiting Wilson's Promontory
Day 14: Driving the Great Ocean Road
Day 15: Drive to and visiting the Grampians
Day 16: The Grampians
Day 17: Drive to Melbourne
Day 18: Shopping in Melbourne
Day 19: Exploring Melbourne
Day 20: Morning in Melbourne, leave for New Zealand
Trivial observations about Australia

Next   (Arriving in Sydney)