Well! I’m not impressed with Sydney’s roads. The congestion is continuous and the quality of the roads are poor. A 7km trip takes you half an hour in the car. It also ensured that we needed to have another new tyre and one repaired. So we have resorted to catching the train more. The train system is quite thorough and gets you where you need to go quickly.
So we stayed at Lane Cove Caravan Park in Macquarie Park about 10kms out of Sydney. First day visit was to the city to find the block Jade’s dad built a log cabin on. He found it so it was a great start. The girls and I stopped in Hyde Park and enjoyed the street buskers. One man who was making good use of the fact it is school holidays here, was creating bubble art! Of course what child could resist the temptation of bubble popping only to be told not to destroy the huge bubbles so we could all enjoy them longer. The girls were entertained for an hour and he definitely deserve his large donation.
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| Ferry trip Sydney |
Next was a hop on hop off trip, you could get on the ferry hop off and another would be back in 45 minutes. We got to see some of the sights without having to visit them like the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge (which we travelled back and forth on every day), Shark Island, Fort Dennison and Watson Bay, where we stopped and enjoyed the sunshine while the girls played on the beach and playground.
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| Bondi |
Right… now… the important stuff. It was my 37th birthday on the 27th September. What a fantastic day it was, presents, cards, kisses and cuddles from my favourite people. We had morning tea out and about, a visit to Bondi Beach so the girls could swim (and a bit of hunky lifeguard spotting) and I soaked in some sun. A lovely seafood lunch, then off to get a much needed haircut and then whisked off to Manly via a ferry for dinner and icecream. An absolutely perfect day! Thank you my little family, I feel very cherished.
Friday was Luna Park day. Very disappointed. We were hoping for a big show place but really it is an overpriced side show alley with a few rides. Most probably better priced when you spend all day there and you are about 12. You would definitely get your moneys worth. Sadly on the way there I badly sprained my ankle which resulted in slow progress everywhere and my ankle turning into a balloon. That night was a catch up with my cousin Tam. It was so great to see her, it’s been awhile. Lots of catching up and then home before I couldn’t walk any further.
Saturday was hospital visiting day to check that I hadn’t broken anything and then resting for the rest of the day and a nature walk at night run by the caravan park as it government owned at adjacent to the National Park.
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| Harbour Bridge |
On Sunday we caught up with Jade’s cousin Racheal and her family at Sydney ‘The Rocks’ markets. It was so great to see them all. It’s been 9 years since we last saw Racheal and 16 years since we have seen her husband and son (who was only 2 weeks old when we saw him last!). We had lovely time catching up with them. We spent an hour or so at the markets and then back to their place for a yummy barbeque.
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| Emma's Birthday |
Now back to the important stuff again! Emma’s Birthday!!!!! It was on Monday and she turned 8. Emma got lots of presents including a remote control car, books, camera and other things. We took her to a horse trail ride called Valley View Park in North Richmond where she could sit on the horse and control it herself. She did a great job and wanted to spend all day there learning how to ride. Chloe was a bit worried to start but was fine once she got going. Lily had a Shetland pony and Jade walked her. However the pony didn’t like Jade and tried to push him off the path. Lily had a ball, like Emma. After, much to Emma’s disappointment, we went to visit the 3 sisters in the Blue Mountains. BIG MISTAKE! Although the view was breathtaking, it took an hour to get there and two hours to get back because of roadworks and made Emma quite upset that we took her somewhere she didn’t want to go on her birthday. So we promised to make it up to her the next day. We then had chinese food for dinner as Emma wanted fried rice (her favourite). Once home Emma and Dad went to a carpark and gave the remote control car a good run. Emma felt better and is looking forward to her ‘make up’ treat.
Tuesday is moving on day. Off to Bonny Hills to their amazing child orientated caravan park and Port Macquarie!
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