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(Picture above: Hugging a Koala in Dreamworld, Gold Coast) |
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Highlights in Our Trip --- (click thumbnails to see larger pictures) (to see more highlight pictures, click here) |
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Days 1~2 --- ¡@ Blue Mountains National Park |
A World Heritage by UNESCO and an area of breathtaking views, rugged tablelands, sheer cliffs, deep, inaccessible valleys and swamps teeming with life, in which the most famous is the rocks of the Three Sisters. (link to the legend of the Three Sisters) |
Three Sisters Rocks at Echo Point |
Jamison Valley, Echo Point |
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Day 3 --- ¡@ Sydney ¡@ |
Oldest city (starting from the Rocks area) and capital of New South Wales with 4-million population, located on the east coast and surrounding Port Jackson, first settled in 1788 as a penal colony when Captain A. Phillip & the 1st Fleet landed in Sydney Cove. (Link to History) |
The Rocks against Opera House |
Sydney skyline from Port Jackson |
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Day 4 --- ¡@ Melbourne ¡@ |
Capital of Victoria, Australia's second-largest city, a competitor of Sydney, and a cultural melting pot with a population of over 3 millions, in which trams rattling through the streets, Yarra River going through the city, and stately European architecture surrounding you will let you forget you're in Australia. |
Melbourne skyline |
St. Patrick's Gardens |
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Day 5 --- ¡@ Yarra Valley & Melbourne City Tour |
The Yarra Valley is a wine-growing region east of Melbourne. It's dotted with villages, historic houses, gardens, crafts shops, antiques centers, and restaurants, as well as dozens of wineries. Back to Melbourne, an artistic city, local people say it is the best place for living in the world. |
Chandon Winery in Yarra Valley |
Federation Square in Melbourne |
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Day 6 --- ¡@ Brisbane |
Queensland's capital, relaxed, laid-back, and subtropical; set along the banks of the wide, brown Brisbane River, growing up in recent years, and confident in its appeal, with theme parks south of the city. |
Feeding a kangaroo in Lone Pine |
Brisbane skyline |
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Days 7~8 --- ¡@ Gold Coast & Home |
Australia's tourist destination attracting 10 million visitors and 10,000 new residents each year; sharing the title with Brisbane as one of the most desirable places in the world to live. We had a good time in Dreamworld Theme Park and at a spot of the Gold Coast beach, which is 70 km long. |
Happy time in Dreamworld |
A stop at a Gold Coast beach |
