Australia 2026 - Newcastle and Port Macquarie

 From Sydney we have been traveling north along the Pacific Coast on the Pacific Coast highway.  

Leaving on the Sydney Bay Bridge. 

Newcastle beach walk. 

4 Billion years of Geology in the oldest continent. 

Top left corner, A room with a view. 

Olympic size seawater swimming pool. 

Newcastle beach walk. 

View from the room. 

Land Mullet, Egemia Major. 

Tacking Point Lighthouse.  

Day ride around town. 

Ferry to North Shore Coast. 

2026 Australia - Blue Mountains & Sydney

 From Bathurst we drove east through the Blue Mountains to Sydney for 5 nights stay in the Ultimo area. 

In the Blue Mountains

On a day ride tour of Sydney.  

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Darling Harbour

Riding across the Harbour Bridge.

Inside the Sydney Opera House.

self-cleaning exterior tiles on the Opera House. 

On the L to Circular Quay. 

In Manly on the beach. 

At the Taronga Zoo.

2026 South Pacific Adventure - Albury, Wagga Wagga, & Bathurst

 We drove north from Melbourne into the back country going west then north, then east to to Albury, to see some of inland country.  

Our hotel in Albury.  

On the road to Albury. 

Lunch picnic. 

Looking for crocs.  

Wallaby at the Wagga Wagga zoo. 

Kangaroos!

Mid-Victorian rustic Gothic.  

Our room at the Rydges Mount Panorama.  

Our hotel on the racing track.  

On the way to Bathurst.  

Kangaroos on the racing parking area. 

Hotel Rydges Mount Panorama.  

At the Bathurst Fossil & Mineral Museum.