Our 5th trip to Australia day 5

We left Dubbo early the next morning and headed for Young on the way we stopped at Parkes to check out the CSIRO Radio Telescope Observatory which was one of several radio antennae used to receive live television images of the Apollo 11 moon landing 

Then we went to the Parkes Car Museum 

An old shiny car 

And an old rusty Tractor 

there was all sorts the next town on the way is Forbes as I do Ancestry and like a bit of history I had to go to the cemetery to see the grave of Kate Foster nee Kelly the sister of Ned Kelly the infamous bush ranger well know in Victoria Australia 

While passing through one of the small towns we saw a large Toohey beer can one to add to my big things 

Then on to Young where we found big Cherries another thing to add to my big things 

Not much to do in Young so just sat around talking then went out to dinner 

more adventures tomorrow 

Have a great day :) 

Our 5th trip to Australia day 4 part 2

 When we arrived in Dubbo we booked into our cabin then headed to Taronga Western Plains Zoo which was amazing its a very big zoo you can walk or hire a golf cart which we did 

All of us in the golf cart I got to drive yippee

The beautiful Bongo 

Jim sitting on an Elephant 

Me Sitting on the ground after falling of this Elephant lol

Some of the art work at the Zoo 

After the zoo we went into town had a wander around, then went to the old Dubbo Gaol

Me in the stocks 

More adventures tomorrow 

Have a great day :)

Our 5 th trip to Australia day 4

 On the morning of day 4 we headed to Mount Panorama the home of the V8 super car racing which happens in Bathurst every October for 4 days Jim has always wanted to go but it just has never happened so he wanted to have a drive around the race track 

the Mount 

Jim driving on the track 

Jim at the top of Mount Panorama 

Then we went to the V8 Museum 

Peter Brock Australia's best known V8 driver in his time 

L and I being race car drivers 

Then to add to my big things we found this Giant Gold Miner Panning for Gold 

Then we got on the road again and headed to Dubbo 

Will write about what  we did there tomorrow 

Have a nice day :)

Our 5 th trip to Australia day 3

 On the morning of the 3rd day we headed for Bathurst on the way we stopped at Pulpit Rock lookout at a place called Govetts Leap 

This is the stairs down to the lookout 

Me on the lookout 

One of the things you could see a very high waterfall 

Next stop was the town of Lithgow where I could add to my big things they have a Giant Miners lamp

Next stop Jenolan Caves 

This is the road into the Caves car park and village this place was amazing there are  lots of cave tours to take we chose the Diamond Cave 

some of the stalactites in the cave 

The Village inside the mountain 

Coming out of the cave 

Next stop Bathurst for the night 

Have a great day :)

Our 5th trip to Australia day 2

 We were all  looking forward to this days adventures across the road from our cabin  was Scenic World 

The first thing we chose to go on was the Scenic Skyway a glass bottomed  cable car that glides between cliff tops above the Jamison Valley , at 270 metres its the highest cable car in Australia 

Looking through the glass floor at the waterfall

Next we went on the Scenic Railway at 52 degree incline its the steepest passenger train in the world 

The 52 degree rail track 

Then we did the Scenic walkway you get to walk amongst ancient rainforest 

Some of the art work in among the trees on the walk 

more art work 

Then we did the Scenic Cableway carrying 84 people scenic cableway is Australia's biggest cable car descends 545 metres into the Jamison Valley

view from the cableway 

The three sisters the story goes the chief of one of the waring Aboriginal tribes turned his three daughters into stone to protect them from the men of the other tribes , but the chief was killed before he could turn them back 

A statue of the three sisters and their father outside Scenic World

More adventures tomorrow

Have a great day :)

Our 5th trip to Australia Day 1

 In 2013 we took our 5th trip to Australia this time we did a road trip in New South Wales with our friends L &  S

We flew into Sydney and our friends who live in Brisbane who had flown to Sydney the day before and had picked up L brothers car for us all to use on our trip met us at the airport and off we went to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains we were booked to stay here for 2 nights 

Our Transport for the trip lots of room 

An awesome view in the blue mountains 

A Galah a pink and grey cockatoo found all over Australia 

A kookaburra a native of Australia and New Guinea 

Strange rock formation we found 

Another awesome view from echo point Katoomba 

We settled into our cabin and after dinner we went for an evening walk and found a waterfall

More adventures tomorrow 

Have a great day :)

Wedding Anniversary

 Today is our 45th Wedding Anniversary we had a quiet day at home my friend D who was our bridesmaid came and had lunch with us the Jim's sister came later for a cup of tea 

Us in 1975 on our wedding day we were both 19 years old 

With our  parents left to right my Dad , Jim's Mum ,us ,my Mum ,Jim's Dad sadly they are all gone now 

Flowers from D she brought us today 

Flowers from Jim's sister she brought us today 

Thank both very much feeling very loved 

Have a great day :)  

4th trip to Australia day 4 & 5

 On the morning of day 4 L & S said as we lost our way up Mount Coot-tha they would take us ,so we finally got right to the top 

The view from the top was not that clear as there was lots of smoke around 

Then we went and had a wander around the Brisbane  Botanic Gardens 

These are Bats made of metal hanging in the tree playing musical instruments 

Having fun with this strange chair 

Beautiful fruit salad plant flower 

Lovely cactus 

After the gardens L & S took us to a nice beach for some lunch 

Then of home for a few drinks then dinner 

The next morning we just relaxed around L & S helped  S find his pool cover that had blown over the fence in a storm long before they brought the house the neighbour came over to tell them if they want it that where it is 

Jim and L pulling the cover from over the fence 

This what we found inside it, a Huntsman Spider 

Have had a great holiday catching up with everyone but its time to fly home 

Have a great day :)