Thursday, June 19, 2025

Australia and New Zealand March 2025 A Bucket List Item checked off!!

 

                  Waiting for our flight out of Los Angeles to Sydney - 15+ hours.
While at the LA Airport, we visited with fellow Buffalo Bills Fans who were also traveling to Australia from Wyoming.  (Big fans of Josh Allen!)


                      Our Sydney motel room - very spacious and quite modern!


We were able to attend the Sydney Temple with 6 other couples from our tour group,  We did about 75 sealings between us all.


The second day in Sydney we did a tour of the city, drove out to 3 Sisters Park (which was over cast and we could not see anything) went to a wildlife park and to the Opera House.



Skyline of Sydney - a lot of high risers of apartments.


Traffic is just complete rushing and on the opposite side of the road.


We flew into Brisbane to get the cruise ship the next morning.  What a beautiful view from our motel room at night and the next morning
We found some more Buffalo Bills fans on the cruise ship the afternoon we got on!

We cruised for 3 days to New Zealand from Brisbane.  
First stop Bay of Islands.

The tour driver took us to this water falls and he compared it to Niagara Falls!
Really!??

Then on to Tauranga - 

Glow worm cave - very interesting!
Then on to Napier - Kiwi grove!




Mauri village and hot springs. 

Then on Wellington - 

We didn't go ashore this day - but we stayed on the ship.

We took a jet boat ride which was so much fun!


Then on to Christ Church - 



We stopped at a historic railroad station.  Like stepping back in time!

Then on the last day before cruising back to Australia, we went through three different forges.  Beautiful views and waterfalls

With Ted & Beth Kendricks (from Rexburg) and Lynn & Vicki Duffin (from Shelley) - our dinner mates.  Vicki and Ted are brother and sister.








                                  

The dinner mates - last night!
Bye Bye Ship!
Then we flew to Los Angeles then on to SLC, Gared came and picked up us at the airport!  Nice to be home - a very long time but full of memories.



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