Route from Ballina to Canberra to Sydney and home to Ballina
Jacarandas in bloom throughout trip
Country Friends
Murray & Benn (my son) at Coogee Beach, Sydney
Benn with his mum at Coogee Beach, Sydney
Aussie Country RoadOn Tuesday last week, Murray & I drove my sister’s car to Canberra (750 miles), as she needed to swap it with her newer car left in Canberra. It was lovely driving along the country roads and seeing the countryside in the spring when it is still nice and green. I daresay the green will have turned to yellow or brown come the end of a hot summer.
While we were in Canberra we caught up with family and friends which is always enjoyable. Another couple we met up with are heading to Canada for 18 months, and are talking of buying an RV trailer and traveling the USA. We hope to visit them on our next US RV trip.
We stayed in Canberra for 4 nights before driving 3 hours East to Sydney where my eldest son Benn lives. We arrived on his 30th birthday and celebrated with a lovely lunch for the three of us, then a dinner with 8 of his friends. Both venues were overlooking the scenic Coogee Beach. His girlfriend joined us for breakfast the next morning before we drove out of Sydney and headed 450 miles north to Ballina. Only 2 hrs north of Sydney we stopped in to visit the daughter of a dear American friend of ours, and had lunch overlooking the water. The East Coast of Australia has some very pretty beaches with surf rolling into light, sandy beaches. The famous Bondi Beach a lot of you ask about is the second beach to the north of Coogee Beach.
The only downside of our trip was that it coincided with the US election, and we were aware that we were missing all the media highlights. I know many of you are very happy with the outcome of Obama’s election, but I’m just as conscious that there are some of you who would have preferred McCain. Hopefully Obama and his team will provide the US with sound steering in the turbulent times ahead.
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