December 25, 2019

We hope you will join us for another travel adventure. This time it’s back to Sydney, Australia. We are spending 30 days at the beginning of the Australian Summer. We have realized that blogging is a great way to remember a trip. We have referred back to our world cruise blog many times to confirm that we were actually in “that” country.

We leave Sunday, December 29, 2019 and arrive on Tuesday, December 31. We will be 16 hrs ahead of Detroit time.

DTW to LAX 6:10 PM to 8:14 PM flight time 5 hrs 4 mins

LAX to SYD 10:15 PM 8:10 AM flight time flight time 15 hrs

Bush fires have been a problem in the past month and we have seen pictures of dense smoke over the Sydney Harbour. Recent pictures suggest the worst is over. The fires are far from Sydney but the winds can push the smoke for many miles.

We are staying close to the CBD (central business district) in a neighborhood called Darlinghurst. The airbnb we booked is right across from Hyde Park. We arrive New Years Eve morning. A huge fireworks display/party is being held at the Harbour Bridge. Not a far walk but maybe we will be able to see from the roof of our building. 20 hours of flight time has a way of sucking the life out of you. We shall see what happens.

We have:

booked a show at the Opera House – Carmen

booked a wine tasting tour in Hunter Valley

made plans to see the Barrenjoey Lighthouse

dinner at Earl’s Juke Joint

a hike in the Blue Mountains

the Spit Bridge to Manly 10k walk

lunch at the Bucket List Bar at Bondi Beach

the Enmore Comedy Club

the Sydney Symphony “under the stars”

all kinds of shopping and sight seeing

many stops at the gym