For starters, there are two very important pieces of information that I did not know before going to Australia that is very relevant once you are in the country. First, the size of Australia is as big as the continental United States, this only occurred to me as I was driving around in the camper van. The second is that the standard of living in Australia is considered one if not the highest in the world. This was apparent after seeing the infrastructure and public buildings as well as how their society functioned, the minimum wage is over AUD15 an hour.
I spent a fortnight in the country and went to a wide range of places. Sydney was a very cool city, and had a lot to offer in terms of things to do, for free and for a fee. I spent the most time in and around Sydney, Becca’s friend lived in Coogee Beach, and became one of my top 5 favorite cities. While in the city we walked the boardwalk from Coogee to Bondi (2km), visited the Aquarium, Chinese Gardens, Darling Harbor, The Rocks, Sydney Opera House, went to Manly, and walked around downtown.
After our stay in Sydney, Becca and I picked up our camper van and struck out on what we would find out to be an over ambitious road trip. Our plan was to make our way north up the coast to Byron Bay which is a very popular destination and about 8 hours away from Sydney. What ended up happening is we never got more than 3 hours away from Sydney and still drove about 1000 km.
Our trip included a night in the Blue Mountains, a night in Hunter Valley, two nights in Port Stephens, and a night in Sydney. We basically did a backwards D.
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