Our second day in Brisbane it rained on and off. We did go to the Lonely Pine Koala Sanctuary.
Tasmanian Devils
Ostrich
Update: I think this is actually an Emu, not an Ostrich
Kangaroos
Dingo
The reason Yanmei likes staying at Airbnb’s is mainly so she can use the kitchen and cook. It saves money and is probably quite a bit healthier than eating out.
It was a pretty neat loft we stayed in.
The next day we started South towards Sydney. We considered flying during our planning, since domestic flights are pretty inexpensive, but decided to drive instead. We can see the countryside and it is just convenient to have a car. Plus this way Yanmei can bring all her cooking supplies along, which would be trouble on a plane.
The first part of the journey was along the Gold Coast, which sounds great, but the reality was it was just a pretty nondescript major highway with trees blocking and views. We stopped for lunch in Byron Bay, where we saw some skydivers floating down. After that we continued to Port Macquarie where we stayed for the night. It was a total of about 6.5 hours of driving, which doesn’t sound too bad, but the seats aren’t very comfortable in our car. It is a Mitsubishi Outlander.
The next morning we continued south. It was more picturesque, and we stopped briefly at lighthouse beach.
Huge, beautiful beach and hardly anyone was using it. The other cool thing we saw was a pod of dolphins surfing in on the big waves. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get any good pics of that.
We stopped in a little town called Bulahdelah for lunch, then continued south to arrive in Sydney by about 3:45pm, just before rush hour traffic.
David