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Month: December 2018

Monday 31st December – New Years Eve

December 31, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

We have an absolutely stunning location from which to watch the New Years Eve fireworks, the only problem is that

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Sunday 30th December – Bondi Beach and the Rocks

December 30, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we set off for Bondi Beach although we didn’t plan to swim we felt we had to go and

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Saturday 29th December – The City of Sydney

December 29, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

After a late night yesterday it was a little difficult to get moving this morning but as all we had

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Friday 28th December – Sydney and a star is born

December 28, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

We decided to walk across the bridge this morning to visitor information, there is a pathway one side and a

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Thursday 27th December – Sydney here we come

December 27, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

After a leisurely breakfast we packed everything up and said goodbye to our sea side apartment, we seem to have

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Wednesday 26th December – The Waterfall Way

December 26, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we drove part of the Waterfall way, this is actually 185km road from Coffs Harbour to Armidale. The suggestion

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Tuesday 25th December – A very different Merry Christmas

December 25, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Our first ever ‘hot’ Christmas and it is very different. Some traditions can be broken, others just have to stay

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Monday 24th November – Christmas Eve and getting ready for Santa

December 24, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we had a five hour journey to Coffs Harbour where we will spend Christmas. The plan was to do

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Sunday 23rd December – Newcastle on sea

December 23, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

After breakfast we drove to Newcastle which is about an hours drive away. It is the second most populated area

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Saturday 22nd December – Return to the sea side

December 22, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we are heading back down to the sea on route to our Christmas location of Coffs Harbour. Unfortunately it

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Friday 21st December – Adventures in the Blue Mountains

December 21, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Although not quite as warm as yesterday it is still warm and although cloudy not raining so we set off

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Thursday 20th December – Scenic World Blue Mountains National Park

December 20, 2018 Chris Australia 2018/19

After last nights torrential rain and thunderstorms, this morning was blue sky and sunny which was good as we had

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Wednesday 19th December – Back to the Mountains

December 19, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we left Canberra my new favourite capital city and set off for the five hour journey to the Blue

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Tuesday 18th December – A very different Capital City

December 18, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today the sun was shining so after breakfast we set off to walk around the Capital, the hotel is right

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Monday 17th December – To the nations capital

December 17, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

After the hail storm’s of yesterday this morning we definitely had a change of weather and it was lovely but

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Sunday 16th December – To New South Wales

December 16, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we drive to New South Wales, we are ultimately heading to Canberra but have an overnight stop on Merimbula

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Saturday 15th December – Around Lakes Entrance

December 15, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today the weather has cleared again so after breakfast and a visit to tourist information we walked to the bridge

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Friday 14 December – Lakes Entrance

December 14, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we are heading for Lakes Entrance which is about four hours away but on the way we are going

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Thursday 13th December – Koala’s and Christmas

December 13, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Unfortunately after the 36C heatwave yesterday today the weather has changed and the storm they were talking about has definitely

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Wednesday 12th December – Return to the mainland

December 12, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we had to leave Tasmania and head back to the mainland, our flight was at 10.20 so after packing

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Tuesday 11th December – Around Hobart

December 11, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we finished our visit to Tasmania as we fly back to the mainland tomorrow morning so we set off

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Monday 10th December – Port Arthur

December 10, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we drove to Port Arthur which is the largest prison complex we have been to this trip, the vision

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Sunday 9th December – Out of the wilderness and back to civilisation

December 9, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we are heading for Hobart and our final stop on Tasmania, we left Freycinet in a light drizzle but

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Saturday 8th December – One family two very different outcomes

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Today we visited two of the six sites in Tasmania that make up the World Heritage convict sites. The two

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Friday 7th December – Around Freycinet

December 7, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today is forecast to be the nicest day of the few we are here for so we decided to do

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Thursday 6th December – Freycinet here we come

December 6, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

Today we are moving on from Pump House Point to Freycinet National Park and our home for the next few

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Wednesday 5th December – What a difference a day makes

December 5, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

They say in Melbourne if you don’t like the weather give it half an hour and it will change, it’s

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Tuesday 4th December – To Lake St Clair via Queenstown

December 4, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

It wasn’t actually raining this morning and the forecast is for it to get warmer as the week progresses so

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Monday 3rd December – Waterfalls and Trains in the rain.

December 3, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

In the night it had been absolutely chucking it down and unfortunately as we went to breakfast it was still

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Sunday 2nd December – Gordon River UNESCO site

December 2, 2018 Xanthe Australia 2018/19

We had booked on a Gordon River cruise today so had an early breakfast before walking round to the boat.

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