Sydney

December 8th, 2011

8/12/2011

Much to our surprise we have settled back into caravan life nicely, who would off thought after sleeping in nice comfy beds that we could go back to our humble little residence. Alas it's only for a short while as we are super keen to get home to our new house, family and friends. We have travelled from Byron Bay where we had a nice rest, a stay at Tamworth and then down to Sydney on the New England Highway. We went through some beautiful little towns which we will definitely make it back to some day. While in Sydney we stayed at the Narrabeen caravan park which was around 24km from town. There was a great little lake that runs out into the ocean and it was a very popular spot.

We didn't come back to great weather, the lighthouse lookout at Byron Bay.

The beautiful beaches at Byron Bay.

An overnight stop in Tamworth so we could see the Golden guitar. "Where's the strings?"

The lovely beach and lake, at Narrabeen.

And the biggest surprise of all, meeting our friends Bernie and Penny in Sydney, we could not have timed that better if we tried. The girls just so happened to be in Sydney for the weekend. What luck! We made our way down to the rocks market which is just near the Sydney Harbour Bridge to meet up with them. We then had a great lunch together before continuing on our way to check out the sights of Sydney.  Thanks guys that was really special, see you at home!

Coffee like old times.

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Sacramento

December 3rd, 2011

3/12/2011

After a week in Anaheim we flew to Sacramento to stay with Mike, Heather, Ally and Eden in there beautiful home. We were also very privileged to spend thanksgiving with their lovely family.

Great means of transport, with the golf course, their friends, local tennis courts and school just around the corner, what better way to get around. The kids loved taking it in turns driving around the streets.

We enjoyed a wonderful day touring San Francisco. After seeing pier 39 where the sea lions reside we took a drive down Lombard Street and all squealed with delight all the time praying the brakes were working. But of course the highlight of the day was seeing the Golden Gate Bridge, it is truly amazing.

Looking across to Alcatraz.

The city of San Francisco.

We were also lucky enough to be part of a tradition with the Perry's and a group of their friends. Every year on the Saturday after thanksgiving they head to the hills to cut down their Christmas trees.

Two beautiful girls! BFF's

 

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Cheap Ute Hire: The More Travellers, the Merrier

November 9th, 2011

For trips with large travelling parties, you can rely on cheap ute hire.  With the saying, the more the merrier, you can also understand that when you travel with a whole bunch of people, you’ll have a merrier time with your trip. If you were thinking about renting out three to five cars just to accommodate your whole travelling party, you can now ride in one vehicle.  Just think about the perks of that.  Apart from savings, there’s a whole lot more.

When you get the services of mini bus hire, everyone will be in one vehicle and you only have to pay for one rental fee for the whole duration of your trip.  When you have 15 to 20 people in your group, everyone will have the legroom they need as well as the space they need for their luggage as well as souvenirs at the end of the trip.  When you were first looking at paying a fee of about $150 for a three day trip per car, it’s all going to be in a single rental fee of something like $350 to $500.  Consider how many people can fit in a car and think about how you’ll save in hiring a cheap ute hire.

Aside from the benefit of savings, you also get to save on time.  Instead of waiting around for your travelling party to complete with the arrival of others, you’ll get to one place and you’ll leave from one place as one in a mini bus.  There are also a lot of things that you can accomplish travelling in one vehicle like maybe briefing your travelling party about the schedule or fostering a strong relationship of friendship with each other.  It truly is a merrier trip when you travel with many people incheap ute hire.

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