2 Canucks meet The Great Ocean Road

Here is the blog post everyone has been waiting for! Sorry, folks. We have had some difficulty locating Internet access.

Our 2nd day in Sydney together, we visited the Sydney Aquarium. The highlight was most definitely the shark tanks that one can walk underneath with sharks, stingrays, turtles and other fish swimming above. We were engrossed trying to get the 'perfect camera shot' but the light was not conducive to these 2 amateur photographers.

We visited the Queen Elizabeth Building or the QVB which is a much more beautiful building than Toronto's architectural tribute to Elizabeth II. It was built as a market building at the turn of the century and was restored to its original beauty and now has lovely shops. It was a nice spot to wait out the next Sydney downpour which seems to be a daily event.

After a short walk through the historic Rocks area (no Matt, I did not get to the pub for a Bloody midi - next time!), we made our way over the Sydney Harbour bridge. Karin was adamant that we do this hike and I was glad she coaxed me on.

We had an Italian seafood meal with BYO white Aussie wine and bubbly with our new friends - Michelle, Tobi and Suze. Karin had 'Sea bugs' and an assortment of other ocean delights.

The next morning, we flew to Melbourne and picked up our hire car. Lisa decided to skip Melbourne because she was too chicken to try to drive around the trams doing those fancy 'hook turns'. I miss my standard car - it is much easier to drive left sided with my clutch and stick shift. I keep signalling with the wind shield wipers and signalling left rather than right, reaching for the seat belt incorrectly. But, I have only driven on the wrong side of the road once. Not bad for 2 days of driving.

We are now on the Great Ocean Road, build just after WW1 by Australian war vets. Will write more tomorrow, folks.

By the way, it is going to be 30C and sunny tomorrow. Hope y'all keep warm !!