Australia

And that concludes a truly great honeymoon. See you all soon!

Balancing out the cuteness factor of the set of photos below, we have the truly stunning statistics here on venemous snakes. 18 of the top 21 venemous snakes are found in Australia. The rattlesnake from [...]

Take a close look at the kangaroo I'm feeding. Do you see the baby joey? We saw him scamper into the pouch from nearby Mom. How cute is that? Next, we have fairy penguins, which [...]

We took a ride in on an old mining railway car in the Blue Mountains that is the steepest in the world, at an amazing 52 degrees (almost a vertical drop). They play the Indiana [...]

The Blue Mountains are about 4 hours east of Sydney, and a favorite weekend vacation spot for locals. It's called the BLUE Mountains because of the color of the eucalyptus trees that make up the [...]

I guess you could say we're pretty comfortable with the kangaroos at this point, huh? These fellows were particularly mellow...apparently they hadn't had their morning coffee yet.

Manly Beach is a favorite spot for swimming and surfing. We stumbled on a competitive swim amateur swim meet where the contestants were swimming 2.5 kilometers through the surf...pretty tough duty! The winner finished just [...]

At about 4 million people, Sydney is bigger than Los Angeles. The inlet from the ocean winds all through the city, so there are 600 miles of coastline. We lost track of all the marinas [...]

We did a tour of the Opera House, which is amazing in and of itself. Over a million tiles cover the roof, and there are 5 performance venues inside. Just for yuks, I stopped by [...]

See those little tiny figures on top of the bridge? That's us climbing up...they have you on a safety line, and it takes about 2 hours to climb up to the center point. They are [...]

Here is Mike with a Sea Cucumber (not a vegetable), a Lionfish (those are poisonous spines) and my personal favorite, the Unicorn Fish. We both ended up with jellyfish stings, which weren't too bad once [...]

The crew surprised us with a complimentary bottle of champagned in celebration of the honeymoon. We had one glass and shared the rest...gotta keep on top of your game to dive early in the AM! [...]