Back in the USA

Got up and packed for trip home....walked to Darling Harbor and sat in sun for our last 2 hours...bittersweet....on bus to airport only to find out that our flight was cancelled to LA...rebooked us 1/2 hour earlier on Qantas airline...we ended up with an empty seat between us....not much sleep on the plane, we each watched 4 movies...had dinner and breakfast...landed in LA 13 hours later and checked in Holiday Inn in LA...had a burger & fries from McDonalds, viewed the pool and took a nap to catch up on our sleep...dinner in the hotel...up tomorrow to fly out at 10:50 to Chicago then Sawyer, arrive at 9:00...Kelly to pick us up

Last day in Sydney

Our hotel overlooking Darling Harbor, downtown Sydney

Dean on Cockle Bay Wharf

Darling Harbor taxi stand

Judy at Cockle Bay fountain

Darling Harbor skyline

Darling Harbor pedestrian bridge, getting ready for Valentine's Day

Lunch & happy hour in Darling Harbor, 84 degrees

Trying to set the world record for "huggin"

Judy's ride home?  a red ferrari

Dean's ride home? a silver lamborghini

Artwordk at the harbor

Guess where we are???

Rooftop bar with friends for a drink before our farewell dinner 

Last day in Cairns, Zoo in Cairns, dinner at the 360 degree sky restaurant in Sydney, Sky Harbor Bridge, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbor boat tour, Opal jewelry store, Dean's Sky Harbor Bridge Walk

Our pool in Cairns with a sand beach, how unique

Another view of our pool in Cairns,the swim up bar is closed in this picture

Cairns Zoo

Judy with a koala bear at the zoo in Cairns

kangaroos in the zoo in Cairns

Our 360 degree sky view restaurant in Sydney our 1st night here

a little wine to start our dinner

Dean's Salmon

Judy's rotolo (spinach lasagna)

dessert

dessert

the Sky Harbor bridge in Sydney

The opera house in Sydney,we had a great tour of it

Here we are in front of the Sky Harbor Bridge

Mrs. MacQuaries Chair on the Sydney Harbor

Bondi Beach, big surfing area

on teh Bondi Beach

The Majestic, the boat we took on a Sydney Harbor tour..a 2 hour tour

taxi anyone?

the Sydney Skyline

on the harbor tour

homes on the harbor tour

Dean walking the Sky Harbor Bridge

another view of the bridge on our harbor tour

Madonna's bra bridge

a pirate ship at the Maritime museum n Sydney

a stop to learn about and buy opals

The queen's opalgiven by the shop we visited

a close up of the queen's opal

the Olympic Australis opal, the largest in the world

Dean at the top of the Sky Harbor Bridge, a successful climb, notice the Opera house in the background, 80 degrees on February 11th

Sunday in Cairns

City of Cairns public pool, right next to the ocean, clean with change rooms and showers

30 ft boat at marina in Cairns, great name for a boat

pontoon cruising the marina in Cairns, can't hold a candle to the old U S S Blackhawk from Big Shag

another view of the public pool in Cairns

our liquid lunch today in Cairns...a start to another great day.....92 degrees today

we had a great seafood dinner here in Cairns...Judy had bugs & prawns with a kangaroo & crocodile appetizer, Dean had barramundi with asparagus and a crab leg appetizer...

Our Hotel here in Cairns