Beautiful Sydney, Australia!

PICTURE: At Taronga zoo over looking the harbour
PICTURE: Out front of the Opera house
PICTURE: Jen, Yvonne and Glenn @ Circular Quay
Well it has been 5 amazing days in Sydney, and today we are off to New Zealand. Saturday we took the ferry from Manly over to down town Sydney. We met up with Glenns mom and spent the day wandering around @ Circular Quay. At night we went to a club called the basement and listened to live music. It was a compulation of Eric Clapton songs, actually very entertaining. Sunday we walked through Darling Harbour and went to the Sydney Aquarium. Very cool! Monday night Glenns mom treated us to a theatre play @ the Opera house, it was shakespear called "as you like it," the acting was very good. Yesterday Glenn and i went to the Taronga zoo, the view from the zoo was worth the trip, we were looking right over the harbour. At night we went to a english pub for dinner in an area called the rocks. The buildings have so much history and character. We have all really liked Sydney, Glenns mom heads back to Calgary today and we are off to Christ church. We have had a really great visit with Yvonne walked miles... and miles... and definitly have some great new experiences and storys to tell of our adventures when we get home. All in all things are great, hope everyone is doing well and we shall chat soon:)
Love Jen and Glenn

Sydney/Manly

PICTURES: Manly beach
Well we are in Sydney Australia. All i can say is what a beautiful city! We arrived here monday morning after an overnight bus trip from Byron Bay. Surprisingly the bus ride went by pretty fast. When we arrived i called the hostel we were supposed to stay at and the guy informed me that our room was no longer avaliable do to un forseen circumstances, what? So Glenn and i being organized as we are had no place to stay. We called around and luckily found a place called boardriders in Manly. We took the fairy from circular quay to manly wharf. What a beautiful ferry ride, it cost only $6 and we went out past the Oprah house and the harbour bridge. We did a harbour tour on our way to Manly. Manly is super cute the beach is really beautiful and the corso is full of tons of shops and cafes. We stayed at the boardrider for 2 nights but decided to move to a new hostel because it was to expensive for what it was. And did i mention cochroaches!! ewwwww! We are now staying at manly bunkhouse and we have our own tv and fridge and no coakroaches, what more could a girl ask for? We are here till tomorrow morning and then we are staying down town Sydney till Wednesday with Glenns mom. We fly out Wednesday to Christ church NZ. Things are great enjoying our retired life and all the new scenery. Hope all is well thats all for now, Chat with you soon,
Love Jen and Glenn

Goodbye Paradise hello Byron!

PICTURE: The Happy couple
PICTURE: Cape Byron, view from the Lighthouse
Hello,
Well we are officially homeless and on the road again. We arrived in Byron Bay yesterday afternoon, it was a nice short bus ride to ease us in to our travels. Byron bay is a super cute hippy town, the beach is really nice and the waves are a lot calmer then in Surfers. We are staying at aquarius backpackers, the rooms are small but clean and there is a pub right in the hostel, so nice and easy to meet people. Funny enough the people we have met so far have all been from Canada! It seems that everyone in Byron right now is a Canadian! ayyyyy! Today we took a hike up to Light house point and the most easterly point of Australia, the view was so beautiful and we even saw a few pods of Dolphins. We had a beautiful swim in the ocean, you can wade out in shallow water for a long ways. Tomorrow is a beach day and then at 8:55pm we catch the long bus ride to Sydney! All in all we are on the road again excited for new adventures and some new scenery but we will definitly miss Surfers Paradise and the imfamous Willy Qua. Surfers was good to us and we met some really great people! Hope everyone is staying warm, miss you all and we will chat with you soon!!
Love Jen and Glenn

A Peters down under!!

PICTURES: Tangalooma beach resort in Moreton Bay
PICTURES: Jen and her Mother in law to be @ Sea World
Well, iam officially done my work at Sea World! Hooray! Not that im happy or anything, (haha). Glenns last day is tomorrow so we are on are way to officially start travelling again.
Glenns mom Yvonne arrived last wednesday and we have spent the past 5 days with her. On saturday i took her to sea world for the day, it was a nice day with just the two of us. Sunday I worked my last shift and Glenn and Yvonne went up to O'reilleys and Mt Tamborine for a day in the rain forest. It rained most of the day but they still had a really nice time. Yesterday the 3 of us went on a day trip to Tangalooma in Moreton bay. Glenn and i snorkelled at some ship wrecks and Yvonne went wandering around the island. It was pooring when we left the gold coast but we lucked out and actually had a beautiful sunny day after all! We had a really nice visit with Yvonne, funny enough we actually ordered pizza and drank beer while watching the super bowl last night. How weird is that? Yvonne left this morning to tour Australia but we are meeting up with her again in Sydney.
We are staying here on the Gold Coast till the 15th to tie up loose ends and hopefully if it doesn't rain too much enjoy some days at our pool and the beach. I hope everyone is staying reasonably warm back home, as i have heard there is a cold spell going through! We love you all and miss you even more. Thats all for now,
Love Jen and Glenn