Ellie and Fleur's birthdays, catching up with old friends and onwards to Sydney our final port of call.
Redhead Beach the girls old surf club beach. Middle of winter and still in shorts, building sandcastles and dipping their toes in the ocean. Good to see the coal ships out to sea - we know we're back in Newcastle.
Sunset over Lake Macquarie from our last camp spot at Belmont. A very pretty part of the world.
Ellie's 8th birthday shared with an old school friend. We held a joint party the week prior for both Fleur and Ellie to catch up with their old school friends.
Friday 1st August a sad day, the day we sold and said good bye to Carrie the Caravan and Larry the Landcruiser our home and trusty car for the last eight months. They did us proud and hopefully the next owners will have as much fun as we did.
Sydney - the Harbour Bridge, Opera House and fireworks for our arrival.
Fleur's 10th Birthday in our apartment in Sydney. Fleur completed the Harbour Bridge Climb as a special 10th birthday treat the following day.
Tuesday 5th August - The official end of the Davies Family's Big Lap of Australia, the day I agreed to return to work in Sydney. Now comes the next adventure, finding somewhere to live, getting the girls into school and trying to get up in the morning for normal life.
Thank you very much for following us on our trip it has been a great adventure for us all. It is impossible for us to say which was our favourite part of the trip but some of our favourite things in no particular order:
Jindabyne and Kosciuszko (New South Wales)
Adelaide and the Tour Down Under (South Australia)
Sheringa Beach (South Australia)
Crossing the Nullarbor (South Australia/Western Australia)
Denmark (Western Australia)
Coral Bay, Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia)
The Pilbara and the Outback (Western Australia)
Bungle Bungles and Helicopter Ride (Western Australia)
Litchfield National Park (Northern Territory)
The Gold Coast and Theme Parks (Queensland)
Love Mark, Penny, Fleur and Ellie
THE END
take holidays
go to as many places as you can
you can always make money
you can't always make memories.
