Australia part 1

We took a subway and city bus to get to our airbnb place. We met 2 really nice Iranian guys. They had a beautiful home where we relaxed during our stay there. We went to the Powerhouse museum and went to a walking tour on the Rocks in Sydney Harbour

and walked by the Harbour Bridge in the evening.

The next day we went to Bondi Beach where we saw many surfers and high waves.

It was a controlled beach with lifeguards speaking in their airphones to tourists to swim closer to the shore and to stay in the marked flags in their four wheelers. There is even a show about lifeguarding at Bondi Beach on TV we were told about. Aaron went for a coastal walk along the cliffs and Becky stayed at the beach.

The following day we went to a free walking tour around the main attractions and Sydney Opera House

 

and then we took a ferry to Manly beach.

After our time at the beach we walked through gardens to the conference arena

for the Hillsongs Women's Color Conference. Becky went to the conference by herself for 2 days and Aaron worked at home. At the conference there was theatre, art, worship and speakers. We had also met up with Sandra and Dillen from Sudbury to say hi and get Becky's ticket.

Women's conference at Sydney Arena

Becky bought the conference video (if you are interested in seeeing it let her know). After the conference, we walked to Darling Harbour and saw fireworks, and an amazing street performer. We however caught the wrong bus home and walked a long way home really late at night. That wasn't too fun... The day after we went to the Featherdale zoo

and went to Hillsongs evening church which was really awesome. We met a Canadian couple from the college and they gave us a tour of the campus and a ride home.

Parramatta, near where we stayed

After a days planning we flew to the Gold Coast. We literally booked where we were staying at the airport when we got there. We then bused to the house and stayed in a camper tent. It was close to the beach and not too far of a walk through town, but still in a quiet neighbourhood. Aaron got up painfully early to watch a beautiful sunrise.

The beach was very nice but strong currents and you had to make sure it didn't pull you in if you went to far out. It was rainy for some of our stay at the Gold Coast with a few sunny days. We took a ferry to Stradbroke Island and stayed in a hostel that had a remote beach behind it. We also went to the main big beach

and hiked on the boardwalk and saw a sea turtle and a group of dolphins!

It was a very beautiful beach we visited not far from our hostel. We then took the bus and the ferry back to Brisbane for a Hillsong Friday evening service at Mt Gravatt. It was a upbeat youth service and we had dinner there after service.

We took a bus and a train back to the Gold Coast. We spent one evening dancing there as well. On Sunday morning we went to Hillsong Coomera service. They had a live stream and a lady gave us a ride to the bus. During our time at the Gold Coast we enjoyed time at the beach inbetween the different things we did. To be continued...