Our honeymoon in 2017 was to a place on both of our bucket lists: Australia.

We swam the Great Barrier Reef, toured the famous Opera House, walked the Sydney Harbour bridge, and so much more in just a week. Our Australia map is coming soon!

Bondi Beach

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Bondi Beach - A Wonderful Way to Spend Our Last Day in Australia Sadly, it was our last day of our Australian vacation. With nothing in particular planned, we decided this was the day to check out the world renown Bondi Beach. A Little About Bondi Beach Located about 4 miles…

Sydney Opera House

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Sydney Opera House Guided Tour One of if not the most iconic sight in Sydney, Australia is the Sydney Opera House. This masterpiece of architecture has been sitting on the shore of Sydney Harbour since it's opening in 1973. View of the Opera House from Sydney Harbour Bridge We were fortunate…

Shakespeare Hotel

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Shakespeare Hotel - Surry Hills, Australia After our tour of the Sydney Cricket Grounds we decided to walk back to our hotel. Sydney proved itself to be a very walkable city if you're able to and up to it. Along the way we stopped at various pubs for a rest and…

Sydney Cricket Grounds and Allianz Stadium

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Sydney Cricket Grounds and Allianz Stadium - Sydney, Australia During our Australian Honeymoon, we wanted to schedule a tour of the Sydney Cricket Grounds. Cricket being a close cousin to our beloved baseball, is a sport of interest to us. It was exciting to us on Day 1 in Sydney to…

Pie Face – Sydney, NSW, Australia

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In our search for Australian cuisine, we quickly realized a few things.  First, we noticed that there isn't anything (other than kangaroo) that one would really consider truly Australian.  At least not that we could find, anyway.  The second thing we noticed was that a lot of foods we would consider…

St. James’ Church

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St. James' Church, King Street Following our visit to St. Mary's Cathedral, we took a short walk to St. James' Church located at 173 King Street. Feeling drawn to churches during Holy Week? Not particularly. We enjoy the architecture of them and history of various buildings in different places we travel…

St. Mary’s Cathedral

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St. Mary's Cathedral - Sydney, Australia Heading out for the day with some time to kill before our tour of the Sydney Cricket Grounds, we decided to check out St. Mary's Cathedral. It was a short walk from our hotel and after we spotted it from above while at the Sydney…

Vanilla Slice!

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Vanilla Slice - A deceivingly sturdy dessert. On our last full day in Australia, we decided to wander around Sydney and try smaller bites of pretty much any food we could find that we had either never had before or was definitely or possibly somewhat Australian.  I'll break these down into…