by Gisela Spires | May 19, 2011 | Australia-2011
I have been thinking about skydiving in this beautiful beach town for two years and today the weather was perfect. A van picked Jim and I up from the park and drove us to the little airport where the skydive shop is located. I filled out paperwork like I was at a...
by Gisela Spires | May 16, 2011 | Australia-2011
Our campground is on the beach just south of the famous Gold Coast city of Surfers Paradise. The white sand beach extends as far as one can see up and down the coast. We spend an extra day there to enjoy...
by Gisela Spires | May 15, 2011 | Australia-2011, Video
On our way to Grafton we make a stop at Tropical Fruit World where we have morning tea, hot scones and tea, before starting on the deluxe tour. All of us become kids again as we load on a tram pulled by a tractor with huge tires. We are driven thru the orchard where...
by Gisela Spires | May 13, 2011 | Australia-2011
Randy and Paul enjoy the warm afternoon at our camp in Lightning Ridge, the Opal Capitol of Australia. Of course the ladies are out shopping at the many opal shops in town. The guys are taking their minds off of the opal shopping with a “cold one” while...
by Gisela Spires | May 12, 2011 | Australia-2011
Lightning Ridge is on the edge of the Australian Outback. As we travelledfrom the white sandy beaches of the east coast we passed through the heart of cotton growing country and it is picking time. At the cotton gins thereare huge bales of cotton as far as one can...
