Ron’s Travel Blog
Sydney…Day 2
Today we took the train and bus out to Featherdale Wildlife Zoo....spent the day there...neat animal farm with a lot of hands on experience for the kids....they loved it.... got back late...dinner in the hotel....saw another Cruise Ship leave the harbor.....a fun day...
Sydney, Australia
Today was our day to see Sydney....and that we did...a walking day around the downtown Quay area....starting off with taking a close look at the big Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas. We had a good walk around the Rocks area, which is a very historical area right...
Cairns to Sydney….flight day…day #4
This morning we awoke to a bright sunny morning in gorgeous Cairns and headed to a mid morning flight to Sydney. The Cairens Airport is almost like new...clean and neat as can be...very orderly and well organized....and a very simple security system....and after a...
Cairns, Australia….Day#3
It seems like all of my life since I started traveling in college, I have always heard of the Great Barrier Reef. It is like one of those "far away places" that they write songs about. Well, it is far away....but today we got to see if firsthand, and it is everything...
Cairns…day #2
The 2nd full day was remarkable, and a day to remember. After last night and the heavy rains and our finding a place to eat when we found that the Casino Restaurant was closed due to a power outage....that went back on an hour later...and we finally enjoyed our great...
Cairns, Australia…Day #2
After the 14 hour flight from SFO to Sydney...we had about a 4 hour layover at the beautiful Sydney Airport then boarded Virgin Australia for the 3 hour flight north to Cairns....in tropical and beautiful Northern Australia...in the state of Queensland. The Cairns...
Day #1…..bound for Australia
Today we leave for Australia...and it all started with driving from Redding to San Francisco...(SFO)....and then after check in we went to the USO and Audy could take a nap, which she did. We will go over to the United lounge in the International Terminal...
Viking Cruises…#1 for both Ocean and River
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Viking Cruises….Ocean and River
Effective January 1st...I am the Redding agent for Viking Cruises, and am very pleased with this opportunity. We just completed our 3rd Viking Cruise...and I am now "a believer" in Viking. They are great. No wonder they are consistently rated #1 among the Cruise...
Thursday in London…Churchill War Rooms, and RAH
Another MUST...if you are interested in British history...and especially WW II....and what led up to it. How we missed the Churchill War Rooms museum and exhibit is a good question, for this is a great exhibit and history lesson in what happened leading up to the...