Aussie Road Trip pics & thoughts

[crazycanuck]

After 8 days of driving (2 1/2 days to drive from Perth-Sydney, then over to NZ & 5 days back to Perth) we are now back home in the heat

I learnt a few things on our journey:
1-Peeing in the bushes is an art & it's hard to find a flat piece of ground at times..
2-Road trips are cool! Can't beat sleeping on the side of the road!
3-Australia has many many hidden gems off the beaten path.
4-Western Australia & NSW roads are crap. The best road we had was from Port Augusta to Coober Pedy!!!
5-Why is it that there isn't consistency across Australia in terms of roadside pullouts? IE-drop toilets in NSW, SA but not in WA???!!!
6-Always know how much time you have before the next agricultural checkpoint & buy your fruit afterwards!!!! Dried fruit comes in handy...(we had three & I could never figure out where we would be able to get fresh fruit next..)

Some photos from the first part of our journey..
The first few are from Manly beach in Sydney..
The Manly ferry to Sydney Harbour. I'm still not too crazy about the Sydney Opera House, I just don't get the hoopla over it.

The last photo's from our hop over the Tasman to visit family & friends in NZ. It's at the top of One Tree Hill (umm no tree hill actually...) with a few of Rangitoto

More photos to come