Sydney, Australia (Driving Southwards, The Grand Pacific Drive Part 2)

This guy was doing some last minute checking of his gears, getting ready to take off with the help of his friend...

Taking off in process...

Wow... wondering what kind of feeling it is to be flying like a bird...

Imagine a bird-eye's view from up there...

Time always flies when you are enjoying yourself...

It was getting darker every minute and I have to start heading back to where I came from...

I knew I had to find my way back to the main road, in darkness, as there isn't any lightings around in the Pacific Driveway. The only light that I could rely on was the headlight of my car...

I managed to find my way back to the main Highway, and drove to the Sydney Airport to return the car.

After that I took a train back to Sydney City...

And finally the next day, it's time for me to go home, and this entry concludes my Sydney Holiday in April 2009...

On my way to the airport in a cab...
Felt a little 舍不得。。。

A shot of the skyline, looking out from the plane's window.

Thanks for reading and "sharing" my Australia Holidays, and hope you've enjoyed it as much as I did...

THANK YOU...

Sydney, Australia (Driving Southwards, The Grand Pacific Drive Part 1)

On the last day at Hunter Valley, which is also one day before I'm departing for this trip, the group started to have different plans.

There's this couple who wanted to set off early and head back straight to the City, and spend the rest of the afternoon at Bondi Beach; the family of three decided to stay in Hunter Valley to explore further until afternoon, before heading back to the City.

Now I was alone and didn't want to join either of the group, decided to head back to the City, and then go driving around to explore on my own... Since I didn't want to waste the car rental and the rest of the afternoon...

It was suggested to me that I could drive southwards, to Wollongong...
The journey passes through a Royal National Park, which is supposed to be a scenic drive route for visitors...

BONDI BEACH
I switched to the other white Hyundai and drove with the couple back towards the city, arriving at about 2pm... Dropping them at Bondi Beach, Wow!!! The sea-view is fabulous...

Now I was alone for the rest of the afternoon to start my adventure southwards...

Driving away from Bondi, the sea-view looks good from my rear-mirror... Can't help but stopped to take a few more shots...

ROYAL NATIONAL PARK (GRAND PACIFIC DRIVE)

With the aid of GPS, I continued driving on the unfamiliar roads and highway for about more than two hours before I finally found these signs...

It was about between 4 to 5pm. The sun looked like it was going to set anytime soon.

Happy to know that I was on the right track, I followed the signs and continued on.

The roads are very long and narrow, with very little cars.

After driving for 45minutes, the road still looked the same, like this...

Seemed like you never know when it is going to end...

And I thought to myself: "Thought this was supposed to be a 'scenic drive'??"

Anyway I moved on and finally saw some signs...

This is Otford Lookout...

A scenic lookout point means you must stop to take some nice pictures...

Let's walk nearer to the cliff and see how steep and high it is...

Wow... careful...

And definitely a cool weather to ride in motorcycle...

I figured out it was about 2 to 3 hours more before the sun set.

I knew that once the sun had set, I will be driving in real darkness back along the Grand Pacific Drive until I hit the main roads...

BALD HILL

I knew for sure I wouldn't have enough time to reach Wollongong, but at least I wanted to go as far as I possibly could before it got dark...

I drived on for some distance and came to Bald Hill, and decided to get out of the car to take a look...

I thought it was just another scenic lookout place, just like Otford...

I walked on and to my surprise, I saw a group of people getting ready to do "Hang Gliding"...

Wondering what does "Hang Gliding" means??

This was a new and interesting activity to me. Can't help but kept snapping away...

Will be sharing more pictures of Hang Gliding in next post...

To be continued...

Sydney, Australia (Hunter Valley, The Wine Country Part 4)

Of course in the Wine Country, other than the wineries, there are lots of other interesting places and nice sceneries, many pictures of nice objects to share too...

We followed instructions on the visitors' map and came to a "Scenic Lookout" place on top of a hill, looking down from elevation...

We drove past a beautiful lake, with horses roaming freely on the grassland next to the lake...

There was this beautiful chapel... It was empty though at the time of our visit...

There was this interesting game, which they call it the "Aqua Golf".

Basically one just pay to hit the golf balls into the net on the water...

Another scenic lookout area, with animals. Check it out...

Did you notice one cow stands out from the crowd??

Other miscellaneous shots...

And like I mentioned in my earlier posts, that there are many bright-colored flowers around.

Don't you think they're gorgeous?? Flowers of different colors, different shapes, species, etc... Enjoy...

This is the last entry for the beautiful Wine Country, Hunter Valley of Sydney, Australia...

Next entry onwards, also the last category finally, will be on my self-exploration driving trip Southwards of Sydney...

To be continued...