We had heard that the schools planned trip to Canberra was canceled so we decided to take them there during the October school holidays and return to Perth via Sydney.

In Canberra we visited and had tours around the old parliament and the new parliament then we spent a full day at the war memorial. In Sydney the usual tourist visits around the Rocks, Darling harbour, Manly and of course the Hard Rock Cafe.

The Rocks was saved by the local community and the BLF Unions Green Bans. Although the Union came under massive pressure they saved this iconic part of Sydney. There should be a statue to Jack Mundy for leading the fight to save the Rocks.

Our first time in the big Apple

First stop in the US. Went out for a walk and the heavens opened up and it poured all day.

This was a short break our first and so far only visit to Bali

Leaving St Pancras travelling through to Gare-du-Nord. About 2 hours from London City to the Paris City.

We set off on a long drive from Edinburgh to Chichester then spent the next day relaxing. Before visiting Portsmouth, the home of the Royal Navy. With the last few days travelling from to London.

The whole holiday was an absolute pleasure from visiting family in Scotland and England and also France. I have split the holiday into three parts

Part 1 Scotland

It was a long holiday starting in Scotland, down to England then over to Italy. We certainly packed a lot in. When we stopped in Hong Kong it was meant to be a wind down then we realised we had never been to Macau. We had a lovely day but a hair raising trip on the boat back to HK as the city was going into imminent typhoon category. We just made the rough trip back and managed to get back to our hotel before the city went into shutdown.