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| From Australia: Sydney to Byron |
Parker and I were pleasantly surprised by Sydney. Australia's capital is more populated than the whole country of New Zealand. We immediately picked up on the energy of the city. The Opera House and the Harbor Bridge is as amazing as one would expect. It dominates the Sydney harbor and skyline.
We decided to home base at King's Cross for a few days. It is a part of the city that I would compare to the East 6th St./So. Congress of Austin. It has the perfect mix of dodgy and not so dodgy. On our first night, after a few drinks at the Opera Bar, we went back to King's Cross. It was unmistakably where people go to party.
After six months of traveling, we have become very relaxed and serendipitous in our ways of wandering. We have survived this far without a single guidebook. We found that every person with a lonely planet or any guide all go to the same places. What we do is ask the locals and other travelers. Granted, we can't avoid all the hot spots but we skip a lot of tourist traps.
We have a month to road trip Sydney to Cairns through the east coast of Australia. We left Sydney without a road map and just started driving north. On our itinerary is snorkeling, surfing and a whole lot of nothing on the endless Australian beaches.
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