Cairns/Sydney, Australia

Every year my family and I take a two week vacation to an exotic location. The year of 2007 we went to Australia. Our vacation began in Cairns. which was a beautiful place to begin. The beaches were wonderful, not as hot as I would have liked though. Something interesting about Cairns is that the clouds would roll in and out so quickly, one minute it would be raining and the next the sun would be shining. But it was rather refreshing if it did get warm, you knew that a shower was soon to come. One of the major things that we did in Cairns was snorkel/scuba dive The Great Barrier Reef.

This was such a great experience to have and I am lucky to have done it. After Cairns we traveled to Sydney, Australia. Sydney is an exquisite place. A lot of Australia is similar to The United States, with subtle differences. For example; the fact that they drive on the wrong side of the road. My dad rented a car and tried to drive, it was not easy to stay on the left. But that's another story. Something that stood out to me about Sydney is that it had beautiful high rises while still having a very pretty harbor. We stayed at Darling Harbour in Sydney.