We're Back!

We're finally back from our amazing vacation to Australia and Tasmania! Three weeks was a long time to be away, but we were able to see and experience so much throughout that time. It was a very bitter-sweet experience for us over the holidays - difficult and sad to be away from family during that time, but fun and exciting to travel and explore another country... especially a country as beautiful as Australia!

We spent about 10 days in the Cairns region on the coast of Queensland. Then headed down to Sydney for New Years and spent 5 days exploring that area. Lastly, we spent a week in Tasmania, traveling by car throughout almost the entire island. See map below!


It's amazing how big the country of Australia is. Even though we were there for 3 weeks, we only got to see a small portion of the country. We tried to make the most of our time there and experience the huge variety that Australia has to offer: Great Barrier reef, beaches, and rainforest in northern AUS, then on to the exciting city life and stunning harbor of Sydney, and ending with National Parks and beautiful nature in Tasmania.

Throughout this next week, I'm going to do separate blog posts for each of the 3 regions we visited. Until then, enjoy our pictures on shutterfly: http://emilyandjoepictures.shutterfly.com/