A first trip ‘round the world, part 58

The days were getting longer, the snow was changing fast and spring was definitely in the air. Gérard had arrived three months earlier at Mt. Buller and even though that would seem like a short season by Northern Hemisphere standards, that was the second in a row that we had gone through that same year, and most of us had seen enough of winter! 

As salaries were paid weekly, both Gérard and Marcel ended instructing on that weekend and went down Melbourne where they finalized their return trip, rented a car that they would drop in Sydney. 

Since they had not driven for a few months, Marcel recalls that he was a bit shocked when he realized that the steering wheel was on the right and he had to drive on the left (wrong) side of the road: 

“Surprisingly it wasn’t that bad” said Marcel, “ I got used to it much faster than I had imagined!” They choose to travel through the major New South Wales ski resorts and meandered between Thredbo, Perisher, Mt Kosiuko and finally made it to Canberra, the Federal Capital, as spring season was returning in full force. 

Gérard had kept fond memories of that city, in particular its beautiful Parliament building. There, our friends both spent a night at one of Marcel’s clients home.

Gérard also recalls the whole trip between Melbourne and Sydney: “I still can picture crossing beautiful forests on unpaved trails with their vivid colors, all all these kangaroos coming out from all places. We had a blast!” 

They finally got to Sydney on September 20, and decided to visit the iconic city.