2013 Travel in Review

This is now my third year of doing reviews (2011 and 2012), and I think I've had a pretty big year. In fact we went on a trip somewhere every month except November.

January 2013
Started with a visit from DHs family and lunch at both Bills and Barrenjoey House

I took a family trip to Hawaii and Las Vegas, including a stay at the Cosmopolitan, dinner at Serendipity 3, dinner at Roys, Dinner at Lawry's Prime Rib and brunch at Mon Ami Gabi  at the end of the month

February 2013
We celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary in Newcastle

March 2013
We spent Easter and DH's birthday at the stunning Wolgan Valley

April 2013
I celebrated my sisters birthday with a girls lunch at Jamie Olivers

May 2013
We had dinner at Bell's at Killcare

I did the Nike She Runs 10K, so we stayed at the Blue at Woolloomolloo and breakfast at the Boy Charlton Pool Cafe

June 2013
We spent a night at The Darling and had dinner at Sokyo

July 2013
DH went to visit family in the Cook Islands and my sister, mother and I had a nice weekend at Spicers in the Hunter Valley

August 2013
We went to the Bledisloe Cup match in Sydney and stayed at the new QT, Sydney

September 2013
We ran the Blackmore's Sydney Half marathon and stayed at the Hilton

October 2013
Off to Africa, including:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Tangerine National Park, Tanzania

Lake Manyara National Park, TanzaniaSerengeti, TanzaniaNgorongoro Crater, TanzaniaGreater Kruger, South AfricaMarakele National Park, South AfricaKhama Rhino Sanctuary, BotswanaMaun, BotswanaOkavango Delta, BotswanaMakgadikgadi Pans, Nata, BotswanaChobe National Park, BotswanaVictoria Falls, ZimbabweLivingstone Island and The Devil's Pool, Zambia


December 2013
Melbourne for work

Lunch at Newcastle beach

A birthday lunch for me at Iceberg's Bondi Beach

Finishing of the year with a trip to Philadelphia, Washington DC, and a midnight run in Central Park - posts to follow in the new year!

Travel by Ruins

We've been to a number of historic ruin sites over the years and have a few on our wish list to go to still.

Machu Picchu

Ollantaytambo

Rapa Nui/Easter Island

Angkor Wat

Some of those high on our wish list:

Petra

Egyptian Pyramids

Rome

Chichen Itza

Travel by Island

We've been to a number of Islands in our travels. They also seem to be high on my wish list. And while we live on one big Island (Australia), I'm looking at places that you would typically think of when I say Island.

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Mauke, Cook Islands

Wilson Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Hawaii, USA

Lord Howe Island, Australia

Rapa Nui/Easter Island

Papeete, Tahiti

Moorea, Tahiti

Sombrero Chino, Galapagos, Ecuador

White Island, New Zealand

Some of those high on my wish list?

Kangaroo Island, Australia

The Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island

Palau

Maldives

The Anantara Kihavah Villas

Travel by view

We've been lucky to travel to many locations where the view just takes your breath away...

Doubtful Sound, NZ

Waiheke Island, NZ

Yoesmite, USA

Moorea, French Polynesia

Plitvice Lake, Croatia

2012 Travel's In Review

So 2012 wasn't as big a travel year as 2011, but it did start off with a bang..

January 2012
We finished 2011 in South America and our trip there continued through January.

Machu Picchu, Peru (New Years Day)
Cusco, Peru
Colca Canyon, Peru
Arequipa, Peru
Nazca, Peru
Paracas, Peru
Lima, Peru
Galapogos, Equador
Quito, Equador
Iguazu Falls, Brazil and Argentina
Santiago, Chile
Rapanui/Easter Island
Papeete, Tahiti
Moorea, Tahiti

February 2012
We kept it local for our five year anniversary, spending the day eating at Peats Bite, NSW

April 2012
We spent the Easter long weekend snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef on Wilson Island, Queensland

June/July 2012
We once again visited the Cook Islands, starting in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, including the Cross Island Track, then heading off to one of the smaller outer Islands Mauke, Cook Islands.

September 2012
While based in Melbourne, Victoria for work, DH came down for a weekend.

October 2012
Not one's to stay at home when we can get away, we visited Hobart and it's surrounds in October.

Hobart, Tasmania, including MONA
Port Arthur, Tasmania
Tasman Island, Tasmania

Followed by a quick trip to Brisbane, Queensland for the rugby.

December 2012
Saw us celebrate my birthday by a home stay in Sydney



Okay, when I put it all together, it's not a bad effort for 2012....what was your year like?

Thanks for reading my posts this year, hears to great travels in 2013!