Sydney

We stayed the night in Sydney on the way back from Hawaii.

Had a great dinner at Pendolino, an Italian restaurant in the Strand Arcade on the Saturday night.

If Melbournian's look alike out on the town, then Sydney people are all identical!! I've never seen so many people all dressed up the same!!! There were 2 options for girls - tiny outfits with tight tops and really short skirts with extra strappy shoes, or long flowing ground length dresses.

We spendt Sunday wondering around - here are a few pics














Hawaii

We spent a week on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, we went for Benn and Julie's wedding and stayed on for the rest of the week.

They got married at the Ihilani Resort and Spa at Ko Olina.

The Ko Olina resort area has a golf course, marina, villas, 2 hotels/resorts, and 4 man made lagoons. We stayed at the Beach Club Resort, 2 lagoons down from the Ihilani


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Here is a Google satellite image of the Beach Club resort


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One HUGE truck - although I'm pretty sure this wasn't the biggest we saw. There is the Ram - a Chrysler/Dodge monstrosity


There are 2 pools at the Ihilani - one with 2 sharks and one with sting rays!!



Morning at the Beach Club


In the pool


Breakfast - in order to avoiding eating too much crap we had HUGE breakfasts and no lunch. There weren't many options for eating at the Beach Club that didn't involve something grilled, fried, or coated in cheese


Mr President? Batman?


View from our room


Sunset from our room





Dinner at Ihilani at Napupaka Terrace








Breakfast again


The beach


On the boat heading out for snorkeling


The resort from the sea


Reid on the boat




Dolphins






At the Fia Fia






Soldiers returned from Iraq receiving medals






Out for a blast in a Mustang convertible


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At the Hawaiian Pro surfing competition, the first in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing at Haleiwa beach. The waves weren't so big, but apparently the week before they had been huge!
















Shrimp from a roadside shrimp shack


Out for birthday dinner at Roy's a Hawaiian fusion restaurant


I attempted to get a good shot of one of these birds (Cardinal) so many times - but they move way to fast and I wasn't nearly patient enough




Reid floating in the lagoon


Cocktails on the lawn










Last night - dinner at Chucks at the Beach Club