Published on Feb, 2025
Steve (the “Original Steve”) is a great tour guide with extensive experience with leading tours. Although he is a native, he spent many years in Ecuador, leading a rafting company. He speaks fluent Spanish, English and “Australian’.
Symbio wildlife park is an outstanding destination where you can hand-feed Kangaroos and Wallabies. The best part of our trip was getting into the park before it opened, because otherwise, there are HUNdREdS of screaming children there.
We got a personal encounter with multiple Koalas, and were allowed to pet them. The exhibits are all spotless, and you can tell the care they take with this park. The animals didn’t appear too stressed and had ample places to hide if they didn’t want to be surrounded with screaming children.
This park was the highlight of my trip to Sydney.
We also visited Bald Hill and watched hang gliders launch off the cliff and down to Bulli beach below. We traveled along the scenic coastline on the sea cliff bridge, had a great lunch (that included a soda, beer or wine with your meal)
We then ventured into Australias oldest National Park; Morton National Parl and viewed the Fitzroy falls and caught a glimpse of a superb lyrebird and heard its (multiple) songs.
One silly part of the tour is a drive through the town of Robertson, where you can view their kitschy “Big Potato,” an homage to the potato’s Ro Weston is known for.
Finally, the last stop was Centennial Winery in Bowrel, where we tasted multiple wines that were paired with crackers, dried fruit and cheese.
On the way home, Steve pulled off the main road to show us a mob of wild Kangaroos. We also saw multiple wild birds, including Cockatoos, gollahs and Rosellas along the way.
This was an outstanding trip, and we all enjoyed Steve’s narration and expertise.
