Vacation to the Beach suggestions

Hi everyone....This is the easiest way I knew to get a(hopefully) some help with vacation plans. We want to go to the beach either in N.Carolina (southern) or S. Carolina. BUT we are hoping that some of you know of a location that is not quite so heavily congested with tourists. We have been to Nags Head, and Myrtle Beach, loved them both, but a lot of people. I have heard of Ocean Isle S. Carlolina, anyone familiar with it? If anyone has any ideas for us please let me know. Thanks for you help. Chris

Tour of the Opera House

And the last out of order post (grrr!!!) are some pics of our tour of the Sydney Opera House.

The vast majority of wood used in the SOH is native Australian woods (from the Eucalyptus family)

This is the interior of the main Concert Hall (the biggest shell)

Looking out of the SOH from the foyer of the main concert hall. The glass in the SOH is from France. It has special non-reflective properties.

View of the other shells. The tiles are not all white. Some are cream colored. They are self cleaning--hmmm, can they be purchased for home installation?

Another view of the tiles (and the gorgeous Sydney skies)

This is looking out at the Harbor Bridge from the Theater shell.

Another view of the shells, this makes them appear all white. I love the gleaming sunlight!

Taking a break on the steps with my favorite gals!!

Mark and his devoted daughters!

Looking eastward from the same steps toward Centennial Gardens.

Many Thanks to the Calder Family (minus Xavier-he was with his grandparents) (our hosts who prepared dinner for us on Friday and escorted us around Olympic Park and taught us how to play cricket!!)

Thanks to Johnno and Patty for their suggestions on what to do in Sydney! We didn't get to all of them, so shucks, I guess we'll have to schedule another trip! What a pity!!

More Pics from Sydney

Here are some pics from our (Audrey and Lori's) trip to the SydneyAquarium.

Happy New Year!! (Darn these posts are out of order)

We took off on the 29th for our next Australian Adventure!! Our destination this time? Sydney for the New Year's Eve Fireworks!! It was also Emily's 16th Birthday! Here are some pics of our time in Sydney. We went to Olympic Park (remember that Sydney hosted The Best Games Ever in 2000). Saw the world class first to bring in the New Year fireworks. Mark and Emily went Whitewater rafting (at the Olympic Course), sorry no pics of that. Audrey and I went to the Sydney Aquarium. We had a tour of the Opera House. To get around we purchased a Travel Pass and rode the city trains and used the harbor ferries (bonus: saw lots of the harbor!)

Now for the pics from NYE!