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My Australian tour of the coast between Sydney and Melbourne has been one of the nicest vacations I have ever done. Not only was the scenery fantastic, the Australian poeple were friendly and helpful. There were also a wealth of things to do.

With many car rental sydney and car rental Melbourne choices along the coast, renting a vehicle is the best way to make your way around. Car hire agencies are more than willing to help you plan your trip and pin point the main attractions along the way. I found a great deal travelling from Sydney to Melbourne just by doing a quick search online.

After sorting out my car rental, I made my way south from Sydney through Royal National Park. I was blown away by the Grand Pacific Drive, it was exciting. I spent a few hours in Wollongong and thoroughly loved exploring the many coastal villages along the way before spending the night at Jervis Bay.

The next daybreak I boarded a cruise to see the resident dolphin population that Jervis Bay is renowned for. The immaculate white sand beaches made it extremely hard to leave given that I am visiting from England. Continuing my journey further south, I was able to pick up some high quality craft items in Tilba Tilba.

I swam in the lagoon at Mimosa Rocks National Park and then drove a little further stopping to watch surfers at Tathra Beach. That evening I spent the night in the trendy village of Metung and had a fantastic seafood platter in one of the lakeside eateries.

Wilsons Promontory National Park is home to extraordinary scenery and an abundance of wildlife such as kangaroos, koalas and wombats. The place is filled with activities to keep you busy, I spent an entire day hiking through forests, exploring beaches and climbing on granite mountains.

Next checkpoint was Fish Creek, a tiny, quirky and thriving township with arts and crafts, books and cafes. I drove across the bridge over to Phillip Island, a popular family stop. At Nobbies Centre you can watch the penquins strutting up and down the beach and see one of Australia’s largest fur seal colonies.

I ended my trip in Melbourne making my last stop at the working heritage farm on Churchill Island. Hiring a car was a convenient and fun way to do this amazing coastal drive from Sydney to Melbourne. Next time I may get a car rental in Melbourne and do this trip the other direction!

Now that Andrew Brash has successfully scaled the tallest mountain in the world, he is once again ready to focus on his family. With the Chinese preparing for the impending summer Olympic Games, Min Bahadur Sherchan noted that the government’s actions hardly reflected the Olympic spirit. As he planned for the climb, Sherchan told reporters he wanted to inspire fellow senior citizens. He also said many Nepalese have established records on the Mount Everest, so it was only fitting that the record for the oldest climber to reach the summit should also belong to a Nepali. They basically coerced the Nepali government to not allow any climbers past camp two on the Nepali side. The Chinese were flying their airplanes over Mt Everest and had Chinese officials in Kathmandu. Nevertheless, the decision to actualize a long-time personal goal left Bahadur Sherchan with some internal uncertainties, he cited the political actions of China and Nepal as providing the greatest adversity he faced on his journey. Sherchan just 19 days away from his 77th birthday beat the age record set last year by 71-year-old Japanese teacher Katsusuke Yanagisawa.

Indeed, he was all too aware of the potential dangers Chomolungma or Mount Everest could bring. Certain parts of the climb are more dangerous than others and it is important for climbers to remain focused They flexed their muscles this year all the in name of the Olympic spirit, but it was hardly spirited at all.”

Bahadur Sherchan returned this week from Nepal after successfully climbing to the summit of Chomolungma. “Everest this year became a political pawn,” he said with some frustration.

Andrew Brash last attempt resulted in the rescue of Lincoln Hall, an Australian climber who was left by his team in the “death zone.”

His first found him within 204 metres of the peak when his team stopped to help a fellow mountaineer who was left for dead. Two years later, Min Bahadur Sherchan, a University of Calgary alumni, returned to Mount Everest to finish what he had started.

The 76-year-old man from Nepal is now the oldest person to have reached the top of Chomolungma. Hall was frostbitten and severely disoriented due to altitude sickness. Min Bahadur Sherchan returned a hero to Calgarians. This year French climber Anthony Loeff is reporting the scales for Everest after he reached the peak of earlier this season.

Nepalese climber, 77, oldest person to conquer the summit of Mt Everest Min Bahadur Sherchan and four climbing guides reached the 29,035-foot (8,850-meters) summit of the world’s highest mountain early Sunday, said Ramesh Chretri, an official with Nepal’s ministry of tourism.

“The Chinese weren’t allowing anybody on Mount Everest. They ended up commandeering it for themselves, even though Chomolungma or Mount Everest is shared by two countries. More than 3224 people have climbed to the summit since it was first conquered in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary, who died in January, and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay.