My parents have been to and gone from Australia now! They left earlier today, flying to Singapore on their way back to the UK. Dawn & I head back to the UK next week, and a few days later fly to Spain for the official honeymoon.
After the 2nd reception we spent a few days on the “Sunshine” Coast - it rained most of the time but it was a good time. Then we drove from north of Brisbane down to Sydney (or rather, I did all the driving). We stopped at a couple of places - Ballina and Port Macquarie on this 1000+ km drive. The first couple of nights were spent in Glebe - an area I spent quite a bit of time in about 5-6 years ago while on a working holiday, and now we’re staying with Dawn’s sister further out of the city.
We’re enjoying our time in Sydney, and for me it’s good to be back here after 5 years! We are currently considering me applying for an Australian spouse visa and coming to live here next year, quite a bit earlier than we originally intended. It’s a long process requiring a lot of things. We’ve also not decided where to live in Australia if I get granted a visa (and we decide to go for this), though it will be likely to be either New South Wales or Victoria.