The Great Pacific Drive

New member in our small family...Our new car Ford Kuga. All of us ...full of excitement....That definately calls for a road trip. WOW...I really love these unplanned road trips.

We all had our own wishes. My wish - a visit to a temple, Next wish from Charvi - beach and the final wish from Sumit - a wonderful drive along the coast.

Sumit came up with a wonderful plan, visit to the Sri Venkateshwar Temple in Helenburg, Next  take the Long Pacific Drive till the Sea Cliff  Bridge and finally, relax on the Stanwell Park Beach. Wow, all credits to Sumit for this amazing road trip plan covering all our wishes :)

As it was a sunny day, we left for our trip after lunch. I packed a few sandwiches and some fried rice for our dinner. After all it was more like a piknik.

First halt - "Sri Venkateshwara Temple" in Helensburg. It is around 1 hour drive and the motorway is just amazing.

This temple looked like an Indian Hindu temple. It is really huge and has many small temples within its premises. For all those people who miss Indian food here in Sydney, there is also a canteen which provides Idli , Dosa, Puri . The temple gives peace to the mind as well as the soul. I was really missing my temple visits here in Sydney.

After spending an hour there, we started for the next destination "The Great Pacific Drive". What a lovely drive. I would say , Its one amongst the best drives in the World. The wonderful Sea Cliff Bridge standing between the mountains and the blue oceans and the clear blue sky.

There is a jogging path running parallel to the bridge. We took a short walk halfway through the bridge to capture different angles and views of the bridge and the mountains and the oceans and the cliff.

After the mesmerising coastal walk, our next destination - Stanwell Park Beach.

This is one amongst the best beaches I liked in Sydney. It is a perfect beach for families as it has a very large reserve for picnic, also for barbecue and all of it just very near to the beach. The best part is, it has a small pond just before the beach which captures some warm water. Hence the best place for kids to enjoy the waters. Australian beaches have chilling cold waters even in really hot sunny days. So, this pond was more like a blessing.

Charvi played some time in the waters, then we took a stroll on the beach. It has really amazing scenic views along the coast. It reminded me of many Bollywood movies with beach side shooting. In fact, it is a wonderful place for that. We had early dinner and then finally left back for Sydney with all these wonderful memories in our heart.