My Australian tour of the coast between Sydney and Melbourne has been one of the best vacations I have ever experienced. There was picturesque scenery, lots of things to do and sociable Australian people.

With numerous car rental sydney and car rental Melbourne alternatives along the coast, renting a vehicle is the best way to make your way around. Car hire companies are eager to help you arrange the tour of your dreams. I found a great deal traveling from Sydney to Melbourne just by doing a quick search online.

After sorting out my car hire, I made my way south from Sydney through Royal National Park. The Grand Pacific Drive is breathtaking. I took my time exploring coastal villages and spent a couple hours in the bustling city of Wollongong before stopping for the night at Jervis Bay.

I took a cruise the next day to see the dolphins that Jervis Bay is renowned for. The immaculate white sand beaches made it extremely difficult to leave given that I am visiting from England. Continuing my journey further south, I managed to pick up some high quality craft items in Tilba Tilba.

I stopped at Mimosa Rocks National Park and swam in the lagoon before stopping at Tathra Beach to watch some surfers and enjoy the beach. That evening I stayed in the classy village of Metung and had a tremendous seafood platter in one of the lakeside restaurants.

Wilsons Promontory National Park is home to extraordinary scenery and an abundance of wildlife such as kangaroos, koalas and wombats. I spent an entire day hiking through eucalypt forests, exploring beaches and coves and climbing on granite mountains.

Next checkpoint was Fish Creek, a tiny, quirky and thriving town with arts and crafts, books and cafes. I took 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 gave me the flexibility and convenience during my trip from Sydney to Melbourne. Next time I may get a car rental in Melbourne and do this trip the other direction!

Hall was frostbitten and severely disoriented due to altitude sickness. Bahadur Sherchan returned a hero to Calgarians. “Mt Everest this year became a political pawn,” he said with some frustration.

With the Chinese preparing for the impending summer Olympic Games, Andrew Brash noted that the government’s actions hardly reflected the Olympic spirit. Now that Min Bahadur Sherchan has successfully scaled the tallest mountain in the world, he is once again ready to focus on his family. “The Chinese weren’t allowing anybody on the Mount Everest. They ended up commandeering it for themselves, even though Everest is shared by two countries. Therefore, 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. Andrew Brash last attempt resulted in the rescue of Lincoln Hall, an Australian climber who was left by his team in the “death zone.”

They flexed their muscles this year all the in name of the Olympic spirit, but it was hardly spirited at all.”

This year French mountaineer Anthony Loeff is reporting the scales for Mount Everest after he reached the top of earlier this year.

More than 3026 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.

The Chinese were flying their airplanes over Chomolungma or Mount Everest and had Chinese officials in Kathmandu. Nepalese climber, 74, oldest mountaineer to reach the summit of Chomolungma Andrew Brash 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.

They basically coerced the Nepali government to not allow any climbers past camp two on the Nepali side. Sherchan just 18 days away from his 77th birthday beat the age record set last year by 71-year-old Japanese teacher Katsusuke Yanagisawa.

Further, he was all too aware of the potential dangers Everest could bring. Certain parts of the climb are more dangerous than others and it is important for climbers to remain focused Min Bahadur Sherchan returned this week from Nepal after successfully climbing to the summit of the Mount Everest. 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 Mount Everest, so it was only fitting that the record for the oldest climber to reach the summit should also belong to a Nepali. The 77-year-old man from Nepal is now the oldest person to have reached the top of Mt Everest. His first found him within 250 metres of the peak when his team stopped to help a fellow mountaineer who was left for dead. One year later, Min Bahadur Sherchan, a University of Calgary alumni, returned to Chomolungma or Mount Everest to finish what he had started.