Saturday, December 13, 2008

Final Family Visit Post-I promise

The last four days we toured the sights in and around Sydney.  We had incredible weather and took advantage of it with a coastal walk from Tamarama Beach to Bondi Beach.

My brother found this perfect La-Z-Boy spot carved out of the rock.  

Another family photo.
We took a trip to Featherdale Wildlife Park and found this very chilled out koala there.  
We didn't seem to disturb this koala at all.  It just slept right through the photo shoot.  
This was as close as I got to the kangaroos that day and I stayed this close long enough for the photo.  Most of you know I am not a huge animal fan and minutes before a kangaroo had leapt into the air and kicked a sweet Chinese woman in the shoulder.  These are cute animals but not when their feet are flying towards your face.  
This one seemed more interested in his cone than us.  
My dad and brother climbed all 1400 steps of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
They had an incredible view from the top.  
In the meantime, Mom, Damon and I took a ferry to my favorite bay, Mosman Bay.  
While we were on the other side of the harbour we took a few more pics from this new vantage point.  

We also spent a lot of time down at Circular Quay where Dad made a new friend.  
We took a stroll through the Royal Botanical Gardens.  
We stayed at the Quay from morning.....
until night
but we had a wonderful time!
Thanks for coming to visit us guys!  10 days and 2500 pictures later we feel like we experienced more of this great country and were blessed to have shared the memories with you.  

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love seeing your pictures & reading your comments. It gives Dad & Me a view of what you have been able to experience.

Love Mom

Lisa Beth Hutchins said...

Amy, I'm finally caught up on your blog. It looks like you had an amazing adventure with your family. Too much fun!

OK Chick said...

The second to last picture is great. I love Australia.

Rachel said...

your photos are amazing! Love that black and white--unbelievable!
And that family photo on the rocks is screaming Christmas photo!
Love it!
Rachel

Anonymous said...

How fun is that?! How much longer are you guys in Australia? It looks beautiful!