Down Under: October 2007

There's nothing like having a day off work, nothing much on the agenda for the day, and being able to FINALLY sit down and journal about my life! I've been here for over 4 months now, and time has flown! We have 2 more months here and want to make the most of it and see everything we possibly can with no regrets!

One of the most recent excursions was to Syndey, which is a 'must' for anyone visiting Australia (in my opinion!). We bought our plane tickets last minute, and had 3 nights, 4 days there. It is a gorgeous city, surrounded by water, boats, and picturesque views from any direction! The first day we got there, we visited Darling Harbour - a beautiful small harbour surrounded by cafes and shops. We went to the Syndey Aquarium - awesome, and then went to Sydney tower where we took an elevator to the top for 360 ' views of the city at sunset. The next day we visited Bondi Beach and took a walk from Bondi to Bronte beach. That was also unforgettable! We took a bus to Watson's Bay for more amazing views and then took the ferry back to Circular Quay in the downtown district. We walked around some more, took in Sydney Opera house, and had some great seafood. We shopped, which was hilarious because I would leave the hotel and say "I'm not carrying around anything today!", and 2 hrs later we would have bags on each arms that we would then have to lug around for the rest of the day. Ridiculous! We went to Sydney Olympic Park, and really wished we could go to the Beijing Olympics. Then the highlight of the trip was climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge at sunset! We saw the city as the sun went down, and then saw it during the hustle and bustle of rush hour with the city lights! Our last day we took a train to the Blue Mountains (about 3 hrs from Sydney) and hiked around before taking the train back to the city. We had to make it to the airport to catch our flight back to Brisbane! It was a jam-packed few days, and it was fanstasic (the Aussie's love that word)!