A few of my favorite things

So I think I left my heart in Sydney. Part of me still feels like I'm there. Similar to when I came home from my very first New York trip, I immediately came home and wished I'd never left. Suddenly flying over sunny California wasn't so sweet as it once was. And nowhere near as beautiful as Australia.

Next time I go back (yes there will be a next time--someday) I will not book through a silly travel agent (no qantas vacations) and I will spend more time in Sydney. We were only in Syd for 4 nights, and we had 3 tours while we were there. Saw the Blue Mountains (what we could with the rain/fog) the village of Leura, and the Featherdale Wildlife Park. I could never tire of spending time up close with the native animals/wildlife of Oz. Also had a short city tour of Sydney and a backstage tour of the Opera House.

I'm going to spend some time going through the hundreds of pics we have of our two weeks down under and prepare an apple book photo album, but here are a few pics of random places.

Here's a shot of me over the Darling Harbor bridge with a bit of Sydney in the background. We had RAIN in Sydney more than any other place we visited in the country.



A shot of what is called "The Gap" an entrance into the Sydney "hah bah" :)




Susie and I up at Barron Falls in the Kuranda Village (near Cairns)




I got about 35 minutes at Bondi Beach in Sydney during my City Sights tour. The sun came out for a short while the afternoon of my last full day in Sydney. Just in time for me to capture a few beautiful shots. (more to come later).




A good shot of a crater looking thing at Uluru (Ayers Rock)



And one of my fave shots of the birds and I at Birdworld/Kuranda. The orange-y bird is my new friend, a sun Conure or something like that. He stayed on my shoulder for an hour and was incredibly sweet/friendly. The other bird, is obviously a parrot. Just like the one my uncle used to have. :)



I'll post more pics soon. Sleep is starting to catch up with me. I'm glad to be home safely and back with all my friends/family but there is NO other place like Australia. :)