Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4527

Well, I finally crossed a state border... crossing the ACT/NSW one doesnt count when u LIVE on the border. And going to Victoria just doesnt count... well, I dont think so anyway! lol! So anyway, after sleeping in and having my brother in law drive back to his place to call me so that i'd wake up and get ready, we finally hit the canberra airport and i still had plenty of time. I managed to get myself towards the back of the plane... but as close to the front i could get (i love being near the front of the plane!) I went with Qantas on the really early morning fligth and it was great.. i watched a small documentaries on penguins and then a weird show on how this kid loved aussie rules (wat ... read more

The blue mountains are just out of Sydney and we went for a day trip there. Sorry the pictures aren't that great because it was a little cloudy. The reason they are called the Blue Mountains are because the blue eucalyptus trees tint the mist blue, its far prettier in person. We went hiking and saw a bunch of beautiful waterfalls and cliffs. The main attraction in the blue mountains is the Three Sisters. The Aboriginal story behind them is that there were tribes, one of which had three beautiful sisters, and the other with three brothers who had their eye on them. A war broke out and the shaman of the sister's tribe turned them into stone to protect them, but died in battle, so they remained that way forever. ... read more

naapurit rupes riehuun tänään puutarhassa vasta kymmeneltä, mutta nämä reippaan suomalaistytöthän heräs jo kahdeksan jälkiin :D päätettiin sit lähtee katteleen kiinalaista puutarhaa. Mäkään en oo sitä viel nähny! :) se oli aivan ihana! siellä oli niin kaunista ja rauhallista. vaikkei se kovin iso ollu, niin kyllä me saatiin siellä aika hyvin kuluun kuvatessa. Sieltä ois voinnu vuokrata kiinalaiset prinsessa puvut puolekstunniks ja kuvata itteensä ympäri puutarhaa. Oltas haluttu tehdä niin, mut sit ois pitäny olla joku kolmas kuvaamassa meitä. se ois ollu ihan tyhmää ottaa kaikki kuvat yksin! sit siinä vieressä oli joku festival indonesia. Käytiin siellä sit vähän pörräämässä ja kattelemassa mitä ne touhuaa. siellä sellanen yks ihana pikkutyttö laulo jotain mitä me ei ymmärretty. Sit aateltiin käydä vähän maisteleen kiinalaista ruokaakin, kun kerta oltiin käyty kiinalaisessa puutarhassa... read more

It takes 1,439 stairs to reach the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The recommended Bridge Climb Tour gets you there and it provides for an ultimate view of Sydney along with informative and interesting facts as you chill at the top. For example, one of the workers had fallen off during construction, he landed in the water, pin drop position but the impact was so intense that it embedded the soles of his work boots into his feet. Fascinating. Anyhow, seeing the city from that view enabled me to get a full city tour at a glance...the Opera House, Lunar Park, even Russell Crowe's 14 million dollar condo, not that he lives here, but so the Gladiator has a comfy place to stay when he visits his home country. Sydney has been an absolute pleasure ... read more

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