But SO FREAKING CUTE!
Today I took a tour to the Blue Mountains, which is about an hour away from the city. What a great trip! Jed was our tour guide, and he was awesome: "Come to Australia! Everything will kill ya!"
First, we stopped at the Featherdale Wildlife Center. I fed the kangaroos and pet a koala and a walabee (wallabbe? Whitney, spelling?) - they are ridiculously cute, I think I said aww about every 3 seconds, pretty much whenever they moved, or breathed... My head almost exploded by the cuteness. Perfect start to the day. Then, we headed to the Mountains. They're "Blue" b/c the eucalyptus trees emit this gas that turns the surrounding atmostphere blue - they don't look blue up close, but from far away really are blue! I couldn't get a good blue photo, but here's one from Google:
It was really foggy up at the top unfortunately, so the pics didn't really turn out from up there. We hiked to the bottom, which is actually a rainforest - it doesn't sound that hard, but it's more than 1000 steps down! By the end, I was sweating like crazy... I probably smelled as delicious as the koalas and kangaroos! Once we got to the bottom, we took the steepest railway in the world to get back up - it was almost completely vertical, it was fun! Here's a pic of the Three Sisters- mine wouldn't load so I stole this from Google:
After spending about 2 hours there, we had lunch and then went down to Tizzana Winery. It was really nice! We tasted about 5 different wines, and learned about how the winery started - the guy married a nun and was chased out of Sydney! Whoops... so they started a vineyard, and the rest is history...
We had a little extra time after our tour, so Jed the Bus Driver (as he likes to refer to himself as) took us to the Sydney Olympic Park - it was really cool! It was slightly strange, though - I felt like there should be hundreds of people around, and it was eerily quiet. The structures were pretty, though (from Google):
He also taught us how to throw a boomerang - I suck! From there, it was on to the Ferry that took us back to Sydney. Now I'm headed back up to my room to pack up all my stuff - my trip is coming to an end! How sad... I can't believe it's almost over! I can't complain, though - it's been nothing but amazing. And I'm sure I'll be back soon enough...
Today I took a tour to the Blue Mountains, which is about an hour away from the city. What a great trip! Jed was our tour guide, and he was awesome: "Come to Australia! Everything will kill ya!"
First, we stopped at the Featherdale Wildlife Center. I fed the kangaroos and pet a koala and a walabee (wallabbe? Whitney, spelling?) - they are ridiculously cute, I think I said aww about every 3 seconds, pretty much whenever they moved, or breathed... My head almost exploded by the cuteness. Perfect start to the day. Then, we headed to the Mountains. They're "Blue" b/c the eucalyptus trees emit this gas that turns the surrounding atmostphere blue - they don't look blue up close, but from far away really are blue! I couldn't get a good blue photo, but here's one from Google:
It was really foggy up at the top unfortunately, so the pics didn't really turn out from up there. We hiked to the bottom, which is actually a rainforest - it doesn't sound that hard, but it's more than 1000 steps down! By the end, I was sweating like crazy... I probably smelled as delicious as the koalas and kangaroos! Once we got to the bottom, we took the steepest railway in the world to get back up - it was almost completely vertical, it was fun! Here's a pic of the Three Sisters- mine wouldn't load so I stole this from Google:
After spending about 2 hours there, we had lunch and then went down to Tizzana Winery. It was really nice! We tasted about 5 different wines, and learned about how the winery started - the guy married a nun and was chased out of Sydney! Whoops... so they started a vineyard, and the rest is history...We had a little extra time after our tour, so Jed the Bus Driver (as he likes to refer to himself as) took us to the Sydney Olympic Park - it was really cool! It was slightly strange, though - I felt like there should be hundreds of people around, and it was eerily quiet. The structures were pretty, though (from Google):
He also taught us how to throw a boomerang - I suck! From there, it was on to the Ferry that took us back to Sydney. Now I'm headed back up to my room to pack up all my stuff - my trip is coming to an end! How sad... I can't believe it's almost over! I can't complain, though - it's been nothing but amazing. And I'm sure I'll be back soon enough...
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