The ANZAC memorial in Hyde Park. It was really beautiful and quiet inside. And it was a really warm day too! I didn't need a jacket for most of it. Which, now that I am in Adelaide, is extremely rare.
A fountain in Hyde Park. It had a lot of great sculptures around it. Including little fish and turtles that were spouting out lots of water.
My FIRST Bundaberg Ginger Beer. Much more refreshing than Jamaican ginger beer. We drank it for lunch in the park and I felt compelled to document the occasion. This was moments before I made the mistake of causing throwing a piece of bread I didn't want away, only to find myself surrounded by more than 20 very hungry birds. It seemed as though it was either me, or the bread.
Some of the Botanical Gardens in Sydney. And by some , I mean only one of the MANY photos I took. Since this was one of the few landscape shots and the rest were of plants or flowers, I decided to go with one that would set the mood.
I did find this photograph crazy. Up in almost all the high trees of the botanical gardens were little shrieking flying foxes. Hundreds of them. If I didn't think they were cute, I might have been grossed out. They were so loud, they drowned out even the sounds of the nearby highway. If you've heard one bat, times that by more than 2oo. That's what is sounded like.
As we were taking a walk on Mrs. Macquaries Point, just past the gardens, I came upon the view in the late afternoon sun. Having the sun set at 5pm was NOT okay. It still isn't okay. The sun is rising when I get up and setting by the time I leave work. I'm warning everyone now, if I get back to the States and want to sit in a tanning bed all day, it's just because I haven't seen much of the sun in almost a year. By the time I see it again...it will have a been a year and a half.But otherwise? Australia is great. Though everything that was such a novelty before is merely mundane. Except for things like Tim Tams. And kangaroos.
The Sydney CBD (or downtown as you might call it. It stands for 'Central Business District.' Pretty intuitive). It's a pretty view from the gardens.
Shannon and I from the end of the point overlooking Port Jackson. We finished the day off with a trip to the Opera House, but declined taking a tour, because after all that walking we were pretty buggered.
That didn't stop us from taking a million photographs though. This is just one of the Opera House that I particularly enjoy. Though, theres about 10 others I could have bored you with.After we went back to our hostel at Central Station, we went and met up with Shannon's friend from home, Steven. He took us out to the Rocks to this place called 'Pancakes on the Rocks.' Not only is it open 24 hours, it serves pancakes and crepes, all kinds! Sweet and savory. It was great and it was a fun night minus the part where we got lost on the train and had an hour delay. I was STARVING by the time we to to tea (tea meaning dinner or supper here....forgive me for trying to assimilate).
After a Starbucks to round out our evening, it was an early night.
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