We visited a part of Australia last month, mainly the Blue
Mountains and Sydney. We have a friend who lives down there, so we stayed with
her kind family. Since we love walking in nature, we’ve walked 2 to 3 hours
every day wondering in the canyons and forests while in the Blue Mountains. We
were blessed with the good weather there, and enjoyed every moment in outdoor.
In the Blue Mountains, there are countless waterfalls
everywhere; they come in all different sizes and locations but all of them possess
such beauty.
There were beautiful and colorful cockatoos and parrots in
wild deep in the mountains and near the residential areas. Australian opossums
are everywhere in vicinity near the mountains. They are different from the
cousins in the North America. Australian opossums are, I heard, marsupials. We saw
one big one and the other one was a bit smaller running and chasing on the top
of the friend’s roof one evening. It was hilarious to see them!
On such occasions, we were usually outside cooking on the
BBQ grill or reading or/and chatting on the porch. One lovely evening, we
cooked tender lambs and red-meat kangaroo! It was our first time to eat
kangaroo. Against my previous thought, I became a bit courageous and tried the
meat. Guess what!? It was really good!
Sylvain grilled the meat just perfectly so that it didn’t get tough. He served it
with a succulent sauce with a hint of fruit and spices. The kangaroo meat was
amazingly good, I tell you.
I also tried so-called “Ginger Beer” which, to me, is sweeter
and stronger than normal ginger ale.
In Sydney, we went to meet some koala bears. But they are
not actually bears. They are marsupials similar to Wambat. They usually sleep
more than 20 hours a day!
We visited an astonishing botanical park near the Opera
House which was enjoyable and lovely in the early evening.
Sydney is such a pleasant city. It’s stimulating but with a
good atmosphere.
We saw a just-married couple on front of the Opera House.
During our walk in the City, I found the Louis Vuitton shop.
Its display was uniquely artistic! This one depicts an Australian Crocodile
decorated with the Vuitton’s bags.
One day we had a 30-minute ferry ride to Manly. It’s a
beautiful seaside town with lots of visitors on the beaches.
The water was pretty cold!
This is near the Circular Quay. It’s good walking around
there with lots of small sophisticated shops, galleries, cafes, and
restaurants.
It’s like a huge ship but under there was several restaurants.
The air was light and pleasant.
The view of the Opera House from the Luna Park area at
night. It was simply gorgeous!
It was a heart-warming and truly enjoyable trip! Thanks to
our friends down under!!! One day we shall return there, for sure.
Koala bear is so cute!
ReplyDeleteHi ann, yeap! This koala boy was indeed very cute, acutually all of them!
DeleteYou have incredible photos, they are so wonderful, do you have more of them?
ReplyDeleteHi natti, I love to take pics, but hardly have a time to post... I'm glad you like them! Thanks:)
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