Blue Mountains and Jenolan

the 27th of the 4th

On Wednesday, we were picked up by Barry and driven to Jenolan caves, where he works. On the way there we stopped in the Blue Mountains and took the scenic road.
We went down the valley on a little train - the world's steepest railway! 45 degrees. Then we had a walk around the rainforest and saw a couple of lyrebirds running around.

sweet view

In the rain forest

The first kangaroos I saw living in the wild! Wallabies to be correct actually.

Possom feeding on a bin

In the cave

Sydney: day two

the 26th of the 4th

On the second and last day in Sydney, we were on our own.
We took a bus to the centre and somewhere there we found Chinese gardens.

We wandered around Darling harbour when we spotted a sushi bar. As I have never had sushi before, we decided to give it a go. It was pretty cheap actually, but we only bought a little package, in case we would not like it.

It was fairly tasty. It was salmon sushi and I think I don't have to explain that the salmon was raw. Some people may sa ew, some say yum. I'm in between. Maybe next time I'll go for something less cool as avocado or cucumber sushi.

Then we went to the Sydney Aquarium. We had a 3-hour walk around, saw some sharks and other fish. It was pretty cool, but full of people! Lots of kids and noise.

sorry for the blurriness

Jellyfish

Stingray

After we've done aquarium it was quite late in the afternoon. Our host Dr. Julia compelled us to go on a ferry earlier that day and so we went. We took a ferry to Manly and back as it got dark. Manly is a pretty holiday-like place with a beach and actually very warm water, regarding that it is autumn now in Aussie. Below a couple more pictures of the Opera house.

Sydney at night

Sydney: day one

the 25th of the 4th

On Monday Australians celebrate the Anzac Day. They celebrate their defeat (!) to the Turks in 1915. Strange as it is, the celebrations are huge. They have a parade - usually descendants of the people fighting in Anzac. The streets were full of people watching and clapping.

Anzac Day parade

Victoria Park

Birdie

Somewhere on George St

Little scavenger

We went for a walk around the Sydney University Campus, took a "shortcut" through Victoria park and ended up hiking the George street, which is the main one.








Finally, we made it to the Circular Quay, where the ferries park. It's near the famous Opera house.


We also had a little walk through the Botanic Gardens - pretty place, and it would be even prettier if it wasn't raining. Although it was only 4 o'clock the jet lag was overwhelming so there was no other choice then go to bed.

The bats living on a tree

The people taking care of the gardens are actually trying to get rid of these bats. Appearently, they are causing quite a bit of damage to the trees they live on. It took 5 years to approve of their method, which should not harm the bats at all. They are trying to scare them off by waking them up during the day, hoping they will find some other place to live.

Itinerary

This is my travel route
The stops are:
Home
Budapest Airport
Sydney
Jenolan Caves in Blue Mountains
Wombeyan Caves
Wee Jasper
Canberra
Adelaide
Naracoorte
Mount Gambier
Melbourne
Launceston, Tasmania
Melbourne
Home

SouthEastern Australia

Newbie

Hello to everyone who is reading this.
I have never had a blog so this is all new for me. Im planning to blog about... well I don't really know.
In the first few weeks I'll probably be writing about Australia, as that's where I'm going on Saturday to spend lovely three weeks there!

x
Katarina