We can tick Sydney off the list. We arrived home from Sydney yesterday (friday) after being there for a week. We took a ferry to Manly Island, explored the Military reserve (now home of the Biggest Loser - Australia), went to Bondi beach (the side where there are no tan lines and the family side), we ran several mornings in the botanical gardens, went to the zoo, shopping....and yes.....we saw the Opera house. I was not too impressed at first, but on Thurs. we took a tour. That place really does deserve the praise that it gets. It is amazing!!! It is a building within a building. The roof is actually made up of over a million little tiles with 5 varing colors. This allows the building to change from white, to pink, to tan, to yellow. When standing on the side that faces the harbour, it feels like you are on a ships bow. RT actually felt like he was moving. On thurs. night we went to hear the Sydney Philharmonic Ochestra and Choirs perform the Handels Messiah in the Opera House. More on that in a different blog.
We are now back home. We set up our Charlie Brown Christmas tree this morning. The temperature inside of our house is 85 degrees. We heard that West Plains had snow this past week......ahhh must be nice....week......ahhh must be nice....
Thanksgiving in Australia
Bondi Beach
Flowers at Botanical gardens(pic for Dr. Laurie)
sitting in the botanical gardens overlooking the Opera House
2 comments:
glad you had a good vacation. The beach looks beautiful- such clear water.
wow - a picture of Australian horticulture just for me - Thanks - Looks like a great vacation - Now get back to work!!
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