(Not finished) Kiama blowhole
Didn't do much yesterday. Today we (Cynthia, Cailene, Angela, Sunny, and a friend of Cynthia's) went to Wollongong and Kiama, a bit south of Sydney. A two-hour train ride. I got to the train on time, but the...
Category: Animals
Cairns: Kuranda and Botanical Garden
We got up early (4:45 a.m.) because we had to leave early to get to our destination on time. We saw a lot of bats! After a bit of a delay, we left around 5:35 a.m. I fell asleep again in the car. At Smithfield Terminal…
Cairns: Crocodiles and Rainforest
In the morning, I went to "The Hat House," a shop owned by the mother of a friend of ours. It was quite a nice shop, with all sorts of artwork, plants, hats, of course, and souvenirs. I have a crocodile magnet with a place name on it...
Cairns: Tablelands Roadtrip
Cynthia and Cailene were the first to wake up, so they went ahead and picked up the car we'd rented for the next few days. Around 10 a.m., we checked out of the hostel and had breakfast at a small restaurant: Japanese…
Cairns: snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef
Early morning, early morning, around 4 a.m. We'd left a little late, so we walked briskly to the train, with a bit of a sprint at the end. We made it, though it wouldn't have been a disaster if we had to catch the next one...
Photo hunt at Royal Botanical Gardens
After a quick wash, I went to the Royal Botanical Gardens around 1 p.m. There, Cynthia and Angela joined me in a Photosoc photo hunt. There were about six groups in total, around 30 people.
Tour guide day 3: market, museum, gardens and drone show
Went to Glebe Markets this morning with the family. We had a great time browsing the stalls and picked up some gozleme for breakfast at one of the stalls: a kind of tortilla with cheese, spinach, and chicken, yum. Dad enthusiastically took pictures of a…
Tour guide day 2: Manly, Opera House and Chinatown
At 10 a.m., the little ones were at my place, all of us taking the bus to Circular Quay (pronounced like the English "key"). Mom isn't used to buses, I noticed, haha. We took the ferry to Manly. That ferry goes...
Taronga Zoo
Went to another zoo, but this time it was organized by the USU (university student union) and more of a "general" zoo with a less specifically Australian focus than the Featherdale wildlife park. I joined a few random people...
Featherdale Wildlife Park
Went to Blacktown with the same group (Cynthia, Cailene, Sunny, Angela), a neighborhood further west in Sydney. The house and street style felt a bit American. We had a cheese toastie there and watched the police arrest that was happening next door...