See all my teeth?

Piper on the pillows

Piper was just goofing on the pillows, so I snapped and snapped - I think this one is so cute!

Put another shrimp on the Barbe

Okay, so we had BBQ hamburgers, not shrimp - Allen and Rick barbecued hamburgers.
Thanks Misty and Rick for a great meal on our last night.

Along our coastal walk -

Bondi Beach

This is the most famous beach in Australia - Bondi Beach - gorgeous!

The view from our room

Look at the smirk on Piper's face - what a character!

BATS!! Flying Foxes - thousands of them

In the Botanical Garden Kym and I found bats hanging from all the trees - we had seen them fly from Misty and Rick's apartment by the thousands - these are large flying foxes. I got so excited when I saw them hanging in the trees. I have never seen anything like it. We had to walk Allen and Misty back to the park on another day just to see them - so interesting to watch. Who knew I liked bats?

The Sydney Opera House

I must have taken 50 shots of the opera house - it is an amazing structure.

Mrs. McQuaire's Chair

Kym and I walked our feet off to find this chair in the botanical garden. We needed a chair believe me~

Have you ever seen a tree like this?

This is a fig tree - they were everywhere - just massive trees! Look at the roots

The Chinese Garden in Sydney

Kym and I spent the morning at the Chinese Garden - what a bargain - $8! It was gorgeous!

The Johnson Family at Manley

Piper loved the wind outside -

We took a ferry ride to Manley and Piper loved being outside - she loves the wind!

Amusement park in Sydney

The Sydney skyline

We went up on top of this tower and the view is amazing. Sydney is surrounded with lots and lots of water - who knew?

One of my "mates"

Allen, Nick and Kym

This photo was taken from Misty and Rick's balcony - what a view!

Not that's a wombat~

Another baby shows itself - wow!

The Three Amigos

The cutest thing happened ~

We were looking at the koalas when out of the momma's pouch came her baby - we were standing right there. The park people hadn't even seen this baby yet - we watched this with great excitement. The baby came out looked around and then starting crawling up the mom's back until he rested his head on hers - it was so cute. It was maybe 3-4 months old. The park people were so excited and started taking pictures right along with us.

Just to make you laugh -

The blue suit is a stinger suit to protect me from jellyfish. The life jacket is to save my life - also the man behind me is there to save my life - right! Do they know there are sharks out there? I didn't see a suit to protect me from those. Does anyone else think I look like Daffy Duck or Daisy Duck? Well, I am glad you had a giggle, but I have swam in the Great Barrier Reef - check mark!

The best shot I could get at the Great Barrier Reef

The water was so turbulent that I couldn't swim very long - I am a new snorkeler and I got scared out there by myself all alone - I took this shot from the mini sub.

Reflecting

Allen taking a view from our room in Cairns (pronounced Cans)