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| First morning. Breakfast on their lovely deck. |
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| Ian is showing us the coffee choices. |
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| This one was my choice. |
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| A new cappuccino machine earned it's keep this morning. |
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| The result. Not only does it look beautiful. It is delicious. Best coffee we had yet. It was a moment of the sublimest happiness. |
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| Chrissy making a delicious breakfast of bacon, french toast with maple syrup and potato puffs. Before we had this big breakfast, we all ate a cupcake Karena made for us. |
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| Mother and daughter. Chrissy and Karena. |
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| You are right Janice, the birds and flowers are gorgeous. Rainbow Lorikeet in their back yard. |
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| Having breakfast outside....without bugs. Such a treat. |
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| "Beatles Man" |
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| Bald Hill. Pacific Ocean. |
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| Ian and Chrissy |
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| Very high. Click on the picture and you can see the boats. See Arlene!!! No socks!!! |
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| Our next stop was the "Symbio Wildlife Park" Southern Cassowary. . |
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| What I have been waiting for. The Koala and Kangaroos. |
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| Awesome. Cutest little guys. (I mean the koalas...though Ian is pretty cute too.) |
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| Peter gave her the best message. The koala actually stayed and closed her eyes. |
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| Koalas sleep 22 hours per day. They only eat the eucalyptus leaves. Eucalyptus leaves are low in proteins and almost indigestible. Koalas have a very low metabolic rate, which is needed to help them digest the leaves and ensure they get as much nutrition as they can from a diet on which other mammals cannot survive. This is why they sleep so much. |
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| Tasmanian Devil. |
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| Short-beaked Echidna |
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| Red Panda |
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| Red Panda |
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| Blue-winged Kookaburra |
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| Red Bottle Brush. |
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| Freshwater Crocodiles |
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| This little joey stood on it's hind legs and looked me straight in the eye. Ian had my camera. Thanks Ian. Great shot. |
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| These Llamas loved Immy. |
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| Wedge-tailed Eagle |
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| Lorrikeets |
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| Ian and Chrissy's home. We came home for lunch after the visit to the wildlife park. The huge van is a rental. It's seats 8 people. |
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| Blue Tongued Lizard |
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| First time one was seen in their backyard. Their dogs, Blossom and Bree were beside themselves. So funny. Also saw our first cockroach outside. Very common in tropical countries. |
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| After lunch we headed off to Camellis Gardens. A popular park for weddings....definitely Kodak moments. |
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| Two pics of Peter and Immy. Couldn't pass this one up. |
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| Sacred Ibis |
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| Off to downtown Sydney. Thousands of people. |
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| Indonesian Restaurant. Delicious meal and great company. |
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| A stroll to get some pics of the Opera House at night. |
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| Very impressive. |
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| Harbour Bridge. Excellent day. It was still warm out when we got home at 11 pm. Karena was waiting for us outside. Interesting....teenagers getting home before their parents. |
We are traveling also along with you on TV.
ReplyDeleteLoving the scenery, flowers and cute animals.
Yes, it looks like you had quite a welcome in Australia.
We noticed, in the picture at the Golden Harbour Restaurant, that you took Kevin Postma with you as body guard. See left of picture.
Oh Alida, you have no idea of the memories these pictures today have for Paul & I. I remember Stanwell Park so well and the Symbio Wildlife Park (loved the kangaroos and the little Joeys)and Paul remembers Camelia Gardens. I absolutely love the ones of you and Immy feeding the animals.
ReplyDeleteI've shed a lot of tears today, looking at these photos over and over again, but they are happy tears.
Chrissy and Ian look like they are having a great time with the four of you! I'm glad you met our granddaughter Karena (Keeny). Isn't she adorable, just like her Mom?
Isn't Sydney Harbour beautiful?
Aren't the colours of Nature absolutely beautiful there, both in the scenery and the wildlife?
Enjoy the wonderful part of your trip ahead of you and please know how happy Paul and I are for you.
Love Janice & Paul
Wow! First the penguin and now the kangaroos and koalas! What an experience you're having - I'm starting to envy you for everything you're seeing and experiencing (except the cockroach - glad you didn't take a picture of that!).
ReplyDeleteBill wrote: "great pictures !!nice place to be ;can't believe how tame the animals are!!!"
ReplyDelete"Awwww I so wish I was where you are now!"
ReplyDeleteYay dad! No socks-who would have thought? Just wondering though, did you remove them just for the picture-'cause I think I can see white where socks have recently been. ;)
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love you all so very much!
Had to laugh when I read Arlene's comment ... I noticed the 'no socks' too! Who talked Peter into this?
ReplyDeleteUmmm, that could have been me...lol
ReplyDeleteThe top of Ian's head sure looks like Franklin's as seen in the shot of him showing the coffee choices! Maybe we need to come visit to get a closer look. Esther's favourite animals are koalas and she's quite jealous of the fact that you all got to pet one. They seem amazingly tame for you. We've learned they can be quite agressive. Maybe that's when they haven't had enough eucalyptus juice...
ReplyDeleteWe're enjoying your posts very much and trust that you are enjoying yourselves even more!
Hugs from all of us :)
The kids loved all the animal pictures! How neat that you saw that lizard in the backyard, too!
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