moon
sydney at night... we are going to miss this view!
moon again!
our new friends from scotland... scott and laura
julian enjoying his HUGE beer!
night out at the lowenbrau scott and laura on the left and nicole and kerri on the right.
more classmates!
sydney opera house early in the morning before the tourists were out...
ok...a couple tourists!
harbor bridge and opera house
marcy, chris, an opera house, a ferry and a bridge
aboriginal dancers on australia day
more dancing
this woman was a phenomenal singer. i think she should try out for american idol!
the yellow, black and red flag is the aboriginal flag.
it's the mens turn now...
the kids were soooo cute!
can you tell i was a little camera happy?
cruise ship coming into the harbor
view of the opera house from right near the botanical gardens :)
australia day crew
harbor bridge
people climbing the harbor bridge!
Chris playing a didgeridoo. (An aboriginal shofar... ha) The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or "drone pipe". Musicologists classify it as an aerophone.
street fair
this is in an area called "the rocks"
this is gus
folk band... we had a great video of me dancing and i accidently deleted it :(
getting into the spirit!
everything is smaller here... cars, apartments, people... but the chess boards... they're HUGE!
woo hoo!
hyde park water fountain
kerrie with bird
kerrie and anna with bird
bird
they don't call it ketchup here... they call is tomato sauce!
car show... part of the australia day festivities
listening to live music at the domain
our first koala bear! he's sleeping though. koala bears sleep about 20 hours a day... i want to be a koala in my next life!
this "joey" was saved as his mother was killed by a car
he's awake!
looks like he's starting to doze again... zzzzzzz
our first party for the fireworks display for australia day!
boats getting ready for the fireworks at darling harbor
we had guests of all ages!
our new neighbor friends... maureen and charles!
fireworks
you guessed it!
our party on the balcony!
me and the other chris
not exactly sure what i'm doing here... dancing?
the ladies!
chris and chris
cheers
shots all around!
skyping with andrea!
laughing on skype