Cormorants lined up on a ship launch on Kangaroo Island
Sunset on Kangaroo Island as we are leaving for the mainland.
The SeaLink Ferry departing for the mainland from Kangaroo Island. Hey, wait, I am supposed to be on there. Come back! Just kidding it is backing in to the car ramp.
After a arriving in Adelaide late last night we took a morning flight to beautiful, sunny, sub-tropical Sydney. Beth is boarding our flight to Sydney from Adelaide. Look at the clear blue sky, isn't it lovely. Fix it in your mind.
We visited the CUNA Australia(part of the group Beth works for) and Beth met Beth Smits who has a similar job and who gave us some travel tips. Note: Beth is wearing a rain coat. You might be asking yourself, why would she need a rain coat in a city that has on average more than 300 clear days every year?
Yes, it is raining, it was raining when we arrived in Sydney and it was raining when we left. Note the emu and kangaroo carvings. They are on the Australian crest. Being under the ledge, they are dry. We tried to stay under ledges, but it is hard to get around the city that way.
Our hotel was downtown near Circle Quay and the Sydney Opera House. The rain stopped for a while, so we dashed down.
The Opera House from the other side.
Oops, raining again. This is a boar statue given to Australia by Italy. It is supposed to be good luck to rub the snout. Guess what we wished for. It did not work - I promise not to gripe about the rain much more.
Since the outdoors is not too much fun right now, we did some shopping. Beth is shopping for opals.
This is the Queen Victoria Building. It was built to be an indoor vegetable market.
Australian school children in their uniforms and this is fairly common.
Part of the Sydney skyline. Farther to the right is the Opera House.
Beth sitting at the carved Bench at the end of Mrs. Macquarie's Road. She was wife of one of the first governors of Australia. The road and bench were built by convicts for her.
A view from the heights overlooking Sydney Harbor. The sun almost came out for this photo.
Me on the Dunbar Head with the North Head in the background. The North and South Heads are the headlands flanking the entrance to Port Jackson otherwise known as Sydney Harbor. Between Dunbar Head and South Head is an area called "The Gap", but there is no gap there, so it can be a bit dangerous and there are a number of light houses now.
Next it was off ocean-side to see a famous Sydney Beach. Portuguese Man-of-war on the shore at Bondi Beach.
The volunteer life saving club of Bondi Beach. Life guards wereon duty, but the water was cold and their were only a couple surfers.
