So on the day we were to board the ship, we had some spare time in the morning so we decided to head back to Bondi Beach since it was a really gorgeous day. This photo gives you a flavour of what was going on between the sunbathers, surfers, boogie boarders, swimmers or people watchers.
Even though it was the middle of a week day, there were lots of people to see and most of them were worth watching!
We boarded the ship without any problems although Jude was really getting worried when it took me over an hour to drop the rental car off and run back to the port (in 37 deg C weather).
With the sun just starting to set, we headed out to sea on a calm but breezy day.
The Sydney harbour has to be one of the most scenic places in the world to start a cruise.
We boarded the ship without any problems although Jude was really getting worried when it took me over an hour to drop the rental car off and run back to the port (in 37 deg C weather).
With the sun just starting to set, we headed out to sea on a calm but breezy day.
The Sydney harbour has to be one of the most scenic places in the world to start a cruise.
The first port of call was Brisbane, which is the third largest city in Australia and has some quite modern looking buildings. 
It is located on the long and winding Brisbane river so we felt the best way to see the city and learn about it’s history was to take a river cruise on the ferry boat Mirimar. As we were finishing breakfast, we happened to bump into Lou and George’s best friends who just happened to be on the Rhapsody of the Seas, and even more surprising, were planning to take the same ferry boat to the same park we were! What a small world!
The river trip was relaxing and we learned much of the history of the area including the story about the family that donated the university grounds, the floods of 1974 that wiped out many of the houses along the river and why there are so many bats on the island next to the golf course.
We toured the Lone Pine Koala Park and got up close to a number of different Australian animals including a few different types of Kangaroos like the white bush kangaroos shown here:
We saw dingos, kassawary’s, fox bats, Tasmanian devils, kookoobura’s, sheep dogs and wombats. This cute little lizard fellow seemed to want to follow us around looking for a handout or maybe he was after the mosquitoes that like to follow Jude around.
The main attraction here of course is the really cute Koala’s (note they are marsupials not bears so you can’t call them Koala Bears!) like this one who woke up long enough for me to get her picture.
They eat 4 hours a day and sleep 20 hours a day (as Jude said, just like the average Canadian male in winter except it’s beer not eucalyptus leaves!). Jude went into the special exhibit and even got to hold one for a few minutes.
I will try and keep the blog up to date but the Internet access on the ship is too slow for uploading pictures so I had to wait till we had a few minutes in port at an Internet cafe so the next update may take a few days so please be patient! We are having the time of our lives, meeting many interesting people from many different far away places and some from even just down on Binns Street around the corner from us! Bye for now.
It is located on the long and winding Brisbane river so we felt the best way to see the city and learn about it’s history was to take a river cruise on the ferry boat Mirimar. As we were finishing breakfast, we happened to bump into Lou and George’s best friends who just happened to be on the Rhapsody of the Seas, and even more surprising, were planning to take the same ferry boat to the same park we were! What a small world!
The river trip was relaxing and we learned much of the history of the area including the story about the family that donated the university grounds, the floods of 1974 that wiped out many of the houses along the river and why there are so many bats on the island next to the golf course.We toured the Lone Pine Koala Park and got up close to a number of different Australian animals including a few different types of Kangaroos like the white bush kangaroos shown here:
We saw dingos, kassawary’s, fox bats, Tasmanian devils, kookoobura’s, sheep dogs and wombats. This cute little lizard fellow seemed to want to follow us around looking for a handout or maybe he was after the mosquitoes that like to follow Jude around.
The main attraction here of course is the really cute Koala’s (note they are marsupials not bears so you can’t call them Koala Bears!) like this one who woke up long enough for me to get her picture.
They eat 4 hours a day and sleep 20 hours a day (as Jude said, just like the average Canadian male in winter except it’s beer not eucalyptus leaves!). Jude went into the special exhibit and even got to hold one for a few minutes.I will try and keep the blog up to date but the Internet access on the ship is too slow for uploading pictures so I had to wait till we had a few minutes in port at an Internet cafe so the next update may take a few days so please be patient! We are having the time of our lives, meeting many interesting people from many different far away places and some from even just down on Binns Street around the corner from us! Bye for now.
2 comments:
we are still loving your blog. I can't believe the koala lets you hold it like a baby - so tame
imagine running into Lou and George's friends. the world is so small. it will be hard to go back to work again.
awww!!! the koala was so cute! looks like frodo's place has been filled ;)
(aunt lou this means frodo is all yours)
Post a Comment