Saturday 16th April, 2005.

Yes!....they are going to take me back into Sydney to see the city at night. From all accounts I've heard it's exquisite! (That's a big word for me isn't it?)

 

The Sydney Harbour Bridge by night

 

We walked right up to the front of the Opera House and took this photo looking up at the sails from the front.

 

beautiful! There are nice outdoor cafes along the foreshores  of the Opera House. It was a really nice balmy night so we sat and soaked up the atmosphere and just enjoyed the beautiful harbour.

 

Brooke took this unique photo

 

Aunty Julie & Uncle Dave

 

The city of Sydney at night!

 

The family

 

Here are some photos take a few days later just of the local area where the Howard's live. Bowral is very much a rural area and it's serene and beautiful. Right now it's autumn and the leaves are changing to beautiful rustic colours.

 

Really pretty leaves at this time of year

 

Little old me trying to blend in!

 

a mooo-ving experience for me!

 

So lush and green around here

 

quiet dirt roads meander to private properties...arrrh serenity!

 

lush paddocks and rolling hills...simply beautiful

 

by the banks of the river...it's picture pretty!

 

little antique stores can easily be found with treasures from the past.

 

This quaint little store is called "A Little Piece of Scotland" and sells all sorts of Scottish treasures including "shortbread'. It used to be the Old Butcher Shop and was built in 1895.

This is a really quaint  little train station in the Southern Highlands called "Exeter"

Exeter is the most "English" of all the villages of the Highlands, Its leafy streets and lanes, its clipped hedges and grand rows of trees give the impression of an age old-village in the "old country".  Exeter is one of the newer villages in the Southern Highlands, and owes its existence - as do many others - to the coming of the railway in the late 1860s.

These signs are very common especially along the freeways, when at night kangaroos jumping out onto the road can be quite a hazard

an Aussie Kangaroo with her joey in her pouch. This is how the young are carried until they are old enough to leave their mums.

Another Aussie icon...the koala. Signs warn drivers to be careful when driving through areas inhabited by koalas.

don't disturb me, I'm busy

 

here I am, back at Auntie Julie & Uncle Dave's home in Bowral

 

I've so much enjoyed my adventures in Australia and hope to return again some day. Thanks mom Darylynn for allowing me to travel to Australia and enjoy such a fun time there.

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