December 28th, 2006
Kathryn and Mike here. And so it draws to a close. We’ve had a marvellous time and we wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our friends and hosts in Sydney who have showered us with such generosity and kindness. It has been so wonderful to catch up with you all again after so long – here’s hoping it won’t be another seven years before we meet again.
We also want to thank all the commenters and readers of our blog who have made Postcards from Sydney such fun and helped us stay in touch with those we miss in the US, UK and Sweden. Finally, a big thank you to Shirley who held the fort back home and looked after house, home and cat. Good on ya Shirl!
Happy New Year and see you soon!
MKGJL
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December 28th, 2006
Martha and Greta at Sydney Wildlife World
Hi Greta here!
Today we went to Sydney Wildlife World. We saw lots of animals. There were kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, lizards, snakes, huge stick insects, butterflies, spiders and bull ants. There was also a Hairy Nosed Wombat. My favorite animal there was the spotted tailed quoll. The quoll is a nocturnal marsupial. We also liked the short beaked echidna. He waddles like a penguin. I can safely say that the quoll and the echidna are my two of my favorite Aussie animals we saw today. The park has a special enclosure where you can get up CLOSE with the koalas. But to go in and get your picture taken with one costs $19.95! We got to the park by monorail. We also rode it back, after we had lunch at the cafeteria. We had a lot of fun at Wildlife World today!
Resting wallabies
Curious Koala
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December 27th, 2006
Today we went to Ku-ring-gai National Park in North Turramurra. It is named for the Guringai tribe. We went on a bushwalk and saw lots of animals and plants there. The picture above is us with Martha standing near a really strange tree whose roots were growing on a rock.
This picture is of the mangrove swamp that was on the bushwalk.
This is an aboriginal carving in a rock on the bushwalk. They say it is from the Dreamtime.
This photo is of a crab in the mangrove swamp.
This is a little pied cormorant.
We saw a Goanna, a kind of lizard - it was over a foot long!
This is a lapwing guarding its eggs right near the kerb of the carpark! Its partner was trying to scare off some boys playing cricket nearby.
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December 24th, 2006
An Aussie Christmas light display
Happy Holidays everyone!
Greta, Jonas, Lena, Mike and Kathryn
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December 24th, 2006
Hi Jonas here,
Today we went the small oval in Turramurra and we played cricket there. We had a really fun time. I scored a 50 run partnership with Martha. You play cricket with a flat bat. You have two runners (batsmen) and a bowler (pitcher) and a wicket keeper (catcher). When someone hits the ball, the two batsmen run to each wicket until a fielder throws the ball back to the bowler or the wicket keeper. Dad is not very good at cricket but Uncle Dai is.
Toby, Martha, Dai, Greta and Jonas playing cricket
Toby and Jonas with cricket ball and bat
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December 23rd, 2006
Hi Greta here,
When we were driving home from Jervis Bay we saw a really funny sign that said Hot Emu Pies. We didn’t try one! Would you?!
The sign!
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December 21st, 2006
Hi Greta here,
Today we took a ferry to the Botanical Gardens. They are very near the Opera House. There are a lot of cool trees and ponds. We went to a cafe and the Ibis’ just walked in liked nobody cared. We saw fruit bats (also called Flying Foxes) in the trees as we ate our lunch. After the Botanical Gardens we went to Balmoral Beach for Mia’s birthday. We ate chocolate cake and cup cakes. They were good!
Jonas, Daniel, Lena, Greta and Issy on the Sydney Harbor Ferry
Flying Fox in the Botanical Gardens
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