Mike and I spent the first 5 days of our Australia/New Zealand trip in Sydney. We also took a full day tour to the Blue Mountains while in Sydney. Part of the tour included a visit to a zoo where we had our first encounters with koalas, kangaroos, emus, wallabies, crocodiles, and Tasmanian devils.
View of the iconic Sydney Opera House from our boat
another view of the Opera house
Mike with the famous Sydney bridge in the background
Darling Harbour
Sydney landscape
Mike on the boat tour
Bondi Beach
Bondi
Bondi babe
The water came up faster than I thought
Mike at Bondi
Park
beach in Sydney Harbor
bridge
bridge and opera house
cityscape
cliff at Bondi beach
The bridge is often referred to as the coat hangar
Darling Harbour
Fort Denison
Judy in front of bridge
On the gondola going over a gorge in Blue Mountains
Blue Mountains
waterfall in the blue mountains
The 3 peaks are called the "3 sisters"
We saw an Aboriginal show while in the Blue Mountains
Aboriginal showmen
blue mountains from Sublime point
three sisters again
our first koala encounter with Cooper
Emu and Kangaroo vs Mike
Gray Kangaroo
begging for more
Mike and Cooper
another koala
Mike and a kangaroo
Mike and Wally
Mike exploring the mine
Mike riding the mule
Mike feeding wallabies
Mike thinks the wallaby likes to take a snack like Babe
Tasmanian devil
The 3 sisters in the background
wallabies everywhere
Darling Harbour
Mike made a new friend at one of the museums we visited
Kangaroo and Mike at the museum
opera house with a decent city view behind it
park
Old ship we passed while on the way to Manly Beach