The Wizardry of OZ

Let me start this post by really thanking God that i had the chance to visit my sister down under for about 2 weeks without any agenda (!) other than to visit her. Previously i've been there before, but both times were bogged down with agendas (marriage etc) so this is the first time that we actually go and have some fun in Sydney. Thank God that she was also on leave when we came so we have a free tour guide as well as food critic in town. =P

Well anyways, i believed i've taken a small break and posted some HDR previously, so i shall type more on this one and put some pictures here and there. We actually arrived in Melbourne for a few days before taking the journey up to Sydney. (No camera in Melbourne hence no pictures) After which my sis decided to bring us to do the tourist thing - i.e. to tour around town with a cheap day-pass. it's quite a good concept actually, to pay a fix amount and go to as many tourist spots as you can in ONE day around town. we managed about 5? But it was good - like the wildlife center and the aquarium.


Other than seeing some of the iconic animals in Australia (which i later found out, really are everywhere in Australia), we also managed to take a tour around Opera House which was quite cool. But of course, i could never miss out the OZ jet boat ride. It was really one wet experience as the jet boat took us around the harbor and riding waves of ferries and private boats.


However, the fun really starts on the second week (to me at least, haha) when we took a 4 hour trip up to Snowy Mountain. We ended up staying at a very scenic little town called Talbingo, which wasnt snow covered (i was half expecting that) but has frost every morning. Nonetheless, another 30 min drive up to Mount Selwyn will have my eyes sore blinded by snow. For some 山芭佬 like me who has never seen snow, its quite an excitement actually.


Talbingo is hidden somewhere but this is that sort of scenes you get at the little town. It is also here that i've found out that in the countryside of Australia, there's a loooot of wild animals everywhere. we spotted kangaroos like packs residing on the hills, dead wombat (shucks) as a victim to roadkill, emus striding beside the riverbanks and tons and tons of birds. The birds especially, are really very chio so took a lot of pics of them.



No this is not the house that we stayed in. it's just a random house on natural trail we found on the way and decided to slow down and have fun. build a snowman and took some pics!


Other than building snowman, we went to ski as well. really quite fun, a bit like roller blading but much, much faster. haha. crashed a few times before getting the hang of it and ski like a pro.


Overall it was really a very fun and enriching trip. Once again, i want to thank God for this opportunity and also my sis for letting us stay at her small little house and showing us her little darling Casper. I kinda miss his mischievousness. =)