Thursday, March 11, 2010

Leaving Sydney!

I am about to board a plane to head to Brisbane, leaving Sydney behind with only the memories to sustain me. Sydney was good to me, rather large and cosmopolitan, but still intimate and friendly at times. This morning, I walked from Bondi Beach down to Coogee Beach and got some magnificent views of the coastline. Yesterday, we took a trip up to the Blue Mountains, seeing the Three Sisters (a famous rock formation) and hiking down into the valley. We saw some splendid waterfalls and a lyrebird! On Wednesday, Tiffany, Christina, and I did the BridgeClimb of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It was expensive, but such a great experience! I will post pictures next time to show some of the views. We did it at nighttime, so that was a real treat. My slight fear of heights did not inhibit my climbing success at all either!
On Tuesday, we went to the Powerhouse Museum and saw some good exhibits on women's housework in Australia, nuclear energy, and the 80s (a potpourri of subject matter). Later that night, I saw Avatar in IMAX 3D! It was a gorgeously made movie, and I enjoyed the metaphors contained within superbly. On Monday, we went to the Quarantine Station up by Manly, and that was a very fun and informative trip.
Sydney, you were good to me. Will I ever see you again? I do not know.

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