Sydney Quick Trip

Hello Friends! How is your long Thanksgiving weekend rounding up? Ours is fantastic! Sunday is here and we are off to a celebration of the Grand Opening of the pool that the girls take swim lessons at. I hear there are going to be flaming hoops of some sort...it shall be entertaining!

Last weekend we took a quick trip to Sydney to see a friend from the U.S. who was traveling through.
First stop: Starbucks :)

Of course we saw the Opera House.

We stayed on Cockatoo Island. The only way to the island is by ferry boat. The ferry boat was jam packed with people and we didn't figure out why until we arrived on the island. There was an art show going on.

We spent the night camping in a tent that was already set up for us. It makes camping much more fun to have the camp site all set up!

This was the view from the tent...I love the water and the boats!

Destiny and I on the crowded ferry riding back to Circular Quay to meet up with our friend!

Dinner with our friend, Aaron. He is actually my cousin's brother in law; he was the Best Man at her wedding and I was the Matron of Honor.

The girls and their pizza.

Us with Aaron. It was fun to meet up for a bit. Always good to see a familiar face in the land down under!

Is "Mo"vember a big deal in the U.S.? Cuz it's a huge deal here. There are mustaches EVERYWHERE! Even Luna Park is sporting a mustache these days!

As I mentioned before. There was an art show going on while we stayed on Cockatoo Island. Here are some pictures of the art. It was a unique show because it was a "street art" show. Enjoy the pics!

After a quick walk around the island, we were ready to hit the sleeping bag! The girls cuddled up and went to sleep!

In the morning we got up and explored the island a bit more. It had been used as a shipyard so that was interesting for Matt.

There was not a cockatoo to be seen on the island, however, there were other angry birds. The seagulls were very aggressive. So aggressive that they had to have signage posted all over warning people of how aggressive they were.

The view of the Harbour Bridge from the island.

Art Humor?

The art was displayed in old Shipyard buildings. It was absolutely unique and wonderful!

This could possibly be me and my cousin Lili when we are grannies :)

Lunch that day was at the Opera House...dealing with more seagulls trying to steal our fries!

Then a stroll through Sydney's Botanic Gardens. They were simply beautiful!

Birds

Beauties

Bats...BIG bats.

I hope you enjoyed a glimpse at our quick trip to Sydney!

Enjoy today!