Adventures in Paradise: Day Twenty-Six of Adventures in Paradise!

Wow, only two days left to go for our times in Sydney... they went so fast! Anyways, today was the day for our next big nature tour of Australia, the Blue Mountains! We had to wake up extra early at 6:30 am to eat breakfast and catch our tour guide at 7:25 am. We were then escorted by bus from our hotel to the terminal to board our official bus for the tour. After crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, we took a 30 minute drive to our first stop, the Featherdale Wildlife Park. At Featherdale, we got to see all sorts of Australian animals and we even got to pet a Koala bear as well as hand feed a Kangaroo! After this, we headed towards the beautiful Blue Mountains. The mountains are called this because they always have a blue haze surrounding them caused by the sunlight refracting through the oil emitted from the numerous Eucalyptus trees. At the Blue Mountains, we had a nice buffet lunch, and took a ride on a very steep railroad (50 degree decline) to the bottom of the mountain. At the bottom, we took a 1 mile walkway through the rainforest and saw all sorts of trees in the process. Next, we ascended back up onto the mountain via cable car and left the Blue Mountains for the town of Leura. Leura was a very scenic garden town, and we even looked around in a local grocery store and bought chocolates before going back on the bus back to Sydney. When we were back at the city one hour later, we headed to Westfield Mall for a delicious Italian Dinner at Ragu. We ordered Seafood Pasta Marinara, Bruschetta, Salad and finally Tiramisu for dessert. After that, we took a long walk to Haymarket to see Mary Poppins (the Broadway Disney Version) at the Sydney Capitol Theater. It was a great show featuring all the hit songs from the Movie. After our show, we departed back to the Radisson for our last night there. Stay Tuned tomorrow for our FINAL day in Sydney and our flight back to Honolulu.

Pictures of the Continental Breakfast in our Hotel

Look at all the good food!

There's your cold cuts

Delicious Pastries

Our first stop... Featherdale Wildlife Park

Koala eating his Eucalyptus

What a cute bear!

Mom petting a Koala

Myself petting a Koala

Wallaby Play Fight

Kookaburra

Feeding Time for the Kangaroos

Kangaroo Close-Up

He got all shy all of a sudden!

Myself Feeding a Kangaroo

Mom Feeding a Kangaroo

They sure do get lots of food

Peacock

Peacock displaying his plumage

Peacock

Here's another one... in case you didn't know, these males are trying to impress the female Peahen

Dingo (Australia's wild dog)

Blue Mountains Panorama

The Three Sisters (Rock Formation at the Blue Mountains)

Aboriginal Didgeridoo Player

BIG Lollypop

Sodas for Sale

Expensive Cigarettes

Rest Stop at the Blue Mountains

Our Tour Bus

Katoomba Falls

Our Cable Car had a Transparent Floor

Blue Mountains

Three Sisters

Blue Mountains

In the Rainforest

Looking up into the Canopy


Leaving the Rainforest in the Cable Car

Megalong Valley

Doritos at the Woolworth's Grocery Store

Fresh Chicken

What they call Rice Krispies in Australia

What they call Cantaloupe in Australia

Walking through the shops of Leura

Leura Sign

Pretty Flower at Leura

Flower Vine near a Leura Hosue

Another View of the Flower Vine

Sydney Olympic Park to your right (Home of the 2000 Olympic Games)

Rush Hour near Sydney

Our Italian Dinner at Ragu

Our Mineral Water - Acqua Panna

Tiramisu for Dessert

Time to see Mary Poppins

Lots of Umbrellas at the Capitol Theater

It's Just about Show Time

View of the Theater

It was a Great Show!

Exterior of the Sydney Capitol Theater at Night

The Pedestrian Signs are interesting, when red they make a slow beeping sound

When they turn green, they turn to a rapid beeping sound for about 10 seconds, this is possibly done to aid the blind. It's pretty ingenious, if I do say so myself!