Today we spent the day out at the Blue Mountains (mountains about 2 hours outside of Sydney) and Featherdale Wildlife Park.
The wildlife park was awesome! We got to pet koalas and kangaroos. They also had tasmanian devils, wombats, wallabies, etc. They even had an albino kangaroo and an albino peacock (pictures below).
After that, we went to the Blue Mountains. We started at the top of the mountain range and hiked all the way down to the bottom. We got to see the Three Sisters (picture below) as well as other Australian plants and animals including white cockatoos. We had a tour guide who was ok, but very quiet so I missed a lot of what he was saying. At the bottom of the mountain, we got onto a cableway and road to the top. The sign said it was at a 52º angle, but it felt more like 90º. The car looked like a roller coaster with a caged in roof and sides and seats that slanted down. It was really cool to ride on but also a bit scary.
To end the day, we went to an Aboriginal Museum. We got to paint our own boomerang! Unfortunately my art skills are lacking so mine didn't turn out very well. We also got to watch some Aboriginals dance and sing and play the didgeridoo.
It was a really fun day but I'm tired. It's been hard to adjust to the time change because, since its winter, the sun sets really early (about 6 pm) and they are making us get up at about 7 every day.
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| Because Beef Jerky didn't sound gross enough... |
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| The Three Sisters |
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| Pretty scenery |
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| The Three Sisters from the view at the top of the mountain |
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| It was really steep! |
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| Koala! |
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| Making Kangaroo friends |
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| An albino kangaroo |
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| An albino peacock |
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