Sydney Day 2

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Sydney

Blue Mountian & Featherdale Wildlife Park

The highlight of our Day 2 in Sydney was the Three Sisters, a famous rock formation which is located in the beautiful Blue Mountain.

There is a legend behind this picturesque rock formation – Three sisters fell in love with three men from the other tribes in which marriage between the tribes was forbidden. As a result, the men captured the sisters. In order to protect the sisters, an elder witchdoctor turned them into stone.

Ok, this is only a legend so don’t expect it to make sense. =P

Towering high above the Jamison Valley, the Three Sister is a famous tourist attraction and a must-see when one visits Sydney. Also known as Meehni, Wimlah and Gunneddoo, the Three Sisters stand at heights of 912, 918 and 906 metres tall.

Glad that I finally had a chance to see it…on my tenth visit to Sydney. The previous nine trips were not for leisure so didn't have enough time go for the tour.

The coach was late so we took some pictures to pass time while waiting at the hotel

Stopped at Leura for morning coffee. Despite the sunshine, it was pretty chilly.


Seats for bored husbands in Leura to facilitate shopping for wives

Beautiful view of the Three Sisters

Bought the pass for Scenic Railway, Skyway & Cableway. We gonna spend 2 hours in the Blue Mountain National Park!

One of the steepest railway in the world!

There is another mock-up version for tourist to take picture

Walking along Echo Point before taking the Cableway to the exit of the park

The Cableway has arrived!

Statue of one of the Three Sisters

We spent the later part of the day at Featherdale Wildlife Park where we got the chance to take pictures with the Koala (luckily, we didn’t pay to take pictures with Koala in Gold Coast. Save AUS 15!) and roam with the Kangaroo.

Gold Coast Day 3

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Gold Coast

Paradise Country Farm followed by Harbourtown shopping

Living in fantasy in Day 2 and getting close to nature in Day 3.

Though I wasn't an animal lover, I enjoyed myself during the Paradise Country farm tour (except for the Billy Tea performance which I felt that it was kinda mediocre). Taking pictures with the Koalas (glad that we didn't pay AUS15 to carry the Koala in Gold Coast coz it was free in the farms in the outskirts of Sydney!), feeding and chasing the Kangaroos, observing the sheeps...made me miss my previous Safari tour in Johannesburg where I had the chance to carry the tiger cub. But of cos, the experience in Jo-burg was different as the animals weren't as tamed.

We were told that the Koalas sleep 20 hours a day and eat Eucalyptus leaves for the rest of the 4 hours. Simply good life ya. BTW, there is no such thing as Koala bear as Koala doesn't belong to the same species as bear.

FK is afraid of Kangaroo! Hahaha...that is why he is standing so far away from it!

We went around taking pictures as the Billy Tea show was simply boring

Lunch at the Paradise Country Farm was also one of the main highlight. Both of us selected fresh grilled fish as our main course and spaghetti, cheese potato (a must-try, super yummy!) and keropok (are you amazed that the restaurant served that?) as our side dishes. Ate so much... 我是大胃王...hahaha

After lunch, we went to harbourtown for shopping. Supposed to be factory outlets...but the things aren't cheap. Bought a pair of boots for myself but one of buttons on the boots came off when I was in the airport, travelling from Melbourne to Sydney. Zzzz...