Because of the weather, we ending up returning to where we started... Kiama, just south of Sydney. The weather there was perfect and it is a lovely little beach town. We had a house for 6 nights with a beautiful view of the ocean and coast line. We have been nonstop since coming to Australia, so it felt good to stop and relax with a few days on the beach and taking walks along the coast.
Since we have been in Australia, we have spent a lot of time looking up in the trees for Koalas, but with no luck.... so far. We aren't giving up yet!
The birds here are amazing, with every color you could think of. The trees are full of the sounds of loud squawking and we have heard (and seen), on multiple occasions, the crazy monkey-like laugh of a kookaburra. All the birds here are so beautiful to look at, but the beautiful chirps and tweets of song birds are usually drowned out by all the noisy squawks! In this country, outside can be a very noisy place!
Matthijs celebrated his 9th birthday last week. He woke up with us singing 'Happy Birthday' to him with balloons dancing around his head. Ash gave him a classic Australian children's book, full of adventures of all the animals that we have seen here. He loved it. Since Matthijs is our little lover of fine food and good books, he decided to spend the day eating his favorite foods, at the library reading, and at the beach playing in the waves.
After Kiama, we headed to the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney for a couple of days. It is a beautiful area, but was a bit strange driving to, as we couldn't find the mountains! The Blue Mountains are, actually, a massive deep gorge, very much like our Grand Canyon, but green and gorgeous. It is full of over 100 different kinds of eucalyptus trees (Still no koalas though!). We did a couple of long hikes and had a great time. We now have our last night in Sydney and leave tomorrow for a week in Hawaii. American soil!
Below is a video of some of our encounters with the wildlife since we've been here, thus far, but be prepared, it's long! Enjoy!
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