March 28 – April 3
After traveling around the country a bit, we returned to Sydney for
one last week. Besides doing the Harbor Bridge Climb (see post below),
here are some of the highlights:
- Day at the Taronga Zoo
- Weekend in the Blue Mountains with Carl, Tracy, Peter, and Chantal
– this trip involved hiking and eating (okay, mostly the latter) - Revisiting some of our favorite places, like Bondi Beach and the Royal Botanic Gardens
- Drinks at the Opera Bar on our last night in town
We loved our time “down under” and hope we will be back someday. In parting, we’ll share some of our favorite Australianisms:
- “How ya going?” (common greeting)
- “Good on ya!” (compliment, kind of like “way to go”)
- “No worries” (said in response to just about everything)
- “Cracker” or “cracking” (said when something is really great, like “it’s a cracker of a day”)
- The need to abbreviate everything, e.g. “brekky” for breakfast,
“arvo” for afternoon (yeah, that one didn’t make sense to us either),
“sunnies” for sunglasses, and “Paddo” for Paddington
So long, Australia! We had a cracking good time.
(By the way, in case anyone is wondering, this trip is going by REALLY FAST.)