Sydney, Australia!

Brock and I had an incredible opportunity to travel to Sydney, Australia just recently. We were there for a little over a week.

Our Top 10 Highlights:

10. Terrific Italian restaurant outing with Brock’s work

9. Rodica’s Restaurant (Romanian food is the bomb!). Cabbage rolls, yum!

8. Chocolate ice cream and chocolate bars. Chocolate, yum!

7. Brock bought a really great suit.

6. Ira bought herself an early birthday present. You know…spur of the moment shopping. Temporary hair extensions, anyone?

5. Met up with friend Irena and both of us got attacked by Cockatoos. Awesome!

4. I discovered Moogoo deodorant. Why is this a highlight? And #4? I have no idea but it’s brilliant stuff.

3. We toured awesome attractions like the Sydney Opera house (famous!) and the Harbour Bridge. Riding on two ferries allowed us to see so much of Sydney.

2. The Taronga Zoo was so much fun. We saw koalas, kangaroos, and plenty of spiders.

1. Hillsong Church…absolutely incredible. We went to the morning and evening services.

What is Australia Known For?

When you think of Australia, what comes to your mind? Do you think of wildlife, famous people or attractions? After being in Australia for a little over a week, I know think of these words: cockatoos, shopping, crazy drivers, crazy art, great food, and rain.

“Rain?” you ask.

It rained 75% of the time we were there. To be fair, the rest of the year is pretty hot and dry. We just happened to get a rare, rainy week.

Wildlife

Kangaroo
The kangaroo is Australia’s national symbol and the logo of the country’s national airline carrier, Quantas.
Koala
They are found along the eastern coast of Australia from near Adelaide to the southern part of the Cape York Peninsula, where there is sufficient rainfall to support suitable forest. The Koala eats the leaves of the eucalyptus tree.

Kookaburra

This kingfisher is nicknamed as the ‘laughing jackass’ because of its unmistakable call, which sounds a lot like human laughter.
Cockatoo
They’re everywhere!

Attractions

Sydney Harbour Bridge
The world’s biggest steel arch bridge, the Sydney Harbour Bridge has become an iconic image of both Sydney and Australia linking traffic between the central business district (CBD) and the North Shore.

Sydney Opera House
One of the most striking and famous buildings and a major tourism attraction, the Sydney Opera House is host to many performance. In the movie ‘Finding Nemo’, Nemo’s father, Merly, swims pass the Sydney Opera House. This just shows how prominent this attraction is.

Bondi Beach
Bondi Beach is one of the world’s most famous beaches located along Sydney. The word “Bondi” is an Aboriginal word which means water breaking over rocks. On 6 February 1938, known as ‘Black Sunday’, the beach was packed with 35000 people when huge waves swamped the beach, dragging hundreds out to sea. The famous Bondi lifesavers pulled 250 people from the water and amazingly only 5 lives were lost.