They have peacocks and various other birds roaming around the park.
Saw some little Meerkats
We also saw different species of monkeys and marmosets that were about the size of your hand
Me and an albino Kookaburra.
This is me hesitantly touching some lizard because it kinda looked like a snake
Saw some active Koalas that were being fed.
Fed a Kangaroo.
Fed a Mama Kangaroo and it's Joey
And a Wallaby.
Closeup of a Wallaby
When we walked by the farm animals enclosure this goat popped up on the fence and Kate told it to keep away from her child
Red Panda
Black Cockatoo
I forgot what these are called but they kept growling at something.
There were emus sleeping so Ben got them up and then.....
.....I got to feed an Emu!
Here's a picture of a Peacock with its plume. I had never seen a peacock show his plume before and it's very pretty in person.
After Symbio, Jacinta drove me to Woronora Dam and I really wanted to go explore around it because it was super pretty, but the sun was setting and we headed back to Jacinta's place.
That night we went to a club that Jacinta and her Mom belong to and met up with some of their friends. We had dinner and talked a little afterwards and then headed back and went to bed. This type of club is kinda of like a country club, but mainly just a restaurant with a bar and an area for slot machines. I am sure there is a better way to describe it, but we were only there for dinner.
Saturday, August 20
We woke up at 7 a.m. and left for the Blue Mountains at 8. As we left I started thinking about my packing decisions that I made for this weekend because this past week I have been wearing shorts and t-shirts. The day before Kate told me that it was gonna be cold, but I had already packed so I was thinking "Oh crap." When I packed I thought, "This past week it's been warm and it'll be warm this weekend also." No. Wrong. With that bad decision I left the house with shorts and a t-shirt and watch the thermostat on Jacinta's car drop to about 7-10 degrees Celsius.
We got up there and went out to a lookout and yea...it was beautiful.
We started to walk out to another lookout point that looked over a waterfall and ran into tons of steps, but it was worth it.
Here is Wentworth Falls. I have to apologize a lot of my photos did not turn out so many of them will probably be overexposed.
Above and below are photos to the right of the lookout point.
More stairs we encountered.
This is me enjoying the 45 degree Fahrenheit weather. Oh! I forgot to mention that it started to rain and it was windy also.
We jumped back in the car just as the rain started to come down and drove to the next lookout point to see the Three Sisters.
The Three Sisters
I am not sure if you can see it but there was a rainbow right by the sisters.
Me enjoying the cold
As we were at the Three Sisters lookout a lady stopped me and the first thing she said to me was "Are you insane?!" I replied with "Yes I am." I got multiple weird looks.
After the lookouts we went stopped by a candy store called The Gingerbread House. Mom, you would have loved this place! I think it was in an old church due to the architecture and the lay out of the store floor. I bought some sort of strong ginger drink (I haven't had it yet so i'll let you know how it goes once I have it.....I think it's gonna burn), a gingerbread cookie, and a flour-less chocolate cookie with walnuts.
It had two homemade, mint marshmallows on the side.
A caramel slice that I got that had some raspberry jelly on the side. When you put the two together.....YUM!
Jacinta ordered scones and showed me what Australian scones are. Scones down under are basically American biscuits with jam and cream on the side and you put jam and then cream on top and it is really good!
After lunch we went and bought me a cheap jacket, walked around an antique shop and headed back to The Shire, where Jacinta lives. Right when we were leaving and in the car it started to hail....so yea I had my jacket and was in the car so I just barely made it!
On the way back Jacinta drove me through the Sydney Olympic Park and saw where the athletes lived and some stadiums.
We were driving so I couldn't get a good picture of the sign, but here's part of it!
The archery range
The Olympic Stadium
After a while got back to her house and had dinner, watched some of the Olympics, watched Labyrinth, and some of the Bledisloe Cup, which is a rugby tournament between Australia and New Zealand.
Sunday, August 21
Woke up. Went to the Sutherland Mall and had breakfast with Jacinta's family and then hopped in the car and drove to Helensburgh for a spot that is famous for cool photos. I sadly didn't get many because I had a hard time shooting with the natural light there.(Hopefully I will be back to take more!) We went to an old tunnel that the train used to go through and is now overgrown with plants.
After shooting we got back in the car and headed down to Berry which is a small little town with some shops. The drove down reminded me of parts of the drive up to San Luis Obispo with rolling hills and scenic lookouts.
A lookout
The lookout and me enjoying my new WARM jacket.
Our first stop was a candy store of sorts with many candies, jams, and baking/cooking ingredients.
Stopped by a field to take some pictures of some cows.
Then stopped at a really good place called the Donut Van.
Our fresh Cinnamon and Sugar Donuts.
Above and below are some shots of Berry and some shops there.
After shopping around a bit we headed up to Kiama and took some shots there around the Kiama blowhole, which wasn't working because the ocean was too flat; and headed back to Weerona.
I know this is a long post, but I hope you all enjoyed it!
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