Down Under

Hello from Australia! What a beautiful time of year to escape from rainy Oregon to Australia's hot summer. We landed in Sydney early Jan. 1, 2010 and spent the weekend in that beautiful city - what a great way to start the new year. Since we were here less than one year ago, we are trying to see and do a few different things. However, the kids are a bit traditional so there will be a few repeats!

In Sydney, we spent the first day walking around, eating ice cream and trying to stay awake.

Sadly, we didn't get to spend much time at the beach since it was a little cool and rainy that weekend - can you believe it?? Colby was so mad! It was still very beautiful. We especially enjoyed our visit to the Wildlife Museum & Aquarium. They have a huge saltwater crocodile there now and the kids even got to touch a baby croc. Very cool!

We also loved our hike at Watson's Bay out to the South Headlands.