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After New Zealand, it was onto the Land Down Under. In Australia, we
stayed in Sydney across from the Opera House. We enjoyed our few days in
Sydney: going to the aquarium, taking a cruise, exploring the shopping
areas, and swimming on our hotels' rooftop pool.
Then, we went to Hamilton Island. We had our own little bungalow &
I couldn't figure out what was going to the bathroom in our yard until
one night, I saw lots of kangaroos outside! We saw alot of wildlife on
Hamilton Island: bats, brightly colored birds, a Kooka-berra and what I
came all the way to Australia to see: koalas! Seth and I even had our pictures
taken with a very sleepy young koala. Gumnut was very cute! I didn't want
to wake him up - but Seth decided that since we'd traveled for 24 hours
to see a koala, I was going to get to hold him!
Finally, we went to Cains to do some diving. The reefs were amazing!
Some of the more vivid memories for Seth, I'm sure, are of the sharks.
But, for me, seeing the white clam in the distance and the big green fish
eating our left over lunch will always be memorable. Since we couldn't
dive on our last day before flying out, we decided to go horse-back riding.
Seth's horse wasn't too happy that he'd gotten Seth, but the instructors
horse was more willing to carry him. Galloping along the beach was an excellent
way to end our "pre-honeymoon". |