Where's Wally?

Well, what adventures can four days bring. After a lazy Sunday to try and beat that wretched jetlag, we took a ferry on Monday up to Manly Beach. All the weather forecasts were for 27C and sunny, so we thought it would be a great beach day. Seems the weather forecasting here is just as good as at home, and instead, we got a day of drizzle and maybe 18C at best. But we still managed a good beach walk, shopping, and drinks at a number of bars, overlooking both the wharf and the beach. Only got our toes into the water, so we're still waiting for our first ocean swim.

Tuesday we took the ferry up the river to Paramatta to meet up with Jodi's parents' friends, and we picked up our new little baby, Wally, measuring around 16 feet long, and weighing 1600 kgs. He's a fine proud grey 95 Ford Falcon Wagon, complete with air, cruise, and a tape deck!! We both had a go at driving, and have to say, it's pretty crazy to have cars going the opposite direction, only a foot or two to your right. Many of the controls are on the opposite side too, and Chris set the record of turning on the wipers 6 times instead of the turn signal. But he got us home safe and sound, and we've decided the car will stay put until we leave Sydney.

Today we got over to the Taronga Zoo, and it was quite impressive. We spent a good four hours there, and still didn't see all of the exhibits. Of what we did see though, we got to see elephants (and the most gorgeous baby ever), platypus, kangaroos, koalas, frilled neck lizards, komodo dragon, giraffes, tasmanian devil, gorillas, chimpanzees, and way too many others to name. Suffice to say, it was way better than the zoo at home, and we can't wait to see many of those animals in the wild. The 11 of the top 15 most poisonous snakes in the world that live in Australia, well, can't say I'm looking forward to them at all, but the rest will do just fine.