As I sit here typing this in the Blue Mountains, the biggest rock band on earth, U2, is playing to a sell-out Orc Army of a crowd at Sydney's Telstra Stadium.
Dammit! I should be there. Only consolation is, its raining. So it'll probably be a very grumpy Irish quartet plus a wet T-shirt slugfest of nubile Aussie babes.
Wait a minute! That isn't so bad =))
Anyway here we are in Katoomba. 5 bucks for unlimited wireless broadband access in our room so thought I'd upload some of my photos. Haven't been taking many pictures really. Cos..err...there's been nothing much to snap. Take it from me, this place is nothing like New Zealand when it comes to the rolling hills, blue lakes, snow-capped mountains and acres upon acres of lush green fields. But we really love Melbourne though.
We liked this row of colorful acrylic human cut-outs on a street near our hotel in St Kilda, Melbourne.
Entrance foyer of Melbourne Central, the city's hippest shopping centre. It doesn't come close to VivoCity back home in terms of variety but its got a kewl design I concede.
Sunset on St Kilda Beach just outside our hotel. 2 more minutes and I would have missed this.
They didn't allow the use of cameras when we were on the Penguin Parade at Phillip Island. But the next morning at the Koala Conservation Centre, we could snap at will. This lazy bugger slept through all my clicking.
On the road to Canberra. Somehow, we thought the clouds looked like sheep. Yikes, must have been driving for too long.
The War Memorial at the end of ANZAC Parade in Canberra. We spent a good 2 hours strolling the sprawling grounds. Anyway at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, Australia remembers her War Dead.
We spent a wonderful morning at the Australian National Museum in Canberra. Its a museum like no other with the exhibits presented in a really interesting, some say controversial way. This was taken outside the museum. Its some skatetrack-cum-railroad-cum-rollercoaster thingee which looked really cool and gives you an idea of what's to come inside.
You have to be here to appreciate the beauty of 3 pieces of rock jutting out from a sea of bluish-tinted trees. The 3 Sisters at the Blue Mountains. I hear its floodlit at night so will go down for a look-see tommorrow.
Anyway I loaded some shots on FLICKR so have a peek if you have the time ya ;)
Cheerios!