In Sydney (NSW) (Tuesday, 28/07/2009)
Weather: very nice / Temp: 22 degrees / Wind: 1 - 3 HE
The National Park offers many animals, all above the birds, a natural habitat, and we are with our "Büssli" right in the middle. The white-yellow cockatoos make a racket at dawn and the "Kookaburra" to be loud and unmistakable contribution.
It's time to get up, even if it falls to us today because of the cold morning a little heavier.
A huge high pressure system has been installed coming from the west over eastern Australia and is expected to provide to our departure for cloudless weather. This makes it cools off properly at night. We decide to enjoy the breakfast in spite of sunshine, nine degrees outside temperature, the heated Büssli.
Take the bus, we then reach the center of "Sydney". As we cross the "Harbour Bridge", this fascinating city takes us on a blow back in their spell.
The view of the skyline and the gorgeous bay of the "Sydney Harbour" with the Opera House is absolutely unique.
Feels like home rises in us, because we have spent at least two whole weeks in this great city.
We do not at this point once all the sights of Sydney "repeat that we are already half a Years have documented in our travel diary. Interested, we kindly ask our Sydney on 18 reviews 31 January 2009 read (at the bottom of the individual contributions each page back by clicking the "Newer Post") .
We walk all day like two starving people back and forth across the city and enjoy ourselves again to the many attractions, Sydney has to offer.
only after dusk we drive, happy with the present day, back to the campsite.
In Sydney (NSW) (Wednesday, 29/07/2009)
Weather: very nice / Temp: 22 degrees / Wind: 1 - 2 HE
This morning it is "freezing cold". We remember "Pemberton" in the south of Western Australia, where we had measured the end of March minimum 7 degrees because the thermometer today only 8 degrees. Eating in the heated "Büssli" is back in fashion :-)
We have decided, in Sydney to watch a second time an opera, and admire the stunning opera house from the inside. The opera "Manon Lescaut" by Giacomo Puccini "will be performed on Friday night. We just received two tickets, the nearly sold-out performance. The grand staging of the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana "by" Petro Mascagni "six months ago has left us a lasting impression. We are excited to see what awaits us on Friday.
Today we travel by bus to stroll in the city. We walk again to attractive "Darling Harbour".
The relatively small dock this time is completely motorized and sailing boats plastered, so that we can barely see the water surface.
There is currently an International Boat Show held , and the otherwise beautiful port makes today a totally crowded impression. We keep a long time not here and walk a short Lunch by the subsequent parks along the "Chinese Garden" back to the center.
As the trees have less leaves in winter now, we can finally take pictures of the "St Andrew's Cathedral.
The church is attractive with its stained glass and painted the organ primarily from within.
is not far from the most beautiful McDonald's building :-)
The "Ever Green Boots are made for walking" is also true of our shoes we have in the past 8 ½ months, but badly strained. Anita's "Walking Shoes" have had their final and are expected to Switzerland do not see them ;-)
We walk a little through the busy shopping streets of Sydney ", before us today a little earlier than yesterday, to the campsite go back.
at the colorful sunsets, we will probably never get used. Each is unique in itself and fascinates us again and again.
In Sydney (NSW) (Thursday, 30.7.2009)
Weather: very nice / Temp: 19 degrees / Wind: 1 - 2 HE
With perhaps a little trite saying: "Everything has come to an end, only the sausage has two" begins our last day on the Camping in "Sydney". Today we introduce our last "recovery and recreation day" in the "Aussie country 'by. We have chosen for a cloudless day, there are others to be not more :-)
The "Kea Campervan" must be delivered in broom clean and it has also accumulated a little laundry to our departure. Therefore, we will be driving for once not in the inner city. Nevertheless, we still have two more days, when we completed our Australia stay stay at the Hotel Travelodge "are. This gives us the opportunity to put together in peace our luggage, since it is the maximum weight of 23 kg per person (Singapore Airlines) not to exceed.
Around noon we are almost finished with our work and Anita prepares us for a lunch buffet. And then the almost unbelievable: two "Rainbow Lorikeet" fly right in front of our "Büssli" and get the input unabashedly stairs. The relatively shy parrots venture but actually up to our room. We are absolutely speechless.
Two "Magpies" and other birds follow and rearrange our Büssli correctly as possible.
course, everyone will get from a small parting gift in the form of bread crumbs. We splash out because not ;-)
This wonderful encounter with the animals is an emotional and dignified farewell to the unique animal kingdom in Australia. Anything better we could have our dream can not imagine. We are overjoyed. Our colorful, cute little fellows we remain true to the whole afternoon and looking at us again.
We are still looking for a suitable replacement for our ailing now Digital Camera Kodak P850. The Internet with the tests conducted by renowned journals as well as the search engine "Google" are extremely useful tools here, so we can make our extensive market an impartial image. Today we launch the "Google" Once again a search, and lo and behold, "Panasonic" in August brings a new "bridge camera" out, a successor of the Lumix FZ28, which is currently on our evaluation list in third place.
The new " Lumix DMC-FZ38 " is compared to the previous version "FZ28" has become generally faster. This includes the significant improvements to be a worthy successor to our current camera. Except for the electronic viewfinder, which is with 201'600 pixels not able to get very fine resolution, it meets all our criteria, because all other specifications are excellent. The auto focus of the "FZ38" works, according to "Panasonic" twice as fast as the "FZ28". The shutter lag is according to the manufacturer only 0.006 s, an absolute peak value. The highlight of the new Lumix DMC-FZ38 is her strong light 18x zoom Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 2.8 to 4.4, which best image, even in low light, guaranteed. And in the video section they can with HD resolution points.
For us, not unimportant: the camera is equipped with 412 g of relatively light and handy and yet look at this great. We can not wait the new Lumix DMC-FZ38 "hold in your hands :-)
I (Anita) visit after dinner a tour of the Tourist Park. Using photographs tells a volunteer of the National Parks humorous the different animal species and their characteristics. At 18:30 clock, after darkening, they walk out the interested group of about 10 people through the park Equipped with a powerful torch through the campground. We discover "brushtail Possum, rabbit, sleeping" Kookaburra " and finally a "Ringtail Possum," which is much smaller than the "brushtail Possum". After 2 hours the informative and interesting guide to the end. Due to the darkness there's no photos for once :-)
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