Stacy's mom arrived on Thursday morning and after giving her a day or two to recover from the flight we got right to the sightseeing. Saturday morning we took an early train to the CBD to walk through town toward the Opera House for a very interesting tour and history. After the Opera House we walked over to the Rocks to have lunch at one of Steffi's favorite cafes. Following lunch, the ladies shopped at the street fair while Jack and I went for drinks at the Glenmore Hotel. We had beer (a pilsener for me and a ginger for Jack) and watched cricket on the telly. Next we walked across the Harbor Bridge to Luna Park where we rode the ferris wheel, which the kids have been waiting to do since November. The day was perfect aside from the Queen Victoria being docked in Circular Quay and spewing thousands of extra tourists into our beautiful city! We're not sure why everyone in Sydney is so excited to see the Queen Victoria?!
On Sunday we traveled from Cronulla along the south coast past Wollongong and on down to Kiama. We have been many places north and west and seem to have explored every square inch of Sydney itself, but have been very neglectful of the wonderful scenery to the south. We took the scenic drive where we stopped at several beaches and scenic lookouts along the way. Our final destination for the day was the Kiama Blowhole. A blowhole is an area of rock carved into a hole with high cliff walls that as the waves crash into it, it gives the effect of a whale's blow hole. Check out the video.
More pictures to follow...
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