Dave & Margs' Travels

For those of you who are wondering and the one who actually asked, I will tell you where I would have written this (not where I am) if I had had the time etc. This and the previous Oz reports would have been at Sue's. The ones I wrote were at Sue's dinning room table, not necessarily an exciting venue, but if I had taken the lap top thr few metres outside into the backyard I would have had a view of gum trees, eucalyptus trees and been serenaded by Kookaburas and parrots / paraquets. A very chilled setting with national park area only metres away... that was out 'home' in Oz, thanks Sue, it was much appreciated.

So not too many entrances in the competitions so re the Oz ones... her are the answers.
We were going out and Dave was trying to find a pair of trousers only to remember there we hanging in the wardrobe in Singapore.. oops! And I am Rudolf - um Red nose!!

Anyway Monday, we got a lift of Karlyn and a train and arrived in the city and met Jess for lunch. Those in Horley may remember Jess who was barmaid in the Gatwick pub. Great to catch up with her if only briefly. We walked through Chinese Gardens and went into the new Australian Wildlife Centre - home to only native animals. We learnt lots of great facts eg did you know there are more nocturnal reptiles (or was it snakes, or was it just animals (be good if I actually remembered the facts)) than day ones. Eucalyptus leaves are toxic to Koalas so the first thing they eat is a special poo from their mum which gives them all the necessary bacteria.! We saw parrots, butterflies, insects of all sortes, loads of snakes, spiders, lizards, lots of nocturnal creatures (I think they should put infra-red next to them so you can find where they are), wallabies (my fav), koalas, etc. A good place.

We walked down to Darling Harbour and had a drink, tried to pretend we weren't POMs (lost the 2st test by then) and then back to the pubs in the Rocks we'd been to with Sue. A walk, a ferry and a walk and we met Sue, her brother Ian and Karlyn in Balmain for a farewell evening drink.

Sue, being the perfect hostess to the end drove us to the airport, joined us for breakfast and later texted us to tell us the Airbus 380 was landing in Sydney. We found the gate and although we didn't see it land, we watched with a hord of airport staff as it taxi's to the gate. A big plane!