This is one reason this place is called 'The Rocks'. This is a stairway between buildings, cut right through the rock with roots from a tree growing right in it.
Looking up the stairway/walkway
What a cool bridge. I learned a lot about it, but won't bore you with too many deatails...
A tunnel carved right through the the 'Rocks'.
More photos of the area we visited - the Blue Mountains. This was the steep railway that goes down to the old mines and a rainforest. It was very very steep, even before it starts.
This sign says it all. Don't worry TK, I won't let you lose any limbs!
Looks like a roller coaster from this angle!
Here's the proof. It's one steep railway!
This is one of the old wooden cars they saved when it was renovated in the 1970's.
I say BONDI beach is pretty nice, what do YOU think?
Not too warm out there today...
My bruddah*licious friend, Jonny.
It's a JELLY! No worries, the stingers were out of commission.
Cheerleaders practicing their lifts on the nice sand. I was hoping they wouldn't drop each other.
This is the view from our cabin window. Priceless, I would say!
A view of the Opera House
Just as we were getting ready to sail from our berth in Sydney Harbor, the sun was starting to set, making the tiles on the Opera House seem to glow!
Another angle. I walked around the whole (amazing) structure as well as running up and down all those steps! ( I had the theme from Rocky playing over and over in my head!)
I found a little nook I could reach. This is what the roof is made up of. The whole thing is over a million tiles. Pretty amazing. Oh, and some trivia - if all the pieces of the roof were put together, it would form a perfect circle. Another thing is that it weighs more than the bridge, by about 2 1/2 times!
The bridge climb gang, right before our group hug. Some were excited, others aprehensive and even others were wondering what was up with this American chick and her doll...
Craig, our Bridge climb guru extrodanaire. He was a lot of fun, knew his work and had that Aussie accent that Tiny Kona would have enjoyed listening to, if she hadn't been banished to the locker while I did all the work climbing that giant man-made apparatus!
Ticket, TK and the clock showing our 'time' for the climb.
Craig decided to be on here twice. Seriously, sometimes this blog puts the pictures on here twice and darned if I know how to delete the repeats! Well, Craig deserves to photos, he was awesome!
The German fellows, lockers are on the left. Nice jumpsuits, guys.
Window on side of cottage.
Tiny Kona reading the plaque about 'Cadman's cottage'.
Cadman's cottage, built in 1816. When we walked out of the cruise ship terminal, this was right across the street. This area is know as 'The Rocks', as mentioned before. There is a lot of history about this little place. It's one old building for Australia.
Tour bus driver and guide on our BLUE MOUNTAIN excursion. They were great! Notice the bridge in the background.
This is the little artsy town we had lunch in, called Leura, near the Blue Mountains.
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