Our first stop there was at the 3 sisters monument. You can see in the pictures the 3 stone sisters sticking out. It really is a magnificent view from there and it was such a pretty day with bright blue skies. We walked down to the 1st of the 3 sisters. It was 150 stairs down and my parents even did the hike. It doesn't seem that hard but it was pretty tiring to do. There are 1000 steps to the bottom of the canyon you can walk. I did that on a p-day on my mission but we didn't do it this time around.
After that we took a bus over to The Scenic World. Here they have a cafe, gift shop and then 3 different rides you can do. A skyway, railway, and cableway. We of course did all 3. By far the best though was the railway. They have this rail car that goes so steep straight down the mountain. It's so fun but even a little scary. You can go down it and you get off and walk around and then you can take it back up or walk over to the cableway. When you get to the bottom there are little walk ways to walk through the area and enjoy the scenery. It's all really well maintained walkways and it was so fun. Jeff, Whitney, Shane and I decided to do a little longer hike so my parents said they would just wait for us in the cafe and as we got on the railway we looked up and my parents had decided to just ride the railway again for fun. It was kind of cute just to see them having fun.
It was a fun day. That night we had some yummy pizza from a place that had just opened up nearby our condo and we took it back to our condo and ate it.
Wednesday. Our last full day in Sydney. My parents, Shane and I decided to do a bus tour. They take you around different suburbs of Sydney and different look out points. It was interesting to see different areas and some fun facts that we didn't know. We got to drive through the 'rich' areas of Sydney where the prime minister lives, see the area Russell Crowe owns a place, and then we saw the prostitute area of Sydney as well. And I'm not joking when I saw we saw a lady approach someone looking for some business. eeek! It was a pretty fun tour.
Our tour ended at Bondi beach. Jeff and Whitney decided to do a little shopping at Darling Harbour and then they met us at Bondi beach. Bondi beach I would say is the most famous beach in Sydney. We got some lunch (I had a roasted lamb sandwich...I had lots of lamb on my mission) and then went and sat on the sand for a while. The sand was soo soft there. Then we decided to walk along the beach to a lookout point to the south part of the beach. It was really pretty to look back at the beach and see the ocean, etc. We even saw some whales blowing out in the distance.
That night Jeff and Whitney got tickets to 'My Fair Lady' at the Opera House which was being directed by Julie Andrews. Whitney was like a kid on Christmas she was so excited to see it. And she said it was incredible. My parents decided to hang out at the condo. Shane and I decided to walk down to the harbour one last time. We got there while it was still light and sat between the Opera House and the bridge and just talked, people watched, watched it get dark and see the Opera house light up. It was a relaxing fun night.
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