Blue Mnts cont.

allright, sorry about that folks! anyways where was I.. o ya i was laughing at how small the waterfall was... but the hike through the rainforedt was nice! Alot like Vancouver (temperate rainforest).

After checking out the waterfall we hiked back up for luch, which was aight, then hopped back on the bus to go check out the 3 sisters in Katoomba.

Katoomba is a very cute little touristy town, really reminds me of winfield...very peacefull compared to the city.

THe statues represent the aboriginal story behind the 3 sisters. The father was a magician and he had a magic kangaroo shin bone. One day the family were down on the rainforest floor when the father decided to do some hunting, he told his daughters to wait up on the hill quietly so they wouldn't wake the great beast that lived down there. So as the father was hunting he noticed that the girls were being very noisy up on the hill and suddenly the beast came out of the forest and was headed towards his daughters.The dad used his magic kangaroo shin bone to turn his daughters into stone so the beast couldnt hurt them...the beast got mad and went after the dad... he used his magic shin bone to turn himself into a parrot, but in doing so he dropped the shin bone, and that is why his daughters are still stone...or it was evelution...take your pick!

After getting some nice shots (i came back at sunset to get more) we headed down to senic world, which is a touristy type attraction.http://www.scenicworld.com.au/attractions_railway.asp Check out this link if ya wanna know more...

We walked down 1067 steps, and they were steeep im surprized i made it out alive..haha

well after we rode the train back up (thank god) we headed to the hostel, where the bus dropped us off and we all checked into the beautifull hostel. I didnt get a pic of it but it was reallly nice!! After that I unpacked all my stuff and took alittle walk around to see wat katoomba was all about. At aboput 7 i headed back down to the 3 sister look out to catch the sunset( about 20 min walk) Durring my walk home i went past a house that had a few people my age outside drinking some wine, so i stopped a poked my head over the fence to ask them wat there was to do in this town at night...Thats when i got my face almost licked off by their 4 dogs..awwwww charlie.....anyways so they invited me to have supper with them, which was gourmt garlic prawns!!!mmmmmm, so i stayed there and hung out drinkin some wine with them untilll about 1 am!Then headed back to the hostel!! I slept in on sun!!! whhich i needed !! then just toured around some more, the bus picked us up at 5 and i was back in the city by 7!

thats all for now

later

The Blue Mnts

Well I had a very nice and relaxing weekend out in the Blue Mountains. This is a shot from one of the look-outs! Unfortunatley it was really smokey out there because theres a huge bush fire burning..

My day started off nice and early as I causght the bus at 6 so i could be in the city by 7 to get on the tour bus. So I made it there and loaded up with about 9 others and started out trip outta the city. We drove for about 45 mins to the Blue Mountains National Park, which has wild kanagroos wandering all about!! My first experience with wild (well very tame) kangaroos was pretty cool!

This is a momma roo, with her joey in her pouch! Their enjoyin a nice grass breakfast!

And heres some others!

I watched this little guy climb right on into mammas pouch!

After the national park we loaded back up on the bus and drove another 40 mins to Wentworth Falls, which was a really nice hike down through a rain forest, butt I was quite dissapointed with the waterfall...compared to some of the falls ive seen up in the rockies this was nothin!! try and see if you can even spot it!!

These are some from our hike to wentworth falls.

Thats all for now, have to work Ill finish this up later!

Back to normal round here!

Well things are strating to look up!! Now that the dad is back from the states I'm getting plenty more free time!! Plus the weather has been beautifull again, not to hot not to cold...perfect!! I have this whole weekend off..wow.....so Ive booked myself a tour to the blue mountains! Its only about 1 1/2 hours from sydney, and we'll be stoping at diferent sights(waterfalls) along the way!!So there should be tons of pics to come! Hopefully the fires that are happening there right now wont dissrupt it too much...ill letcha know on sun how it goes!!
peace

my new blog!

Well I have figured out a way to share all my thoughts/pics with everyone, not just fellow msn users...Mainly for all my Aunts!! Well maybe ill just copyy my other 2 posts onto here so everyones updated...
sept.18
Well I made it through my first week with EASE!!!It is sooooo beautiful here, def the most beautifulcity Ive ever been to. My flight over was pretty goodnot too full so that was nice... The family Im living withare very nice, and the kiddos are so cute, as you can see in the pics!!The house Im living in is really cool, and were only a 10 min walkdown to Bondi Beach, which is a very trendy little area( famous forits beach of course). I went out on Sat night and watched a really goodband play at a local pub..very cool. Downtown is pretty crazy..BIG!!I took a ferry over there and it was a very cool ride. I havent really meet anyone yet,but I figure Ive got plenty of time for that later on!!Well I hope that theres people reading this (other then my mom!!!)Ceers, talk atcha later!Shawna

good day/ night out

This pic is me on coogee beach, b4 the wind came up and we had to search(not too hard) for the nearest pub...

and the pics above it are the night that follows!!

Some of my early pix!

So lets see what we got..the first is a shot of Bondi beach, it was still fall here, hence thats why there were only me and a few others brave enough to bare the 20 degree weather!!

That is a pic of the city from the ferry.

This is Marie, the english chick Im travelin with in feb, and Lisa, also from england.

This last shot is off of our balconey, its so nice and green here..I love it!!

more updates

sept.25
there was a big shark thing down at he beach on sat. The lifegaurds had to call everyone out of the water as a shark was spotted 50 ft away from a swimmer... There were helicopters and eveything, it was a pretty big deal!

oct.9
Hello Hello
Well just as I suspected time has flown by and ive already been here a month!!!!I cant belive it!! Lifes great here and Ive now made some really good friends(check out the pics....sorry marie!!) I have been working lots and the family is really great, they give plenty of time to go exploring. On sat night i stayed at the hostel with marie, that was interesting, people from all over the world!!! Ive gone out lots and gotten right hammered a few times as well(maries a bad influence) haha, as am I...Um wat else to say....its been pretty cold here, it gets really chilly at night. I havent really been saving much money cause i always go out durring the day then staying out for the night and end up having to buy myself a hoodie...um ya hope all is well with everyone and I miss everyone!!

nov.17
well it has been 2 months now and I am still kickin!! Not much new too write, though because I stil havent left sydney...I guess a big thing is that Marie and I have set our plans in motion and have been looking at campervans, and will proballly be buyin one in the next couple weeks! Our plan is to head out the beggining of feb! Where too...were not quite sure, we'll probally drive up the coast tilll we find a nice little town(and work)tyo settle down in for a month or so...we dont wanna stop somehere for more then a month so that we experience as many places as possible!A couple of my friends from canada, kevin and tyler are leaving sydeny tomorow because they couldnt find work...so tonights gunna be a good one! okay well im gunna go swim in the pool!
Cheers
Shawna
Hope all is good with everyone!, and stay warm!

Ok so now your updated i think..now ill add a buncha pictures!!