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Trip to Australia!

I'm taking a break from essays for a couple of weeks to spend time with friends in Australia! Sydney first; Brisbane and more next week :D
A close-up picture of the Sydney Opera House, showing several structures and the tile work on the facades.

Sydney

Flying from Toronto through Vancouver, I arrived in Brisbane to be greeted by Michelle, whom I cyber-met in 2020 through my ukulele FB group.  She visited me in the US in June, so it’s my turn to return the visit. 

Evidently 20 hours on an airplane wasn’t enough for me, because we hopped onto another one the next morning to go to Sydney to visit friends down there, too. 

Here’s a little photo essay of the first few days of my trip.  More to come next week!

A selfie of me in the Toronto-Pearson airport, with a pride flag in the background. The flag is painted on the wall and has the words, YYZ Pride | Fierté de YYZ
Toronto-Pearson airport got pride
A picture of a sculpture carved out of whale bone
This spectacular whale-bone sculpture by Joe Nasogaluak in the Vancouver airport is breathtaking
A selfie of me with my friends, Annett and Michelle. We're all smiling, and there is a christmas village behind us.
I met up with my great long-time friend, Annett, who happened to be in Sydney at the same time I was. And bonus: I got to introduce her to my new friend, Michelle.
A close-up picture of the Sydney Opera House, showing several structures and the tile work on the facades.
The tile work on the Sydney Opera House's roofs is gorgeous in and of itself
The Sydney Opera House with the Harbor Bridge in the background.
It turns out you can climb up and over the Sydney Harbor Bridge, but at almost $400, it was too (financially) steep for me.
Kangaroo paw flowers in front of a rock sculpture with a bright blue sky behind
Kangaroo paw in the Royal Botanical Gardens
A cockatoo grazing in a park with the Sydney skyline in the background
We saw a flock of wild cockatoos in the Royal Botanical Gardens
Me hugging a giant tree in a park
Yep, I'm a tree hugger. But who can blame me with this beauty?

Till next week, take care —

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