Family Fun: February 2006

What's up with the cat?

You may be wondering, "why is there a stuffed cat named Stripey TV in these pictures?". Well, Siena asked me to bring along a special animal of hers, and we picked this one. I thought it would be fun to take it's picture in different spots along the way. How embarassing is it to pull a stuffed animal out of my bag and photograph it?! Nah - it was funny.

More pics?!

Found 4 more pictures in Rich's folder - me with Stripey TV, having had a drink before we left for Sydney. Rich, Elisha, and me in the Meat and Wine Restaurant (check out the wine bottles). Took several pictures of Elisha and vice versa - goofy tourists. Stripey TV and me in lobby of our hotel.

Last four pictures from Sydney

1. Me in foreground of Sydney bridge, the day I had such a blast roaming around the city.
2. View of sailboats, bridge, and downtown Sydney from the harbor cruise we took.
3. pretty echinachea flowers
4. "the Rocks" area - famed location of English colonist landing (now shopping area) :)

A few last words

5. view from our condo in Noosa
6. Noosa beach
7. perty flowers...? from arboretum
8. perty flower outside the arboretum

My favorite Sydney pics (without people)

9. view of arboretum with city and skytower in background
10. a different view of the Sydney (cool architecture)
11. ship and bridge in Sydney harbor - I liked the composition of this one
12. Opera house view from the cruise, of course

Aquarium friends - fond memories!

17. HAD TO do this shot! I've overcome my fear of sharks, see?!
18. my buddy, the fish, who hung out with me tankside while I snapped shots
19. seahorse - cool!
20. finally got some platypus pictures! I LOVE platypuses!

Rich's birthday in Queensland

21. after dinner on Rich's birthday (condo in Noosa)
22. Noosa heads hike
23. leaving Brisbane (sniff!) with Stripey TV

On the Noosa "Everglades" trip

25. "How many pictures of me are you taking on this cruise?"
26. Rich demonstrates that the color of the river is like the color of tea (no kidding!)
27. Noosa everglades ride
28. one of the pools in our condo area, Noosa

The Stripey-TV chronicles

29. Stripey TV on Bondi beach
30. Darling Harbour, where we stayed in Sydney - beautiful!
31. Rainbow lorikeets - in Rich's friends' front yard!
32. Rich and cane on beach, Noosa

Down Under again

As I so often do, I took a billion pictures on our trip to Australia. My parents watched Siena and Zacky, so that I could tag along on Rich's biz trip to Sydney. I had the BEST time just wandering around Sydney, doing whatever I felt like--too many things to list (I don't sit still long). Then when Rich's stuff was done we went up to "the Sunshine coast", Noosa Heads to be exact, in Queensland. And finished the trip with a quick visit to Brisbane. It was so fun!