Cockatoo Heaven

Just innocently sitting on our balcony and we were visited by the residents.

Last sunset or sunrise (can't remember) in Hamilton Island

That's our hotel on the far left.

They are on our neighbour's balcony.

Well, hello there!

One of them surprised me from behind and landed on my shoulder.   That's what the scratch marks on my shoulders are from!

Aren't they great????

I'm in heaven!

Yes, he's giving me a love bite.  They were surprisingly gentle, but quite aggressive.  

Pics from the GBR Part 1

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This is NOT from the reef.  Can you guess what it's from?

I snorkeled past the furthest buoys by accident and got yelled at.

The view from the pontoon.

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That's Kendra and no, she hasn't dyed her hair orange.

That's Kyle!

Beautiful blue pattern in the huge clam

Lots and lots of large clams

Parrot Fish

Daytrippers are leaving us on the Pontoon for the afternoon and overnight.

We have the place all to ourselves.

Another pontoon in the distance.  More like a bird sanctuary.

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Sunset at the GBR pontoon.

Our accommodation for the night.  They zip up with screens at face level.  It was too hot though, so we slept with them open.

Sydney Day 1 w PICS!!

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Opera House

Central Business District

The guys waiting for me to finish taking pics. (Bob, Kyle & Pat)

My fig Bruschetta

Opera House

Sunset

Fairgrounds in the distance

We will now attempt to get you the previous pics of the Cockatoos at Hamilton Island and the GBR.  Stay tuned.

Sydney (difficulties w Pics)

Hellooooo everyone.  Just so you know, we are trying to figure out how to get our pics on this blog with our computer, which has only Google Chrome and that 'cloud'.  We had Kyle do it for us before through his 'normal' computer.  We have the pics ready to go but can't figure out how to get them from the Google+ Album to the blog.  Anyhow, we need to figure it out before the cruise (since we will have limited internet access) which is on Good Friday.

So, we left beautiful Hamilton Island yesterday (I will miss that place).  Flew to Sydney and are staying at The York Hotel in the CBD.  Good location and nice place.  The weather is raining right now but I'm hopeful it will smarten up.

We went for a walk with Kyle and Pat to the Opera House and had dinner at the waterfront (there's LOTS of waterfront here).    Dinner was good and very different.  I had Bruschetta but it was made with figs.  All the dishes were very flavourful with lots of herbs, etc.

I'm hoping to venture to Darling Harbour and/or The Rocks areas today.  I will write more later and hopefully include the rest of my pics of Hamilton Island and the GBR.