So Zach, Steve and I went for a nice trip this last weekend to a City just south of Sydney, called Wollongong. We were going to meet some former students of Steve's for a party, and we stayed with Steve's sister Elyse. We flew from Byron to Sydney on Saturday morning and then rented a car to make the short drive down the coast. Wollongong was an absolutely beautiful town, just behind this geological feature called escarpment. It is a small mountainous ridge that runs from the coast to the backside of Wollongong.
Sunday morning after a quick breakfast with Elyse and her husband, Steve took us to Kiama, which is a small suburb of Wollongong and was also very scenic. Small tropical storms on the north side of Australia sent larger than usual swells downs to the beautiful beaches in Kiama. After we left the bayside, Steve took us into the country side, and it was unique to see the farmland juxtaposed with the beaches so closely. It looked a little bit like France mixed with Florida. The lush green rolling were mixed with palm trees, it was the weirdest thing. Once we got to the top of the lookout at the top of Saddle Back Mountain, we had an amazing view of the country side and we even heard an amazing bird called a lyrebird. I couldn't get a video of it making it's call, but check out this David Attenborough video of one. It made noises very similar to the one in the video (without the car alarm, or chain saw) including the Kookaburra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
All in all it was a fantastic weekend and I would recommend it checking out south of Sydney if you ever get the chance! Rather than include all of the pictures as part of this update, I just made a gallery, and you can check out the whole lot of them.
Sunday morning after a quick breakfast with Elyse and her husband, Steve took us to Kiama, which is a small suburb of Wollongong and was also very scenic. Small tropical storms on the north side of Australia sent larger than usual swells downs to the beautiful beaches in Kiama. After we left the bayside, Steve took us into the country side, and it was unique to see the farmland juxtaposed with the beaches so closely. It looked a little bit like France mixed with Florida. The lush green rolling were mixed with palm trees, it was the weirdest thing. Once we got to the top of the lookout at the top of Saddle Back Mountain, we had an amazing view of the country side and we even heard an amazing bird called a lyrebird. I couldn't get a video of it making it's call, but check out this David Attenborough video of one. It made noises very similar to the one in the video (without the car alarm, or chain saw) including the Kookaburra.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
All in all it was a fantastic weekend and I would recommend it checking out south of Sydney if you ever get the chance! Rather than include all of the pictures as part of this update, I just made a gallery, and you can check out the whole lot of them.