A month exploring Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Jervis Bay, Canberra and Melbourne over December 2024 and January 2025.
First glimpse of the Opera House on the ferry from Balmain to Circular Quay. Cacti in the Botanical Gardens. My new (old) bike in the cafe in Centennial Park. Bondi Beach from the coastal path. View towards Luna Park from the cycle path over the Harbour Bridge. View over the harbour from the Spit to Manly trail. A parrot in a tree near my apartment, seen on an evening stroll. The Harbour Bridge framed by a sculpture. Me and Martha in front of the Opera House. An emu and a wallaby. A koala sleeping in a tree. They sleep for 20 hours a day so this is most likely how you will see them. Me with Wally the Blue Grouper. Art installation at the Gallery of New South Wales. Bondi Beach, with the Sydney skyline in the background. Taken from a PA-28 flying at 500ft about 2 miles offshore. Route of a scenic flight up the coast from Wollongong to the Northern Beaches. Sea Cliff Bridge. A bower bird at the Wollongong Botanical Gardens. Kookaburra at the Wollongong Botanical Gardens. Pagoda at the Nan Tien Temple. The main building at Nan Tien Temple. A kangaroo at Jervis Bay. Sunset over the Blue Mountains from Wentworth Falls. A wild lizard. Me standing under a waterfall. A wild crayfish in the waters at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Me standing in front of the International Flag Display, as seen on Season 10 of Jet Lag: The Game! View of Canberra from the top of Mount Ainslie. Strava map of my route around Lake Burley Griffin. The finale of the 2025 NYE fireworks display over Sydney Harbour, seen from Balmain. Main lake of the Chinese Garden in Sydney. A digital sketch of a tree opposite the coffee shop, made with Samsung PenUp. View of the Melbourne skyline from Australia 108. Princes Bridge in Melbourne. The reading room of the Victoria State Library. Melbourne Museum. Evening at the River Yarra. Fern Gully in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. Arriving into Sydney from Melbourne.