PLEASE - I need your advice where to get good nature pictures

I live in Victoria and don't have a clue about Sydney, but I'm sure that one of the lovely ladies from that area will be able to help you out. I pray that your son enjoys his visit to our beautiful country!!
Kathie

I am sure he will be able to find plenty of places around Sydney Harbour to get great scenery photos. Unfortunately though, not every tree here in Australia is home to a koala, so for the highest chance of getting photos of Australian wildlife, it is best to visit a wildlife park such as Featherdale. (A good stop on the way to the Blue Mountains, but he won't be riding a bike that far!)
Happy travels.

Sorry - I too am not from Sydney so I have no idea where to recommend. When I was a kid I went to Warratah National Park where Skippy was filmed and they had Koalas there....but I am not even sure if it is still there. I do a LOT of camping and stuff and must say, that I have never seen a Koala in the wild to this day. Hope your son has a safe trip.

And BTW -Go Team Canada.....that was some hockey game yesterday! DH was very proud to wear his Team Canada cap to work today!

Sorry I dont live in NSW either. I have been through the Blue Mountains but didnt stop. Were I live in Victoria there are in town, koalas (some even in backyards of people I know, foxes and rabbits (both feral), on the local beach is a pair of Glossy Black Cockatoos, just out of town I have seen echidnas and kangaroos, feral deer, have also heard of feral pigs just out of town. There are also seals/sea lions and sea eagles as well as more birds that there are too many to list!

Thank you very much girls ... I will give him that info.

Have a great life
L.

Taronga Zoo has FANTASTIC views of the city and harbour. You can also have your photo taken with Koalas at particular times of the day. It is still a zoo, but as natural as you will get in the city!

Next to the aquarium in Darling Harbour is an Aussie wildlife place, I have not been in, but in would have all of our animals, but they may be behind glass.... not sure.

Hope he enjoys his trip and gets all of the pictures he is chasing!

Thank you Julie, I will tell him that via webcam because ... he is en route for this 23-hour flight. Ah! Be young again!

L.

Lucie - 23 hours is actually pretty good. One time it took us 48 hours from door to door with an almost 2 year old in tow! What part of Canada are you from?

Montreal ... well, suburbs of.

Now I am curious ... 48 hours ... where are you from ... or was it a delay/weather problem?

L.

A bit of everything really Lucie. We flew from Ottawa (which is where we lived) through to Toronto (a2 hour delay there) to Chicago (with a 8 hour delay or something ridiculous like that), then to LA (with a 4 or 5 hour delay) - to Auckland (with a 2 hour or so delay) and then to Sydney where we were picked up and drove 6 hours to home which is on the border of NSW and Vic. It was trully one of the most horrendous trips we EVER made.......I must say our DS who was nearly 2 at the time was actually VERY good. If we tried to make the trip with our 2 year old DD now - I think we would all be nuts. Now if we have a long delay - we stay the night and continue the trip the next day - it is easier in some ways.

Montreal.......I love Montreal! I love going down to old Montreal and walking all day and eating in all the nice restraunts there and I LOVE the Notre Dame. The shopping in Montreal is sooooo much better than in Ottawa. Much more variety and colour! Is English your first or second language? Would love to hear more about you if you decide to stick around....we are a pretty good bunch really.....(some of us are a little crazy....but good! )

Crazy is good (your last comment!)

You are the living proof of patience ... wow, could not stay that long "in transit".

I am French but I work mostly in English, so! It is a little strange (or maybe not!) that you belong to a "forum" so far ... Do you find it a little frustrating when people talk about that store ... or that store where they have this and that to sell ... and it is not even in your country ???

L.

Hehehe - I wont EVER spend that long in transit again. We were flying with our free points from aeroplan and they really stuffed us around. I am not sure if you can call us patient or crazy. I still remember vividly being in Chicago airport and finding an inside playground...I think we spent at least 4 hours there and DS thought all his Christmas' had come at once.

I am actually now in Australia. I dragged my Canadian hubby back here about 7 years ago after living there for 8 years - so I don't have a problem with the stores being far away. I don't really belong to the forum to buy things though. I just love to be able to chat about scrapping stuff with likeminded people. If I had of found an international forum with such a great bunch of people as on here, I would of joined them. As it is - most of us live miles away from one another anyway. Like from Montreal to Vancouver and stuff like that....so there is a good chance that some of us will never meet in real life (which is sad really!)

Hope you stick around.

Ok ... you make it interesting. Time to go to bed for me. Tomorrow is Friday here ... And I guess you're already on Saturday, right?

One more workday ... and then relax a little. And you won me - I will give this place a better look in the weekend. I got this address from the Net when I wanted to post my request. Why did I pick this one, we'll never know I guess ... the "50" sounded important.

Night, night
Don't let the bed bugs bite

Great - I look forward to seeing you around....and nope, it is still Friday, but Friday afternoon. Right now I think we are only 14 hours ahead of you....but soon it will be 16, when we both do the daylight savings thing. Bon Nuit.