Blue Mountains near Sydney

We visited the Blue Mountains just outside Sydney as part of our family vacation. We stayed in Blackheath and found a lovely little cabin at the edge of the National Park. We took a lot of walks and enjoyed the quiet mountains after a busy week in Sydney. 

Every morning we started our day by feeding the birds. A flock of local parrots that start lining up around 8 am for their breakfast routine. There were so many of them. More pics to come. 

 Here is the beautiful view a 15 min walk from our cabin.

 Amelia really wanted to hike the Grand Canyon trail that reaches the bottom of the canyon. We started out on the steep trail. She was so excited to be hiking. Here she is with Luc.

 And on her own-

But she took Luc's Shoulder Shuttle back to the top!

Our little cabin.

We took another little walk that was up-a-hill-down-a-hill-into-a-swamp. A favorite of Amelia's. She had her rain boots on and slopped around in it for a while before she told us her feet were a bit cold.

 Charging down the hill to get to the swamp!

Settling into Perth

Life on the road with Amelia always settles down when we reach our apartment that we plan on staying for the length of our trip. Kings Park is a few blocks from our place. We have been wandering over to play in the morning. The park is one of the largest urban parks in the world. It is just about Spring here and there are lots of wildflowers starting to bloom. As we walk to their amazing big playground, we have been taking the time to smell the blooming flowers.

I think these beauties are paper whites. The smell is so sweet. I have never seen them in the wild.

Australia the land of Oz

G'day mates. We arrived in Sydney a week ago. Here is Amelia at the airport in Seattle showing off her new luggage. She was so excited about the trip and did really well on our long journey.

We spent a great vacation week with Luc. It was very busy and we were all happy to arrive in Perth where we will stay for the next few weeks. Some highlights of our trip thus far include dancing in the park like the exotic birds, making fritter friends at the park, and Amelia working. I can tell she likes our new Perth Apartment because she asked to do some work here. She got busy cleaning our courtyard table before lunch.