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By phroghollow, October 27, 2010 5:32 am

We decided to have a couple of days in Sydney. So Monday after Creedence we decided to hit Taronga Zoo. I got up early and hit the Gym at the hotel, but the treadmill was broken so couldn`t register speed or anything, so I just ran for 45 mins and figured that should do it.
We headed down to Wharf 26 near the Sydney Aquarium and paid for 2 tickets to the Zoo which included a return trip on the Captain Cook Cruises ferry :

We caught the Cable Cars to the top of the hill and started off down hill :

We saw heaps of Animals, Adele as always loved the Giraffe`s :

They were doing some work at the Zoo, so we saw a few exhibits closed. But we saw plenty of animals :

We saw plenty of babies like the baby Pygmy Hippo :

We saw the Baby Elephant :

We saw Meerkats :

Saw a beautiful view from the zoo back towards the city :

Saw an exciting bear :

He decided to move to the cave on the other side of the enclosure about 10 mins after this photo was taken but by the time we got back, he was asleep again.

We saw Lions :

Adele enjoyed the lions too :

Hahaha she`ll kill me when she see`s these .

We saw Tigers :

Then we saw the Snow Leaopard :

More to come when I can get time to upload more. Bye.

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By phroghollow, June 27, 2010 6:49 am

We went up to Sydney last night to celebrate Wilko and Dan`s Birthdays (Wilko earlier in June and Dan`s next month). We went to the Löwenbräu Keller both Wilko and I worked on Friday Night and after finishing, headed off to Sydney, Wilko with Dan and Jess and Me with Adele. I managed 2 and a bit hours sleep at home and a bit more in the car. Wilko had barely an hour.

We booked into The Russell hotel in The Rocks :

We got there around 3pm. We then met Jess, Dan and Wilko at around 3:30 at the Löwenbräu which is just up the road a bit from the Hotel, they were already a litre of beer in from Lunch.

Adele had a Lemon Beer in a 500ml glass, while Jess and Dan had the 1Litre variety :

Wilko and I had the 1 Litre Stein of Löwenbräu Original, whilst we had this we tucked into a Hamburger each, delicious.

Wilko decided to try the Black Forrest cake. Looked nice but Deadly, i`m sure Frank was happy. Jess and Dan got some Pretzels with Butter.

We moved inside and got started on Shots, Jess, Dan, Wilko and I had the Friesengeist (56% Alcohol) while Adele hit the Raspberry Schnapps. Wilko and I then moved onto 500ml Löwenbräu Originals because they were on special for Happy Hour between 4pm and 6pm, Adele hit another Lemon Beer(i`m Damn impressed with her by this stage) and Dan and Jess had one as well, we then all ordered Pretzels(salty pretzels and butter with beer = AWESOME). At this stage Wilko`s one hour of sleep caught up and he left to have a rest. I was fairly drunk by this stage, Adele and Dan both ordered Chicken Schnitzel (I ate Adele`s Salad) which were damn nice. After this Dan and I had Peppermint Schnapps, and Jess and Adele had Buterscotch chnapps, They shot theirs down, Dan and I sipped, Very Nice. By this stage, nearing 7pm, I was smashed :

so we stumbled back to the hotel, and by 8pm was asleep.

Now going to the Toilet was interesting, at least for the blokes, World Cup Fever is everywhere :

We woke this morning around 6:30 after a busy night in The Rocks(busy for the drunken yahoos on George St) and hit Breakfast downstairs, then walked to the Opera House :

then checked out The Rocks Markets. We got a present each for Adele`s parents for taking care of the Dog for the last week for us, and went back to the Löwenbräu and bought a 1 Litre Stein($16.50, can`t buy them after 5pm) :

and found this collar for Ellie :

You can order them from here

We then headed to Ikea at Homebush. Where we bought 2 lots of shelves for beside the bed :

And 2 sets of drawers :

Plus various other Sundries. We`ve picked the dog up and Adele is now making dinner and that was our weekend. I`m sure Adele will update this post if I`ve forgotten anything. Bye.

Oh, random Zebra art installation in Lake George, in front of the last rest stop, closest to Canberra, I driver revived and got a free cup of tea, Adele had my biscuits :

Bye.

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By phroghollow, June 8, 2010 9:10 am

As Daniel mentioned via Twitter we spent last weekend in Dubbo with Mum and Dad. We had a great time, the trip has been about 2 years in the making, it started after a trip to the National Zoo and Aquarium inspired us to visit the Western Plains Zoo.

We left Canberra bright and early Friday morning in our new car, we were itching to take it out on the open road to see how it would travel, it did great!! We arrived in Dubbo about 2.30ish, we stayed here https://www.akunamotorinn.com.au/ it was really good and the people who run it are lovely.

We decided to check out the Old Dubbo Gaol on Friday afternoon, it has been closed since 1966. In its day it could hold a maximumof 36 prisoners, male and female. The solitary confinement cells were so creepy, they were pitch black and allow in no light or sound!!

After the gaol we wandered around the shops for awhile before heading back to the hotel for a rest. We headed over to the Bowling Club across the road for dinner and quite a few drinks. I mastered the Skill Tester and got myself a Ralf (from the Simpsons) and then conquered the chocolate skill tester and provided dessert for all )

Cute Meer Cat

We had a great day, the giraffe in the top photos was so cheeky, he was posing for all the cameras, there were lots of baby giraffes too so cute!!!

The Meer Cats were super cute too, this little one was looking out for his keeper cause he knew that food was on its way!! We watch them feed and it was so cute the little Meer cats were running all over the people feeding them trying to get to their food!

The last photo is of an Eland and its new baby, it was born that day. Earlier in the morning we noticed that the Eland was in labour she kept lying down to have contractions and her waters broke while we were watching, we (well Me, Daniel and Dad) got a bit bored after awhile so wandered off for awhile, a zoo keeper did eventually confirm that it could take hours for the birth to actually happen. We decided to go back at the end of the day and when we did we found Mum and her brand new baby, couldn’t have been much more then about an hour old he/she was still wet and wobbly.

We eventually left the zoo about 4pm, we had walked about 15kms and drove around once at the end to re-visit some parts, mainly the Elands and the tigers again. Dad and Daniel had a great time with the cameras and took heaps of photos.

We went back to the Bowling Club for dinner and more drinks, once again I conquered the chocolate skill tester for dessert and Daniel mastered the other Skill Tester he got me a Care Bear and him a Gizmo.

Sunday morning it was just a little chilly, we checked out of the hotel and headed off for Parks to check out The Dish.

It did not let us down, we spent about an hour there reading all the info and we watched a 3D movie about The Dish, Mars and how big stuff in space is.

Then it was home again, we had a great weekend, thanks to Paul who once again looked after the animals. It was his first time looking after Ellie, I think she kept him on his toes  )

Then Monday was back to reality and back to work!! This weekend we have to finish getting ready for our painting, Sunday we move into Mum and Dad’s for week and the painting starts on Monday can’t wait!!