G'Day!

My first weekend in Australia was quite packed. It all started Saturday morning, where I enjoyed a traditional Aussie Breakfast and headed to the Sydney Aquarium, which is by far the nicest aquarium I can remember visiting (with the exception of Sea World). There's a full Great Barrier Reef exhibit, plus sharks, crocs, platypus, and lots of little Nemos. Makes me want to get up to the reef soon and swim with the fishies - minus the sharks .

On Saturday night, I checked out the amazing Sydney Festival , a month-long free event. It was opening night, so we got to see fireworks and all! Aussies certainly do love their fireworks ! Shortly after the display, I was intrigued by how many bats were flying around Hyde Park. There were hundreds. While following the crowd's queue, pointing at and tracking the ginormous flying rodents, I felt this icky "slap!" on my shoulder. Although I can't fully explain how it felt, I can at least show you what bat poo looks like.…