When I was a child - there was a song I used to love singing – it told the story of a Kookaburra, laughing from an old gum tree. Not to mention that in my adolescence I was a big fan of Australian novels, the words of Colleen McCullough, Kate Orman and Garth Nix, created a vivid image of a country that I longed to visit. My recent trip to Sydney did not disappoint, here are a few of the highlights:
What’s Not To Love
The things I love about Vancouver hold true for Sydney – beautiful scenery, the Pacific Ocean, nature within an urban environment and laid back, funny people with a liberal view of the world. I loved it so much in fact, that it is easy to imagine my little family living there someday.
Real Women have Curves
After the trauma of shopping in Asia –a place where most North American woman are considered to be size XXXL – Sydney is a breath of fresh air. While you may run into the odd, skinny fashionista - most of the Sheila’s here are beautiful, athletic, healthy women with real curves.
Flora and Fauna
I spent several hours laying under a big fig tree in the Sydney Botanical Gardens, just taking it all in. Flying Foxes, White Ibis, Cockatoos, Lorikeets - wild animals and birds that I’ve only seen on the Discovery channel - it is thrilling to see them in real life. The only problem is no Kookaburra. I think I hear one laughing, but I can’t be sure. The locals are amused to hear that North American children actually sing the “Kookaburra Song” - their equivalent of “The Wheels on the Bus” - and they seem to think it is hilarious that I can’t find one. Apparently they are everywhere.
What’s Not To Love
The things I love about Vancouver hold true for Sydney – beautiful scenery, the Pacific Ocean, nature within an urban environment and laid back, funny people with a liberal view of the world. I loved it so much in fact, that it is easy to imagine my little family living there someday.
Real Women have Curves
After the trauma of shopping in Asia –a place where most North American woman are considered to be size XXXL – Sydney is a breath of fresh air. While you may run into the odd, skinny fashionista - most of the Sheila’s here are beautiful, athletic, healthy women with real curves.
Flora and Fauna
I spent several hours laying under a big fig tree in the Sydney Botanical Gardens, just taking it all in. Flying Foxes, White Ibis, Cockatoos, Lorikeets - wild animals and birds that I’ve only seen on the Discovery channel - it is thrilling to see them in real life. The only problem is no Kookaburra. I think I hear one laughing, but I can’t be sure. The locals are amused to hear that North American children actually sing the “Kookaburra Song” - their equivalent of “The Wheels on the Bus” - and they seem to think it is hilarious that I can’t find one. Apparently they are everywhere.
3 comments:
Good Lord! What does that kookaburra have in it's mouth?!!! I thought they sat in the old gum tree eating all the gum drops.....
Oh no - now that song is going to be in my head for days! It was a long ago favourite of mine too. :)
Since you didn't see a kookabura you can hear one hysterically laughing here
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