Spring Break with M & D- Sydney

Jake & I left Friday late morning to Ballina to fly to Sydney to meet M & D. Now one thing that we have learned about Australia is that they don't have stores open the long ours that we do. A typical store is at least 8-5 and grocery stores are until like 9ish. Here, stores close in the late afternoon or open late. Now when we went to the Ballina airport, not a huge town, they did not open until noon. it was crazy, our flight was at 3ish and the airport did not really start moving and getting busy until noon or 1! Also I have never walked out the the airplane and boarded from the blacktop.
The flight was good, we found M & D easily in the airport. Then went to the hotel and settled in, then went to dinner and walked around. Now because I am behind on blogging I don't remember every step we took.
We went to the Blue Mountains and the Three Sisters. We did a little walking around on the trails, took the skyview ride to oversee the mountains, a waterfall, and other minor things. The tour to the Blue Mountains also included going to Featherdale Wildlife Park. We were able to see a joey and his momma. He was so tiny, and so quick. Then we were able to pet and see tons of Koalas. THe best part was being able to feed the kangaroo's, they were so friendly and let you get close enough to hand feed and pet them. That night we went to dinner at a place classes The Rocks on the harbour by the Opera House & Bridge, we had a great dinner and then dessert at a famous pancake place!

The next day we flew to Hamilton Island!