Sydney Skyline

Here is a another shot I took from the plane's window, you can still see the harbour bridge, opera house and then the city centre.

In Plane View

On my trip back from Cowra/Orange I had to fly into Sydney to change planes to head on to Brisbane, I was on a small SAAB Jet Plane and took this great photo opportunity to snap the view of Sydney Harbour through the plane window. You can see the Sydney Harbour Bridge (nicknamed 'the coathanger') and the opera house is also visible. It always makes me feel warm and fuzzy flying into Sydney and seeing this sight, especially at night. I was born in Sydney and lived there for the first 17 years of my life before I joined the Australian Army........ but thats another story LOL

The town of Orange

On my trip down at Cowra I spent some time in the town of Orange (New South Wales). A walk around town with my camera produced these photos, hope you like.

Japanese Gardens Display

Apart from the amazing landscapes, the Japanese Gardens at Cowra NSW also has an indoor display of various Japanese artifacts. Here are just a few:

Cowra

Here are some more photos taken at the Japanese Gardens at Cowra, New South Wales, I hope you enjoy.

Missing In Action

Sorry, I have been 'Missing In Action' for a while LOL, but I am currently interstate staying at my sisters place at Cowra New South Wales for a few weeks. Cowra is a historical town as they had a Japanese prisoner of war camp here and it's famous for the Great Cowra Break-out, if you want to know more just google it, its a very interesting read. The old camp is now a magnificent Japanese gardens and I have some photos to share of my visit there.

SURF CARNIVAL

With Australia being the fun loving place we want it to be and the fact that most Aussies and the tourists that visit here, love the beach we have many surf lifesavers patrolling our beaches to keep the swimmers safe. Our surf lifesavers work for free, they dont get paid like they do over in other countries, they do it out of love for the beach and to keep beach goers safe.

They often have surf carnivals where they raise money for equipment and also we have the Australian Iron Man competition where participants have to do a marathon of different water/beach activities and compete against each other for the Iron Man trophy. When we were at Coolum Beach the other weekend they had an Iron Man carnival being held there. There was even a helicopter in the air over the water with cameras to get all the action as it was happening. If you wanted more info about these Iron Man activities just google it.