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I've had my share of long-ish stints without seeing my parents or being home, but never before had it reached a period of 8 months! Needless to say, I'd been looking forward to their visit to Sydney. They stayed for about 10 days and we had a lot of fun showing them what we love about this city, sharing meals and even traveling to the Blue Mountains and Jervis Bay. Some highlights include:

• A fabulous sail boat ride on Sydney Harbour in perfect weather..it was even hot enough that we all went swimming off the side of the boat!
• We were also fortunate to experience the St. George Open Air Cinema. It was incredible...never seen anything like it. It's an outdoor movie theatre that's positioned on the waterfront right by Ms. Macquarie's chair. We watched Invictus, though sometimes it was hard to concentrate given the the city, Opera House and Harbour Bridge were on either side of the screen!
• After being in the Blue Mountains for a day and night in pure fog (we couldn't even see the 3 Sisters or mountains), we stopped at a wildlife sanctuary called Featherdale that my mom had learned about from a friend. We were able to get SO close to koalas, kangaroos, kookaburras, tasmanian devils and other Australian wildlife. I'd highly recommend it, especially going later in the day after all the tour buses have cleared out.
• Unfortunately we didn't get great weather in Jervis Bay either, but still had fun exploring a new area together. I think one of our favorite parts was where we had dinner on the last night. Called The Gunyah, it's basically a tree house located at a luxury tent camp - Paperbark Camp. We ate outside on the deck among the trees and possums (one came dangerously close to jumping on our table, eek!). A really unique experience.

Here's some photos from our time together. We're looking forward to hosting Mike's parents next!