Today we (that is, some friends from the hostel and I) travelled west of Sydney to see the Blue Mountains.  It's unbelievable to see this kind of vast natural wilderness so close to a metropolis like Sydney.



We took a cable car across the gorge, which was a little scary but a lot of fun.



You can't beat views like these!

It has been an incredibly hectic, incredibly fun first week in Sydney.  I actually got a job through the hostel folks -- I'm tending bar again, just like back in university.  See, education does pay off! :)  I've seen and done a lot of really cool stuff already, and here's the photographic evidence.

Like any tourist worth her salt, I took the twilight cruise of Sydney Harbour

    

and climbed the Harbour Bridge Pylon (lookout).  Fantastic vistas, truly breathtaking.

    

Not all of the good ocean views were found in the Harbour, either.  This is from Manly Beach.



And most of you are probably well aware that I can't resist the opportunity to do a little shopping.  The Queen Victoria Building is this incredibly posh shopping centre in downtown Sydney that has the nicest shops and is worth seeing just for the architecture.

  

Today is the Anzac Day holiday, the Australian equivalent of our Remembrance Day, so it's pretty low-key for the moment.  Of course, that affords me the opportunity to do some posting.  Now that I'm a little more settled into things, I'll try posting a little bit of information a little more often instead of infrequently dumping lots and lots of stuff online (like this post).  Until next time!