Australia Part 8 - Sydney

So the last post for Australia. (sounds a bit prophetic!)
We were in Sydney for 5 nights, before departing for Auckland, as you might imagine we had a lot planned only a small bit of which would give us any birding opportunities, but we did get a few..
But we started with a tour of the city, so I have to include a one or two touristy photos,
The Bridge and Opera House

just to prove we were there and Bondi Beach of course!

While we in the park looking out over to the Opera House, a Rainbow Lorikeet, popped out,

I didn't have the big lens on, so not a great photo, but it made us smile.

One of the other glorious sights in Australia in the spring are the Jacaranda Trees, they are stunning. This one is in central Sydney.

Next day we were off to the Blue Mountains, I think a must for anyone visiting Sydney.

 The Three Sisters,

 Plus we did see one or two birds...
Crimson Rosella,

 Black-faced Cuckooshrike,

 White-throated Treecreeper,

 more mountain views,

 and a Mistletoe Bird.

The scenery up in the Blue Mountains was just fantastic, as I said earlier a must see.

For the purposes of this blog, the only other day I will post about is an afternoon at the Botanical Gardens, this was after a seaplane flight along the coast and over Sydney Harbour,

You can see the Botanical Gardens and Park running from the Opera House to the small peninsular behind the aircraft carrier, so in the gardens;
Australian White Ibis,

 Laughing Kookaburra,

 Common Myna,

 Dusky Moorhen,

 Masked Lapwing,

Jacaranda Tree,

 Rainbow Lorikeet,

 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo,

 Laughing Kookaburra,

 Australian White Ibis,

That concludes out Australian adventure, now for New Zealand.