| Family stuff
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Someone had a birthday in October;
can you guess how old he is? |
Neil's mother & sister Barbara made a
surprise visit to Sydney for Father's Day |
Neil's mother with Rex & Roger |
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Neil's mother & father |
Neil's mother & sister made a
surprise visit in September |
Neil's mother with Rex & oger |
Then Neil's mother visited Sydney again in
November |
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Neil, his mother, Usa & Roger |
Neil, his mother, Usa & Rex |
Neil, his mother, Roger & Rex |
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Rex Singing - Rex had some performances
near the end of the year |
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Singing teacher's end of year show; the
first time Rex was backed by a live band |
Rex appreciates others performing |
School play - A Cat In the Hat |
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A visit to Grandpa's (Neil's dad) |
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Rex on the water at Grandpa's |
Usa looks out to the water at
Grandpa's |
Rex in front of Grandpa's apt
building |
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We visited Powerhouse Museum, Sydney's museum
dedicated to mechanical, electrical and design things |
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A USSR space capsule |
A single thruster exhaust from the
space shuttle |
Horses, aeroplanes, space stuff --
they seem slightly confused ... |
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How many planes can they fit in
there? |
Neil shows Rex how to ride a penny
farthing |
Usa dreams of
sailing the seas |
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In October Usa and the boys spent a few days
in the Blue Mountains, just west of Sydney |
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At the entrance of the 'scenic
railway' |
The world's steepest railway |
The Three Sisters are the rocky
outcrops, not the people |
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Usa & the Three Sisters |
A great view |
A scenic railway
AND a cable car |
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Some lush forest ... |
... & a forest walk; notice how Roger
is now almost the same height as Usa |
Early settlers
mined coal |
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A waterfall seen from the cable car |
They're called the Blue Mountains
because when viewed from a distance they look blue |
Usa, Roger & Rex |
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Jenolan Caves are a short drive from
the Blue Mountains; short in distance, but long it time owing to
the nature of the twisty road; Jenolan Caves are one of the best
examples of limestone caves in the world |
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Typical Australian scenery |
Same |
It's not England,
but this is greener than usual for rural NSW |
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Discovered & explored between 1841 -
1904 |
Inside a cave |
Anyone wanna
climb a ladder? |
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Inside the caves |
Rex in front of the view |
Looks like a
religious figure |
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I guess if you get stuck inside the
result isn't too good |
The Broken Column |
Abundant
limestone ... |
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... lots of it |
Interesting cave roof |
Abundant
limestone |
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Stalactites from the ceiling &
Stalagmites from the ground |
And finally a feature lit stalagmite |
Rex seemed to
enjoy it |
