Advantages of Cars!!!

So we DON'T have a car, but some VERY kind people in our ward are on vacation in Europe for a month and have lent us their car. Therefore we have been able to discover more of the Sydney area. Since most names wouldn't mean anything to most of you I made a map to explain where we have been traveling to!! It kind-of looks far, but in good traffic(which doesn't happen very often) we can drive to downtown Sydney where the Opera House is in about 30 minutes. I didn't put a black dot, but you can see the airport symbol. We live REALLY close, which is good for Jared who bikes it when we don't have car! Driving it takes about 6-8 minutes to get to the International airport, and 10-12 min. to the Domestic airport(where Jared works)!!!
We live about a mile from the ocean. But our beaches don't have big waves because it is a bay, called Botany Bay. This next post is from the Botany Bay National Park, where Captain Cook(who discovered Australia) first landed. Then finally the last dot is where the Royal National Park is(from the last post). Because it isn't as crowded, it only took about 35 mintues to get to the entrance. Is so cool that all these things are so close. We wouldn't ever know it, without a car!

My little bug at the visitor's center!

Its bad lighting, but these is the monument behind us where Captain Cook first landed in Australia.

I don't think R has a future carrer as Vanna White.

I REALLY like this picture. Most of my smiles are forced, and most people can tell. But we both were really laughing in this picture. Of course R took this picture, but this isn't the 1st one. If you remember in my last post, I made fun of Jared for not knowing how to squint normal. Well, she took the 1st picture and showed us and Jared was closing his eyes from trying to squint. Anyways, I said take another one. So she did, but right before she did she said "Dad open your eyes so you don't look silly!" What a funny little girl!

R's favorite part of the National Park- playing hide and seek!!

We then drove around a little to the entrance of the bay-still in the National Park. BEAUTIFUL!!!!! My camera SUCKS, because it totally doesn't do this place justice! No beaches here, just cliffs!

It is peak whale season so a lot of people go out to this point to whale watch. So they put up these temporary fences, but the further down you get they don't have them!

See no fences! My little family!

This kind-of shows how beautiful the water is!

Again I wish I had a better camera, but still beautiful!

I REALLY love having a car, but we are doing what we have to!! The countdown is on..... as of now, I am still coming on the 23rd! YAY!!!! I am a little nervous about the long flight and being prenant. Does anyone have any tricks to make the flight a little more comfortable???