Saturday, Michael and I went to the Sydney Olympic Park area, which has several parks within it. The whole area is very bike-able, and we were able to see some of the old wrecks in Homebush Bay which now have trees growing on them. We were also able to do the Brick Pit Ring Walk , which is supposedly home to some rare frogs we couldn't hear because of the incredibly loud Sydney 500 happening very nearby. We peaked over the fence to watch the cars whizzing through the tight curves for just a few seconds. We saw a wide variety of birds in the nearby marshes and mangroves and made it back to the train station, yet again, just in time before it started pouring and storming.
Today we had ate lunch at the Royal Botanical Gardens and Michael (with some help from a park guide) sighted a badass powerful owl, the largest species of owl known to live in Australia.
This was the first owl either of us had seem in the wild, so it was a pretty exciting (yes, I know we are nerds).
While there, we also visited the POP art exhibit at the Art Gallery of NSW, featuring art from Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Keith Haring, etc. After Michael left for frisbee practice I went on to the Chuck Close exhibit at the nearby contemporary art museum. They were nice exhibits, but overpriced (I say that as someone from DC, the land of free museum).
We topped the weekend off having a drink with neighbours at the annual building holiday party, a very informal affair that is still going on in the hallway as I type.
"Powerful owl" sounds like some sort of D&D monster.
ReplyDeleteI will attack your undead phoenix with my powerful owl, and because it has a sword of destiny, it has plus 7 magic and minus 2 humility.
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