Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
We had a great view from our room of the opera house WHEN a cruise ship was not docked (which was hardly ever!)
Our view with said ship!
Just to the right of the Opera House is the Royal Botanical Gardens. You can see the huge rock wall that they had to build around. More on the amazing gardens later this week.
Sydney Harbour Bridge, steel-arch bridge across Sydney Harbour (Port Jackson), Australia. The bridge, opened in 1932. Its in the Rocks District of Sydney. All of the old architecture is made of of carved stone including this bridge. The surrounding area has many areas and walls of rock that they had to build around.
You can walk up the top of this bridge look close at the top and you’ll see tiny people. The photo below shows a close up.
I’ve been in Australia and New Zealand for the last month. So I managed to avoid the snow/ice storm that hit Sequim!
So travel vicariously with me and I hope you enjoy the next few weeks of photos.
The opera house is stunning in person–the photos just don’t do it justice. It has such texture to the roofing. It’s made of hundreds of thousands of individual tiles that you can see in the next photo.
Kids Making their own fun at Rialto beach.
Who says it rains all the time in Seattle? That’s just what they say to deter all those Californians from moving here!
You always get the best view of Seattle from the ferries. If you come to Seattle walk on to the Bainbridge island ferry from Seattle (only 35 minute crossing around $7 RT) Browse the lil downtown and then come back to this view of the Skyline (sunshine NOT guaranteed)
This male was not happy that we stopped our canoe to watch his troupe in the tree tops. So he positioned himself over us and pooped (just missing my husband but hitting our guide). He got us moving again!
Rialto beach never disappoints no matter what the weather. Our coastline is NOT great for swimming: Cold/rocky/terrible rip tides/ and lots of floating killer logs. But it is amazing to watch and to photograph.