You cannot go to Australia and not make contact with the kangaroos. Another time at a different preserve, Nan makes friends with this young "roo".
For me, however, it's about the scenery. One day we hired a car and drove out to the Blue Mountains. The driver took us to a spot overlooking the fabled Three Sisters rock formation.
According to legend, three sisters fell in love with three men of an enemy tribe. The sisters were forbidden by their chief from marrying them, so the men decided to take the sisters by force. A witchdoctor, learning of this, decided to protect the sisters by turning them into stone.
I walked down the trail with my camera up to my eyes- taking pictures, framing the shot. I kept walking until I felt something nudge against my stomach. Looking up from the camera, I realized I had walked into the short guardrail at the edge of the cliff. If I had been a few feet either side, I would have plunged right over the edge!
We left going along the coast to Melbourne. Someone had told us there was an old street car, converted into a rolling restaurant, and it operated on the tracks throughout the city after everyone had gone home from work. The car had the right-of-way, so it never stopped for regular traffic lights. It was a most luxurious space, and reminded me of the fancy restaurant in Dr. Zhivago where the very young Lara (Julie Christie) is taken by a much older and sophisticated Komarovsky (Rod Steiger).
What a great idea someone had to turn this trolley car into a moving restaurant. We don't remember what they ate in the movie, but the lobster dinner they served us was delicious! |
