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Two Aussie kids, Ava and Kalani, give us their perspectives on life down under. Eight-year-old Ava, and Kalani, a nine-year-old boy, live in different Australian cities and have never met. Find out what Aussie kids do for fun and what school is like in the land of koalas and kangaroos.

Friday, February 19, 2010
Ava

Tour of Sydney

Hi everyone! I am very happy to say that finally I went around Sydney with a camera and my mum (everyone thought we were tourists). We took a picture of the Opera house and the Harbour bridge.

Photo: Girl with Sydney Opera House
Photo: Bridge


We also took pictures of Luna park and the harbour that all of those places are on. I think the harbour is very pretty. Luna park is funny because it is in the shape of a wide open mouth (there is also a Luna park in Melbourne as well as Sydney).

Photo: Boats in Sydney harborThere are so many cool rides at Luna park. You can also climb the harbor bridge it would be amazing to climb it (I haven't climbed it myself) and the view would be amazing as well! In one of the photos you can see people climbing the bridge.

Photo: Australia flag on bridge
Photo: Boat in harbor
Ferries are a popular form of transport for passengers around the harbour. My mum used to work at the opera house! I also saw a massive cruise ship called the Queen Victoria.






161 Comments

That sounds really cool.I have always wanted to go there and I hope i have a chance to go there some day.

Did you like it?

That is WAY AWESOME!!!! You're SOOOOOOOOOO lucky!!!! =)

That is awesome! Did you go inside the Opera House?

OMG! I've dreamed my whole life of going to Australia! So has my friend! Have you heard of Bindi the Jungle Girl?

i have alway,s loved that place. i whant 2 go there so bad.

ava you in the sidney?

Nice cool nice cool nice cool nice!!! ;-)

I'm going there in July, I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! I'm a student ambassador. By the way, Hi

O'h my gosh I would love to go there

that is cool!!!!i whish i were you.

that is seriously cool...I do hope to go to australia someday for higher education.. that time i will surely visit sydney!!! you are very lucky!!

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The Opera House is so beautiful. Wow thats cool, Were u able to enjoy some of the rides ?

yoyoyo lol so how long have u been on this

Australia, eh? i have a cousin who lives there. Do you surf much? always wanted to try surfing. except for the shark part.

@ annie123,
girl (or boy?) we have the same name!! i was named after my great grandma and everyone always calls me Anne. GRR...

FcL *_* thats wat i like about you

that would be so cool!!! hope u had a good time i live in michigan so that would be nice..... i hear there schooling is great i would sure like that. :)so when did u go? did people look wierd at you because said everyone thought you were tourists

So cool.I want to climb the bridge.I so wish I can go there!!!!!!!But we have a dog.

I so want to go to sydney!!!! It looks so fun! So lucky!!!!

i want to go to Sydney soooo mush!!!
^^

must b funnnn !!!!!!!

It looks so fun there how cool is that.And you can also learn alot there!!!!!

That is fun that you went there I want to go there too sometime I went to Fiji and just came back nice pictures up there they are so awesome!

I live in Sydney and we go round there all the time! Recently we went there to go to these lights it was really cool because on the opera house these lights went on it and formed all sorts of patterns. One pattern was a disco ball and it moved all the time. I suggest to search it up on the internet. To tell the truth Emma I must tell you that Bindi the jungle girl isn't really that great.

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I really want to go to Australia. It has been my dream for a while. Australia is the best place on earth. I mean everything: location, people, nature and history.

i would like to ask how u become a blogger in national geographic.

I'm a Chinese girl and i'm going to australian to go on my further study ..I't seems like that Sydney is great!!

Wow That is really cool!
i soooo have to go there one day :)

Cool I remember in finding Nemo™ they went to SYDNEY!✌☺♥

Hi!!! AVA!!!!
I'm Renato from Brazil.
I really like your pictures and I remember Nemo's movie!!!! One day I want to go to Sidney!!!

I'm learning english and your blog is very cool!!!
I read all your posts since 2009!!!

Please white more about Sidney.... have you ever seen a kangaroo? they are dangerous?

Bye bye!

cool! ive always wanted to go there. it sounds like fun. way cool!

This is AMAZING! I mean truely wonderful. I have never been to a foreign country, but I hope one day I can go to almost every continent, whether they are freezing cold, or scorching hot!!!!!!!


WOW! I love that picture(;

Thats so cool! I would love to go there!

cool I wish I could go there! I shouldn't complain because I go on vacations alot

Australia sounds soooo totally awesome!!! My mom said she almost NAMED me Sydney!! :P

i wish i could go to australia.it looks really fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want to go to Sydney and see Opera House,Harbor Bridge &Luna Park
~LALA212~

sounds cool!i really want to go there!!!

so lucky! i wish i could go to sydney! heard it's real nice there... is it really? i just remember how looked in Finding Nemo...

WoW I have always wanted to go with my father to some far away place I've only been to New Orleans in Mardi Gras...and Washington d.c. But my friend, Sarah brings me black and white photos of all the places she's been to....Africa is absoloutley amazingg!

that trip seems fun

was it fun?

i have never gone to Sydney but your photographs make me feel that it is a very beautiful city!!!

those pictures are really nice..:)
i went to sydney and i saw opera hosue it was really nice..

What beautiful pictures and architecture.

Wow! that must have been amazing!!! you are so lucky

that is so so cool


~LALA212~

it look cool but scary and very high

i would like to tour sydney it looks like a great place to visit

Wicked! That sounds sooo fun. Was it ? :)
I have always wanted to go to Sydney! The pictures look really good!

Werid !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Omg that was such a cool picture. We wish we were down under!

WOW!You are a great phtogerpher . What was the tempeture like in australia?

Cool.You are so lucky.:)

that is so cool!I want to go to Australia so much.I have never been.How long did it take to get there?Were you scared?It was so fun reading abut your trip!How did you get there?By automobile? I hoe to hear more about it soon.Thanks 4 posting something so cool!byby+you=byby2u!

~abc etc.

it has been my DREAM to go/move to Australia FOREVER u are SO lucky!!

thats so pretty and awsome

omg i luv that gurllllll

OMG!!!! You are so LUCKY you live in Australia. I've always wanted to go there. Wow, is it warm down there? I bet it"s probably better than being in chicago in december like me. Hey! I have an idea!!! We could trade homes for a week, or month, or year, or FOREVER! I am joking. LOL. C ya l8er Bye!!:-)

Awesome
You are soooo lucky. I really want to live in Australia

wow this is amazing))) i dont know what to say, i have always dreamed of going to australia especially sydney.
wow)))

THats pretty cool. THat is a cool picture.

I like your pic !!

thats pretty cool how you went to australia was it an awesome place to be?? I also like your pictures you took of it.

:) i've Always wanted to go there!!! that sounds sooo cool! you're so lucky!

haha!!Cool!(:

haha!!COOL!(:

that is sooo beast i wish i could go to australia some day to go on a safari

i sure wish the artical was longer but owell some peopel don't like typing so long and getting finger cramps. later

Wow!Love the pics your sooo lucky!

I always thought that building looked cool! :)

how was the trip to sydny.

That looks fun!!!

My Uncle and My aunty live there along with my cousins so I go there lots. I have never been to Luna Park though. We never got time.

really cool blog !!

U R SOOOOOO LUCKY!!!!!!!!!

terrific,especially that climbing bridge part, wanna try it sometime :D

Nice!!!

My favorite picture was the one of people climbing
the bridge. Is it safe to climb the bridge? I live in missouri we do not have that big of a bridge and people do not climb the little bridges here.

Wow. I think living in Australia would be so cool. I would love to visit it sometime. What is your favorite part of living there?

I think that is so cool,i would love to do that!

lucky ive always wanted to visit somewhere awsome like sydney well anyway looks like you enjoyed it. maybe you will go somewhere else that way i can here about it from the pics and the way you describe stuff i would be glad to read another

Looks sooo cool!!
was it fun?
:)

i wish i could go to Australia

Oh that sounds nice! i want to go to but i want to go when its new years! the fire works in sydney are beutiful! Hope you had fun!

Looks SOOOO COOOOL!
I would love to go there!
Was it really hot there?

Ur friend, Green

that looks soooooo cool out there have fun :D

someday i wish to visit that place. it looks so pretty. is it hot down there? if it is i like cold places.

australia is a beautiful place and big it must have been very sweet to be there whats it like over there?

thats so cool girl

wow !!! you are so lucky to have been on a plane. ive never been on one!! i would love to go to australia !!!! i dream of going to paris,london travel around the world. for now im stuck in nyc !!!! but herer is awesome to lots of stuff to do . and 5 grade ttlly rocks im graduating !!!!!!!!!!!!!

those are awesome photos! how was the opera house? i bet it was loud! haha :p !

must be pretty hot there in Sydney! Have you heard of a thylacine[tasmanian tiger?]

That is so cool(I have a horse named Sydney she is a Saddlebred

I really really really REALLY want to go to Australia one day!!! :-)

Sounds cool:)

I wish one day i could stay in Austarilia Becuase my nana my aunty my great uncle and my step dad all live there!

Have fun!

Dude Australia i get to go there when i graduate high school and get 2 take 3 friends . gonna surf in the great b. reef surf with ya later ;)

wow very impresove

thats sooooooooo coollllllllll

taht must b soooooooooo fun

i would love to go there

Why didn't you try the bridge?

did ya know that Australian money is printed as plastic not paper?that's Green!!

Gosh you are so lukly I have all ways wanted to go there


Lucy said

coooooooooooooooooll
coooooooooooooooooll

you're very lucky I never went to Sydney.

OMIGOD you are so lucky ive never been to sydney but i would so love to!

Yea Me either!

these pics look cool was it fun

thats so cool now bye talk later

You are lucky because you live in Australia and most of us people entering a comment are from the United States, Canada, or Mexico. Once again, you are truly lucky.

Wow these pictures are amazing!!!!

Do you want to climb the harbor bridge???

From the pictures you posted it looks like you had a lot of fun!!!!

I hope enjoyed very much.

that is cool !The opera house looks like a bunch of sails.

That is good that you got to come to Australia! :-)

Actually, I live in Australia. :-)

amazing,very lucky girl!

In Austalia do you get to go to Ayers Rock because I have always wanted to go there but I live in the U.S. so I can't. But how many miles did you have to travel to get to all these crazy places?!?

thats
awesome

whats up thats cool but not coo enough for me

Wow! your sooooooooooooooooooooooooo lucky! I wish I could go there! :)oh, and P.S. I'm very sad for me. :(

That is sooooo coool i want to go to sydney now thanks to you and your pics

Lucky!!!!

ohh wow were you just visting? and it souded like it was funn

Sounds like a fun and beautiful place! Your such a lucky little girl! Hopefully we get to go their one day!! (:

Hey you are lucky but guess what I might go Australia too!

Hello,are you having a good time? I would. You took a lot of pictures.Did you take pictures of the city or bridges. FROM HUNG

your lucky you live in sydney.i have always wanted to go to sydney.

Way cool...bet you had fun!:)

That is so cool!!!
It would be so fun to go to Australia!


nice how did you get a picture of the bottom of the brige.

I live in Australia! Its the best and would recommend it to everybody.
Did you have fun? Ive been to Sydney a couple of times :)

That`s AWESOME!Cool Australia!

That`s AWESOME!Cool Australia!

This sounds really cool!!! I'm going to massachusetts (?) in a while. There is supposed to be 14 people there- grandma, grandpa, mom, Ilijah (my 9 year old bro), Ian (my 6 year old bro), me, Trevor ( my fifteen year old cousin), Taylour ( my 11 year old cousin who is just 10 days younger then me), Toddy, Ellie,Kaylin, Gabrielle, Noah, Aunt Nydia, and Uncle todd. I say 14 because Ellie might not come. Hoping she does, though. When she found out that a lot of the family was going, she decided she wanted to come, but they might not be able to afford another ticket. Anyway, I'm talking about myself too much. Hope you had ( or are having) fun on your trip!!!! :)

That sounds so cool!!!!!!!

thats sooooo cool:)have you been in the opera house?
ps.luv those photos:)

Last month my class was studying Australia!

Ava I enjoyed reading your story because you described your story really well,and the pictures were amazing.Luna park sound really cool I wish I could go there.You used a lot of descriptive words in it.

I really enjoyed your story AVA it was really descriptive.Luna park sounds really fun,the opra house must be gigantic

i love koloa bears. So i would have no problem living in sydney

I <3 <3 australia i love Sydney so much

hey look its OZ my home i love your pic

Now I want to go there.

i like your tour of sydney it looks like allot of fun!

I liked your story Ava it was really good

[how much stuff did you do there ''
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I live in new zealand the harbour bridge is the harbour bridge in Aukland!.

Thats so cool I wish I could go there because thats my favorite place

That is so way cool!!!Iwish I could!!!!!=)

wow! how was it?

My Powered picture was the one of people climbing
the bridge.

i would like to go to Australia i think it is a wonderful place

I've always wanted to got to sydney!

so cool

I Have Been To Sydney A Very Nice Place

hi we have a bridge like that in newcastle england cool photos

you are extremely lucky to live there. i think thats sooooo cool. do you like Justin Bieber How old are you? you look like a relly sweet, awesome girl to hang out with I bet thats what everyoneelse thinks. text me back.

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