Saturday 23rd of April

Today there was en Easter sale (rea) at the malls, so I did some more shopping.

Found a good looking shirt at a good price!

(Found another one for $229! That was way over my budget! It looked good, but didn't buy it...)

In the evening I was invited to a game of badminton at a place in the suburbs of Melbourne. Haven't tried this for several months now, not since the bachelor party of one of you readers... you know who you are...

We played double, and my team won! :-D

I just got out of the shower, and back to town! Happy... :-)

Tomorrow night I will go back to good old Sweden!

Although on Wednesday I will go to Paris...

Two dear friends are getting married, and wouldn't want to miss it!

Many thanks

for sharing this journey with me!

Your comments and emails have been greatly appreciated!

Looking forward to meeting you all in real life soon!

Friday 22nd of April

Today I just wandered around Melbourne. On Swanston Street I saw a theater group performing. They were performing a short play, and doing a number of song and dance numbers. They were very good.

Here are some of the pictures I took:

On one of the streets I found this "waterfall". It is a wall with a thin stream of water falling down on it. People put leaves (it's autumn here, although still warm) in different shapes or words, and the wall is special so the leaves stick on it! This wall was very popular!

I found a pancake restaurant, and couldn't resist this one,with

raspberry, rhubarb and vanilla ice-cream.

Yummy! 

Thursday 21st of April - Melbourne

Today Qantas has taken me to Melbourne. This is my final stop, before returning to Sweden.
Stay tuned for more pictures!

Wednesday 20th of April - A farewell

Today's entry I would like to dedicate to my dear aunt Ingagunnel, who passed away yesterday.

Thank you for all the joy and happiness that you always have spread to me and your loved ones!

You were one of the most loving persons I have known.

I miss you!

Rest in peace!

Tuesday 19th of April - The Observatory and the Opera House

Those of you who know about my former interest for astronomy, may have guessed that I would pay a visit to Sydney Observatory.

Originally this was built to keep the time for the Sydney citizens. The yellow ball on the top of the building fell down at exactly 1 PM every day, and it still does!

This is the inside of one of the domes. It contains an ancient telescope, which is no longer in use.

The other dome was closed, but I managed to sneak in, and could see that they were using a much more modern 10 inch Meade telescope, and two computers. They also have a webcamera there, so they did discover my trespassing. Shame on me! :-)

This observatory is currently only a museum over old times. Would love to see some amateur astronomy here. According to one of the employees, their goal is only to make money, so they have time for nothing else except guiding and tours. I'm sad about this... The Tycho Brahe observatory outside Malmo, where I used to spend much time, is much more amateur astronomy active.

The sun is about to go down, so I took this beautiful picture!

I am very close the Sydney's famous opera house, so I decided to walk there.

This is really tourist quarters, as you can see!

Getting a little closer...

and even closer...

It is a really beautiful building!

I went inside too, but did not watch any play. Instead watched the sun going down, and the moon rising. It was fullmoon today.

Monday 18th of April - Darling Harbour

Today I went down to Darling Harbour in Sydney. Besided that it is a beautiful harbour, there are also playgrounds for kids, a huge shopping centre (where I did spend some money! Wait until you see me new shirts!), a huge imax theatre.

Further I found the Chinese Garden of Friendship, and I felt I should go in.
It was like coming into a new world. Everything seemed so peaceful there. Small waterfalls (I love them!), big rocks resembling animals, paviljons. Fantastic energies! Even though there were many tourists, which I normally hate, they couldn't diminish the wonderful experience!
If you ever go to Sydney, and want to really relax and calm down, this is the place to go!

On my way back to the hotel I walk past a cinema, and decided to go in. The choice fell on Sucker Punch, a very interesting dark story, with fantasy elements in it. Quite violent though, but I liked it. Recommended!

At night I went back to Darling Harbour for some night photos. This is what it looks like at nighttime:

Can you imagine a temperature of 25 degrees, almost silent, no wind at all, hearing some seagulls, and many people (especially couples) walking or sitting here.

There were several other photographers here!

This is the beautiful city view, seen from the harbour.

Sunday 17th of April - New Year

Today I wandered around in central Sydney.
Suddenly there was a big demonstration. Or at least it looked like that.
It turned out that the sikhs were celebrating new year.
They completely jammed the traffic while walking through town.
They wore very beautiful clothes, and there was some ceremony too, that I did not understand.