farwell Sydney

We have had a relaxing/fun/busy/great last 5 days here in Sydney. We have stayed with Kevin and Lynne as they are just so great and we really are having a hard time leaving. But I'm sure they are  ready for a quiet house again and we really need to move on. We have rented a camper van (google Australia jucy choppa van rental) if you want to see our very cool ride for the next 10 days. We are headed West through the Blue mountains and into the opal mining outback. We are very excited to be able to do a bit of camping because we didn't do much last summer.
Getting back to our last 5 days. Kevin took us to an Assie Rules Foodie game one day. It was a very cool experience as we have never really seen one and he explained what was going on and the rules and such as we watched. So it made much more sense than if we would have gone alone.
The next day was the bus/train family fun day. We could ride all the trains and buses and ferries all day for $2.50 each. So we took advantage of that and rode and toured around the city all day. We saw the Sydney Opera house, the Sydney harbour bridge and so many great little areas along the bay and harbour. It was a great time. We also went to China town for a great supper before heading back by train to our house.
On Monday Kevin drove us 160 Km drive along the coast through all the parks where we got to see beaches/ windsailers/lush forest and spectacular coastlines. What a great day. For lunch he packed us all some sandwiches and we had a picnic. When we returned home, Lynne was cooking "dinnah" for us. She made a yummy chicken pot pie with the flakiest pastry on top, potatoes,the best salad ever and kangaroo. Yes, we all tried it and it was really good. This was a special treat for us as it was Lynne's birthday and she cooked us a meal. They really are the BEST couch surfer hosts ever!!
Today we spent the morning securing our camervan for the next 10 days and also booking all our flights until Singapore. That's where we will be on May 20th.
Well, I should get to bed. We had to stay up to watch survivor. We missed the last few week and had to watch the last episodes from a hotel room in NZ on our little laptop. What a treat to see it on a TV again.
Oh ya, Kevin and Lynne gave us directions to see Kangaroo's up close tomorrow. I wonder if they will smell the meat we ate yesterday and beat us up??