Saturday, August 22, 2009

South Coast trip

Yesterday I went on a University sponsored trip to the South Coast. A bus took a bunch of Uni students first to see the Nan Tien temple, which is the largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere.


Next we visited some blowhole on the coast. When the water is rough, the waves crash into the rocky cliffs, and this one 'blowhole' formation of rock causes the surf to shoot really high. When we went the surf was calm, so the blowhole wasn't active, but the cliffs are really cool nonetheless. The guide didn't say anything in particular about the rocks, but as far as I can tell, they're volcanic. Hopping around on them was also a lot of fun.

Seven mile beach was our next destination, which is a beach, that is seven miles long, and is also not crowded at all since it's remote, and is a National Park. Two National Park guides taught us a few things about Aboriginal culture, including how to throw a boomerang!



The last stop of the day was at Kangaroo Valley, which is a spectacular valley and waterfall. Although we didn't see any kangaroos, we did see a Lyre bird, doing some weird song and dance. To finish the day, we got dinner at the Gaff, which is a restaurant and hangout in downtown Sydney that is popular with backpackers.

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