City Sights

Living in Mudgeeraba...or even the Gold Coat for the last 4.5 years has made me appreciate the city scape of Sydney even more when I get to go back there. On my last visit I felt like a tourist again, whipping out my camera to capture the view.....and instead of staying on the Northern Beaches as I usually do, I stayed in North Sydney.......something I have not one in a long long time. So it had been a while since I have had the chance to take in this spectacular view.

.............................Or take a cheesy self portrait in front of a land mark like any true tourist must do!!!!!

 This was the view from my room.................if I left my door ajar and looked out the corridor window!!! ha!
Oh well..it was straight to bed for me anyway...no time to gaze out the window anyway when you've been up since 4am and pregnant dying to hit the hay!

Although I do enjoy getting back to Sydney town, I must say it is very nice to get home to my tranquil bush surroundings and a warm crackling fire.

It's a bit like when we went to Brisbane this past weekend while Oskar stayed at Asha's house. (Thanks Hoogervorst's!) It was great to see some great interior design, and be a part of the excitement of a more cosmopolitan environment, and we were even sitting there at lunch saying wouldn't it be nice to have a city apartment to be able to enjoy this more often........but then we paid too much for parking, and got stuck in their traffic and thought, you know what...visiting every now and then is just fine with us.

I think my needs have changed as I have gotten older and had Oskar. I do still love visiting cities though, to explore the great design and shops on offer.....and of course the great food., and we know we want to do it more often than we do....... But there is lots of stuff we wish we could do more of however, at the moment with little Oskar and Ladybug on the way (yes C...'ladybug' has stuck!) I think we need to just be happy with what we have,  and if that means infrequent lunches out in the city and strolling through the shops...then that's OK with me. There will be plenty of time for that later.

Lunch at 'Ole' ......For those on the Coast...gotta try it. AMAZING Spanish Tapas at Southbank...which left us excited to try and make everything we just ate so we could taste it again as soon as humanly possible.

Ceiling feature at Ole.

Some inspiration for a feature wall at the HIA Home Renovation Show.

And a stupid car!