RRRRAAAAAAAHHH!!

That is a Dinosaur rrrraaaahhhh ...

just in case you were wondering!!

We have spent the last 2 days in Sydney which included

going to see the

Walking with Dinosaurs

stageshow.

It was a real "wow" factor for the kids (and the

grown-ups were pretty impressed too)!!

I reckon this is about as "life like" as it gets. These

incredibly amazing robotronic (i think that's what they're called)

dinosaurs were soooo realistic ... blinking eyes, weeping nostrils,

incredibly loud roars & deafning noises etc etc.

Besides all that, they were life size.

Yep ... I'm talking huge!

The adult Brachiasaurus (sp?) - or perhaps better known

as a "Long Neck" almost touched the lighting

equipment up in the top of the arena.

We were about 5 rows from the front and when they turned around their

huge tails swung out over the top of the audience.

In Blakes words ... "it was awesome"!

The people that put these shows and characters together are amazing!

Now as expected, it was well announced that no cameras, video recorders etc

were allowed to be used in the show.

But, i did take along Blake's new camera that Santa brought him for

Christmas (cause it's compact and fitted in my handbag) in the hope

of being able to take some photos being relevant to our outing.

I took these pics of Blake with one of the posters that were placed

around the foyer areas outside the arena so at least I would have

something for a scrapbook page.

When we got inside and the show began;

people were taking photos, flashes going off

'left, right & centre'!

I sooo wanted to join in but my DS must have seen that

i was itching to get the camera out of my handbag and

repeatedly informed me that it was the wrong thing to do

and "please don't take photos mum"!

The man in front of us was having a wonderful

"happy snappy" time and i could see his

camera screen with great pics throughout the show ... damn!

Well, at the last part of the show when the big

T-Rex came out (they always save the best for last),

the flashes were going off like a lightning show and in

his excitement Blake decided that it would be a good

idea to sneak one photo cause the T-Rex's were sooo cool ...

can you believe it !!??

Anyway, we did get a few pics of the T-Rex but this part of the show

was very dark & gloomy (setting the scene for the big battle) and

the photos are very ordinary ... more of a dark hazy shadow!#@?!!

Doesn't matter ... the night was a real hit and I think we

brought home half of the merchandise range they were

selling to remember what a great night it was!!

We stayed at our favourite hotel in North Sydney which looks out over the

Sydney Harbour. The lit up diamond & coat hanger are still being displayed on

the Bridge from New Year's which was a treat to see. I love looking out over the harbour etc at night, it is like everything comes to life in Sydney after dark ... all the lights, the boats on the harbour etc.

Our big buffet brekkie the next morning was a real treat and then we

caught the ferry over to Darling Harbour for the day.

We went and seen Open Season 3D at the imax theatre ... how cool is that place!

We arrived home just in time to go out for tea to celebrate my sisters birthday ...

and then all collapsed into bed last night absolutely exhausted!

Now for a busy weekend keeping up with my New Years goals ...

I am going to clean out & organise my spare room/scrapbooking room.

Wish me luck, it is a HUGE job!!

Cheers,

JULIE x