I figured a post was long over due and I’d give a recap of my happenings. Mom came to Sydney and spent a month with me. We celebrated New Year’s at Taronga Zoo and watched the fireworks over Sydney Harbour. We had a lovely picnic dinner and donned our festive glow-in-the-dark jewellery. For her Birthday, I took her to her favourite beach—Manly and we had steak and wine. In the month 
that she was in Sydney, the days were filled with lots of walking, talking, laughter, shopping, gelato, and eating! The highlight of the trip was when we spent a week in Cairns. In Cairns, we went on day cruise, saw the Great Barrier Reef, walked in the rain forest, and went to a rainforest village called Karrunda. The day in Karrunda began with a scenic train ride to the village that overlooked waterfalls, and the city of Cairns. At Karrunda, we spent most of our time in Bird World where these beautiful exotic birds would eat out of our hands. At the end of the day, we rode a sky rail over the rain forest canopies. The views were just spectacular!!Now, I’m back in Sugar Land and hope to see friends and family before going back to uni on the 25th of February. Will be entering my 4th year! Woo hoo!
