Down Under photos and travel journal... 38

***WARNING*** LOTS of photos!!!

Hi there! As promised, I have a "few" photos to share from our recent trip to Australia and New Zealand as well as a few pages from my travel / art journal that I made while on the cruise. Since our trip began in Sydney, Australia, I thought I would share a few more that I hadn't shared in my prior post. 

We had to visit Sydney's Apple Store ;)

This is a photo of Hyde Park that was taken while on our tour to the top of the Westfield Tower. The night before, we caught a glimpse of the colorful 35th Annual Mardi Gras parade as the parade performers gathered around Hyde Park.

A view of Sydney Harbour from the North side of the bridge:

A night view of:

 The Sydney Harbour Bridge

Sydney Harbour

The Sydney Opera House

The beautiful Queen Victoria Building:

Inside the QVB is a gorgeous multi level shopping mall:

a dome ceiling inside the QVB

We took a 90 minute bus tour ride to go visit the Blue Mountains located outside of Sydney where we then took a cable car ride down into the canyon where there to see the beautiful rainforest. Reminded me a little of the Grand Canyon here in AZ.

Our next stop was Melbourne. 

This is a photo of a shopping arcade from a street view:

and this is what it looks like once inside: full of little cafes / restaurants and boutiques:

another arcade

There are many little alley ways within the "art district" that have the most beautifully graffiti painted walls. Such an inspiration for journaled art pages:

couldn't help capturing the famous "Travelocity" gnome ;)

Melbourne's Train Station

Knowing that I would have "down time" in the evenings and Sea Days as we sailed to the next destination, I packed a new journal along with a limited amount of supplies. This is the journal I prefer as the pages accept all sorts of medium with minimal warping. 

I started in a "collage" kind of mood, mixing torn pieces of patterned paper while incorporating our luggage tags along with stamps and paint:

I saved a map from our daily adventure and incorporated pieces into the collage background:

More collaged memorabilia:

I switched gears and made a few Julie Nutting inspired girls:

Switched gears again and incorporated lots more painting and stenciling along with pieces of collaged maps and memorabilia:

Thanks so much for visiting! I hope you enjoyed the photos that I shared today credit of my dear husband :) I have lots more to share from a few more cities ;) Hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)