| Click on a photo to see a larger view. |  Sam on the plane at JFK airport |
 A possum encounter at the Australian Museum. We saw live possums later! |
 Sam in Hyde Park, Sydney |
 Mom at Circular Quay |
 View of the Sydney Opera House |
 The smallest section of the Opera House |
 The Opera House roof detail. |
 The Mandatory Koala Photo-Op. |
 At least the koalas behaved! |
 Wombat! |
 The Dingo |
 Our favorite- the echidna! |
 A view of Sydney from the Taronga Zoo |
 Sunset on the Illawarra Coast |
 Outside the quilt workshop, a lizard sighting. |
 Beth and Sam, Illawarra |
 A waterfall in the Illawarra rain forest region. |
 Sam with Caroline and Laura Hamilton, St. Ives |
 Sam on Rottnest Island, WA |
 A beach on Rottnest Island. |
 Limestone caves on Rottnest Island. |
 Sam made a Quokka Castle in the sand. |
 Sam's first close encounter with a quokka. |
 Quokkas are gentle little marsupials. |
 But this quokka's mama did know how to work zippers, and got into Sam's pack! |
 Sharking behavior at the Natural History Museum in Perth. |
 Mom too |
 Flying into Cairns |
 The Cathedral Tree |