• Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    Kathy and I pose for a photo at McMahon's Point, across the harbor from the CBD. We liked the views from the North Sydney area so much we did them twice in the same day after two dozen photos from the morning were lost when a memory card became corrupted.

    Taken: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at 12:32AM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    Sydney's Harbor Bridge stretches from our vantage point in North Sydney through to the CBD.

    Taken: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 4:51PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    On day two, Kathy and I stop for a photo inside Sydney's Hyde Park. The collection of these self-taken photos offers clear proof that I chose not to take a razor along on the trip.

    Taken: Monday, December 19, 2011, at 3:08PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    Looking down on Bondi Beach in Sydney. Kathy was surprised by how small the actual beach was, given its fame.

    Taken: Monday, December 19, 2011, at 10:12PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    Kathy leans over a railing inside the Royal Botanical Garden, with the Sydney Opera House in the background.

    Taken: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 7:28PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    A turtle surfaces inside Sydney's aquarium. This specimen was not one of the bizarrely long-necked varieties that Australia seems to have in abundance.

    Taken: Sunday, December 18, 2011, at 10:39PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    The giraffes of Tarango Zoo certainly have the height to realize their million-dollar views across the harbor to Sydney's CBD, but they seem unimpressed.

    Taken: Monday, December 19, 2011, at 4:49PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    A Sydney ferry makes its way across the harbor to the Tarango Zoo stop.

    Taken: Monday, December 19, 2011, at 6:52PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    Kathy and I pose for a photo at Tarango Zoo, across the harbor from Sydney's CBD.

    Taken: Monday, December 19, 2011, at 12:00AM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    Looking down from the Sydney Harbor Bridge at the city's CBD and its famed Opera House.

    Taken: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 5:43PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    The supermaxi Wild Oats XI prepares to pass under the Sydney Harbor Bridge a few days before the start of the Sydney to Hobart race. The five-time winner would come in second in a close fight.

    Taken: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 6:17PM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    Kathy on the ferry from McMahons Point to Darling Harbour, where we ate dinner and then went to see Mission Impossible on IMAX.

    Taken: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at 12:36AM by Eric Richardson

  • Sydney, Australia
    Eric Richardson

    Sydney, Australia

    This monument park on the edge of the Royal Botanic Gardens was created using pieces of stone from old structures in Sydney.

    Taken: Sunday, December 18, 2011, at 6:56PM by Eric Richardson