Luna Park/Bondi Beach

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Ferris Wheel with bridge in the background

The Tango

This one wasn't Dagan's favorite.

In Coney Island on a slide

We went into Sydney today.  Dagan has been wanting to go to Luna Park.  It was a little rainy, but we don't have much time left, so we went anyway.  The kids got the wristbands that allowed them to go on all the rides and into the Coney Island Funnyland building.  They went on the ferris wheel first.  Both kids said the view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House were great from the top.  Then they went on the tango.  Both liked this one.  Afterwards, they went on the bumper cars, but laughed about them again.  In Australia, everyone has to go in the same direction, so no one smashes into each other.  Both would rather smash into each other.  At this point, we convinced Dagan to go on a bigger twirly ride.  He didn't like it very much.  He isn't a huge fan of bigger rides.  Then they went into the Coney Island building.  It is the oldest building at Luna Park.  They went down a couple of slides in potato sacks.  One was really steep.  Sydney said the guy at the top just said to scoot over the edge.  They also went on the turkey trot, barrel of fun and a maze.  When they came out, Sydney went on the ride that went upside down.  She really liked it.  Before heading to out, Dagan went back into Coney Island, and Sydney went on the Rotor.  It reminded me of a ride we used to go on at Great America.  It spins in a circle, and you stick to the wall.  She liked this one, too.

Sydney is in green in the top row

Sydney is stuck to the wall.  It was spinning too fast to get a good picture.

The three of us at The Stuffed Beaver

 Adam decided we needed to go to Bondi Beach on the way home.  This is one place we hadn't been yet.  We drove down to the beach.  There were lots of surfers in the water and rain.  At this point, Dagan decided he was hungry and wanted to find us a place to eat.  We ended up going to The Stuffed Beaver.  It was really good.  We should have found this place earlier.  They had they best burgers.