Thanks to Nancy for sharing her pictures with me! This is the unique Paddington neighborhood in Sydney. I've never seen homes like this before. I was told that the neighborhood was in tough shape after World War 2, because everyone was fleeing the city for the suburbs. After a while, however, people wanted to move back to the city, so Paddington had a renaissance.
This is a picture of Douglas and Anthony. Anthony is the NSW state library who invited us to tea at his home. Douglas and Anthony are standing in front of their absolutely gorgeous house. They said that when they bought it, it needed serious help. It had been divided into 10 apartments. They have utterly transformed it. It's beautiful now! 
This is the sign for The Domain, a park in Sydney. I thought this was one of the most clever and fun signs I've ever seen!
These are the beautiful jacaranda trees. They are bright purple, and we had never seen them before. Later, when we were in the Royal Botanical Gardens, we saw a park ranger. We asked her about the trees, and she told us they were jacarandas. After a brief pause, she said with disgust, "They are also noxious weeds that kill everything around them." Huh. Well.
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