Chapter 307: Raising Whales in the Lake?

This month is the Sydney Festival of Lights, and this year's light show is a mix of history, magic, creativity, imagination and fantasy, with many of Sydney's iconic buildings dressed in new looks.

The city will be dressed in glitter and welcome the most dazzling time of the year. Of course, you can't miss it, just wait until the lights come on, colorful and shining.

The opera house in front of you is instantly transformed into a lush scene, paying homage to Australia's native flora and flowers, which blend perfectly with the perfect silhouette and curves of the opera house.

I heard that it was created by a Chinese artist, and it is brilliant and amazing.

Not far away, on the iconic roof of the Maritime Museum, a wonderful image of a large shark is projected, cruising domineeringly on the huge roof of the museum. Animated with three chapters that take you inside the mind of sharks, reflecting on how artists create work as a call to action in search of social change, sharks should be reconsidered as prey, not just predators.

The Museum of Contemporary Art's majestic Art Deco façade has been remodeled with stunning acoustics, and when the façade of the Museum of Fine Arts is once again bathed in light, the shock is infinitely awe-inspiring and awe-inspiring.

The picture is constantly changing with the rhythm of the music, making people feel that Sydney is a city full of life, and the whole person is also boiling with enthusiasm.

Not only on the ground, but when you raise your head, there is a wonderful device composed of more than 500 flying light points hovering in mid-air, like the traces of fireflies flying in mid-air......

Following the festival's light trail to Luna Park, a massive projection installation faces Coney Island, creating a spectacular new light zone with a host of repurposed LED lights to give the park's iconic Ferris wheel a new look.

If you find yourself on the street and get on the boat, what could be more enjoyable than wandering around the beauty of the light festival?

Escape the crowds on shore and hop aboard a historic paddle steamer that takes you on a two-hour cruise through Sydney's famous landmarks, across bridges and harbour views as you take in the beautiful Sydney skyline.

The water surface reflects the fire trees and silver flowers of the light festival, and the sky is full of brilliance, blending into the night of the light music festival......

Enjoy a hot and delicious dinner prepared by a star chef on deck, followed by a cabaret show. French pastry and aperitif, seaweed pan-seafried scallops with smoked sammias, duck leg pumpkin balls, grilled lobster with herbs, Angus filet mignon with veal stewed with cherry tomatoes, chocolate cake mini macarons......

Brilliant lights paired with delicious Western food, accompanied by music and lights, to see the dazzling night view of Sydney from different angles, this is the right way to open Sydney!

The next day, aboard the Puffenberry Steam Train, one of the best-preserved steam railways in the world, SC Johnson loved the feeling of swinging on the train.

From its beginnings as a means of transport for its remote areas to the tourist destination it is today, the Puffenbilly Steam Train has had a long and glorious life, covering a total distance of 24 kilometres. With the sound of a whistle, it travels through the high rowan groves and fern bush valleys of the picturesque Dandenong Ranges, stopping three stops before arriving at the final stop at Janebrook.

It takes you a short time to reach the lowest point of the whole journey, an 83.5-meter-long and 12.8-meter-high trestle bridge. After that, you will reach the site of the 1953 landslide, and on the left side of the railway, you can still see the old section of the road that was buried in stone and earth.

Next up is the essence of this nostalgic little train journey, which will pass through the lush Shebbock Forest, home to colorful parrots and monarch cockatoos, the sun casts a point of light through the gaps in the leaves, and the sound of bellbirds, birds and steam locomotives echo in your ears.

Elmore Town Station is the highest station on the entire railway line, and the station here is the only preserved original building on the entire railway line.

Upon arrival at Riverside Station, the crew refills the locomotive with water, cleans the boilers and carriages, and then turns the train around for another journey. SC Johnson didn't get enough of it, so he continued his adventure and got off the bus to wait for the next shuttle from Riverside Station to Janebrook Station.

Cross another historic jetty bridge and cross the Wright Forest to see rolling hills and open farmland. Janebrook is a lovely country town with quaint local cafes and local shops lining the streets.

The strange thing is that there are not many people in the town, and after inquiring, I found out that it is actually a balloon festival, and everyone is in the suburbs.

When I came to the scene, I was instantly shocked by the scene in front of me. A one-of-a-kind flying house hot air balloon made from 600 colorful balloons is exactly like the movie Flying House Travelogue!

Next to it are fifty or sixty hot air balloons, large and small, colorful and beautiful, taking off at dawn and flying over the picturesque mountains and lakes.

Rows of colorful and shaped hot air balloons slowly rise into the air, and the sky instantly becomes a colorful and vivid oil painting!

20,000 Australian dollars to find an Angry Birds balloon to sit on, although not the first time, floating in the sky, like a bird flying freely, floating over mountains and rivers, floating over a lot of white clouds, this situation, only immersive can feel its magic, such a shock is indescribable.

The goal is Canberra, and only then did I know that the capital of Australia turned out to be here?

As you fly through the air and look down on the city, you realize that, unlike the early colonies or cities that grew by chance due to their beautiful scenery, this place was built with careful planning from the beginning.

Contrary to other big cities, which are dotted with many parks, Canberra is a city built directly in a garden. In the center is an 11-kilometre-long man-made lake, and the entire city is surrounded by greenery, which occupies more than half of the urban area.

Autumn is approaching, and the sun is shining, refreshing and pleasant. It's still lush and colourful, with red, golden and tan foliage and blooming flowers that make Canberra a beautiful painting.

Under the balloon in Capitol Square, opposite the Capitol, a government institution that is completely open to the public. Surrounded by greenery, many beautiful courtyards and fountains, it combines architecture with the environment, politics and nature.

The most striking thing is the Australian flag flying on it, I heard it is bigger than a double-decker bus?

Suddenly, there was a loud noise not far away, and when I turned around, I saw a white column of water rising into the sky, could it be that there are still whales here?