Hello Australia! Fitzroy Falls, and Kangaroo & Wombat hunting!! ;)

We arrived in Sydney on Friday evening, being met by our dear old friends John and Laura Hampton, and drove to their home in Wollongong, about 1 hr south of Sydney airport.
Yesterday they took us up the escarpment, through Albion Park and Robertson ( where we bought pies in the famous pie shop) to Fitzroy falls. These falls are spectacular, falling about 90 metre off the edge of the escarpment. We walked out to several lookouts to get the views, then returned to the visitor centre area for our picnic.
We then drove on down to Kangaroo Valley, which was beautiful, but the only 'roos we found were as shown in the photo below ;).......despite taking off into the bush on an unsealed road! However we did see wombat holes and we watched the kayakers on the Shoalhaven river. The countryside was lovely and very green, such a change from the parched countryside in New Zealand. Then it was back to Wollongong and more food!!
Although Wollongong is very industrial it has lovely beaches and quick access to a great range of scenic countryside.