Making a list, checking it twice

With less than 5 weeks to go before we leave for Australia, my son and I have started a list of things we'd like to do/see in Sydney. Not that our sole reason for going is touring - we're well aware that we're there to be with my mom and dad. They assumed we'd go off exploring on our own, but I could tell they were pleased when I said we're there for them, not the place.

However, there IS a lot we'd like to do (WITH them) while there, and here's what's on our lists thus far:

Mom's list
Coffee with Jan
Shopping!
Food festival at King's Cross (go check it out)
Buy digital camera asap (cash dependent)
Create garden for mom (herbs, veg, spring bulbs to look forward to)
Job opps (seems dad's set up a few contacts)
Blue Mountains?
Darling Harbour
Hair makeover at mom's hairdresser (or get it done the afternoon before we leave)

Jason's list:
Golf with Gramps
Aquarium
Zoo
Monorail
IMAX
Explore forest with Gran (just below the house)
Beach & Ice-cream (at Manly we think)
Ferry on harbour
Shopping!
Tall tower trip
Hillsong? maybe... (we're still mulling this one)
Crystals shop!!!
Feed-some-local-parrots adventure

I'm pretty sure we'll be adding stuff as we go. There's things on both lists that we'll do together too.

There's a possible trip to the Gold Coast for a few days, and we'll be going straight from the airport to dad's church, where a guitar concert will be in progress by some brilliant young guy - oh great, I get to meet the people just off a 23-hour flight! Talk about first impressions...!

Last Saturday night there the church is holding a talent show, which is bound to be hilarious. Last time they somehow got my dad and a few other gents dressed up in tutu's to do some ballet. Going to be a ball.

The parents want us to take off and explore on our own too, but we'll see how that one goes. I'm not as adventurous as my brother and sis-in-law, who ditched the folks and went ferry/train-hopping almost on arrival.

Anything else that should be on my/our list?

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