View from Bondi Beach.
Harbour Bridge.
The gorgeous Opera House from Pylon lookout.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sydney pics.
Me and Michael and the Kaola named Frasier.
View from Bondi Beach.
Harbour Bridge.
The gorgeous Opera House from Pylon lookout.
View from Bondi Beach.
Harbour Bridge.
The gorgeous Opera House from Pylon lookout.
Welcome to Sydney
I’M IN LOOOOOOVE WITH SYDNEY.
What an amazing trip I had. Bruce and I flew down to Sydney on Thursday and got there around 10am. Bruce’s son, Joel who is 22, picked us up at the airport and drove us to the hotel and then after checking in he drove us to the Easter Show. The Easter Show is this huge festival that is held at Olympic Park in all the stadiums and fields. At the show we went to the food center where we could sample wine and food from all different tents. There was a home and living center, agricultural center, garden center and fashion center. There were tons of shows going on so we watched an axmen competition which was amazing, I was very impressed. We watched some dog shows and horse back riding shows, and we met up with one of Bruce’s friends for dinner (she was working at the show). My favorite part was the axmen competition by far. . .well the wine tasting wasn’t that bad either haha.
Friday we left the hotel early and walked to the Opera house and arrived there a little before 9. There was barely anyone there which I loved. I can’t believe that I actually went there. It was amazing and I really want to go back one day without a doubt! So we walked around the place and took plenty of photos. We went inside and did the free tour so we didn’t have to wait for the other one which wasn’t going to start for over an hour. If I go back again I will for sure do the guided tour so I can really see everything.
From the Opera House we walked around Circular Quay and walked up ‘The Rocks’ and checked out some markets that were all along the streets. After walking around there for a little we went to this place called ‘Pylon Lookout’ which when looking at the Sydney Harbour Bridge from the Opera house is the tower on the left of the bridge. Throughout the tower you learn about the history of the bridge and how it was built and then you get climb steps all the way to the top and have incredible views of the harbour, the bridge, opera house and city.
Next we took a ferry from Circular Quay under the bridge over to Luna Park. Luna Park is just a little amusement park for little kids but we checked it out anyways. Then we took the ferry to Darling Harbour and went to Wildlife World.
Wildlife World was great because I got to hold a snake, pet a koala, get really close to kangaroos and pet a wallaby. There were also many, many other animals of course and since I loooove animals, I loved the Wildlife World.
After that we took the train to Hyde Park and walked around, the park reminded me a lot of the Boston public gardens. That night we met up with Karina’s grandparent for dinner and went to a nice restaurant on the harbour.
So Saturday included a trip to Bondi Beach (for all of you who don’t know, there is a popular television show called ‘Bondi Rescue’ which is filmed right on the beach. We got there quite early and a storm was just off the coast so the pictures I got were gorgeous. We took a coastal walk that took us from Bondi beach to another beach and was a 3 mile walk on the cliffs. . . .Needless to say, the views were breathtaking.
So we ended up going to Watson’s Bay which is famous for a restaurant right on the beach so we got a little lunch and then went to ‘The Gap’ and walked around the coast to South Head (which is just a point where the peninsula overlooks North Head on the other side of the bay.
After that we went to the Australian Museum and the Victoria Shopping center.
Joel was performing in cabaret that night so we went to this cute little bar where it was being held and it was very good. It was an hour and 45 mins long and there was singing and acting and there were only 5 people in the show. Joel is an aspiring actor and singer (ideally he would like to do musicals) and he was outstanding.
So that pretty much wraps up the trip. We walked about 8 miles on Friday and 7 on Saturday. We packed in soooo many things and were on the go constantly but I wouldn’t change a thing about it. I wanted to do EVERYTHING possible and I really think we did.
Here are some pictures. . .
South Head View.
View from the coastal trail.
Bondi Beach.
What an amazing trip I had. Bruce and I flew down to Sydney on Thursday and got there around 10am. Bruce’s son, Joel who is 22, picked us up at the airport and drove us to the hotel and then after checking in he drove us to the Easter Show. The Easter Show is this huge festival that is held at Olympic Park in all the stadiums and fields. At the show we went to the food center where we could sample wine and food from all different tents. There was a home and living center, agricultural center, garden center and fashion center. There were tons of shows going on so we watched an axmen competition which was amazing, I was very impressed. We watched some dog shows and horse back riding shows, and we met up with one of Bruce’s friends for dinner (she was working at the show). My favorite part was the axmen competition by far. . .well the wine tasting wasn’t that bad either haha.
Friday we left the hotel early and walked to the Opera house and arrived there a little before 9. There was barely anyone there which I loved. I can’t believe that I actually went there. It was amazing and I really want to go back one day without a doubt! So we walked around the place and took plenty of photos. We went inside and did the free tour so we didn’t have to wait for the other one which wasn’t going to start for over an hour. If I go back again I will for sure do the guided tour so I can really see everything.
From the Opera House we walked around Circular Quay and walked up ‘The Rocks’ and checked out some markets that were all along the streets. After walking around there for a little we went to this place called ‘Pylon Lookout’ which when looking at the Sydney Harbour Bridge from the Opera house is the tower on the left of the bridge. Throughout the tower you learn about the history of the bridge and how it was built and then you get climb steps all the way to the top and have incredible views of the harbour, the bridge, opera house and city.
Next we took a ferry from Circular Quay under the bridge over to Luna Park. Luna Park is just a little amusement park for little kids but we checked it out anyways. Then we took the ferry to Darling Harbour and went to Wildlife World.
Wildlife World was great because I got to hold a snake, pet a koala, get really close to kangaroos and pet a wallaby. There were also many, many other animals of course and since I loooove animals, I loved the Wildlife World.
After that we took the train to Hyde Park and walked around, the park reminded me a lot of the Boston public gardens. That night we met up with Karina’s grandparent for dinner and went to a nice restaurant on the harbour.
So Saturday included a trip to Bondi Beach (for all of you who don’t know, there is a popular television show called ‘Bondi Rescue’ which is filmed right on the beach. We got there quite early and a storm was just off the coast so the pictures I got were gorgeous. We took a coastal walk that took us from Bondi beach to another beach and was a 3 mile walk on the cliffs. . . .Needless to say, the views were breathtaking.
So we ended up going to Watson’s Bay which is famous for a restaurant right on the beach so we got a little lunch and then went to ‘The Gap’ and walked around the coast to South Head (which is just a point where the peninsula overlooks North Head on the other side of the bay.
After that we went to the Australian Museum and the Victoria Shopping center.
Joel was performing in cabaret that night so we went to this cute little bar where it was being held and it was very good. It was an hour and 45 mins long and there was singing and acting and there were only 5 people in the show. Joel is an aspiring actor and singer (ideally he would like to do musicals) and he was outstanding.
So that pretty much wraps up the trip. We walked about 8 miles on Friday and 7 on Saturday. We packed in soooo many things and were on the go constantly but I wouldn’t change a thing about it. I wanted to do EVERYTHING possible and I really think we did.
Here are some pictures. . .
South Head View.
View from the coastal trail.
Bondi Beach.
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