Mardi Gras - Early Edition

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G'day mates! Happy Mardi Gras!

Today is my "early" Mardi Gras edition. The Parade doesn't start until 7:30pm (3:30am EST), so I thought I would add some pictures in the mean time. There will be a "late" Mardi Gras edition later on, so keep an eye out!

Today I dared to climb the heights of the Sydney Tower. I'm not big on heights, but the admission was included with my Aquarium ticket, so I thought, what the heck. I only stayed at the top for a few minutes to snap a couple of pictures and quickly got on the "lift" to go back down to the base. Then I went on Oz trek. Pretty touristy film about the "Down Under" in four different languages. The seats moved and it was sort of like virtual reality. I felt a bit nauseous afterwards though.

Then I took a long walk from the Opera house, through the Botanical Gardens, Potts Point, and into Woolloomooloo (say that a few times fast). Finally walking through King's Cross and back to my hotel in Darlinghurst where the radio has been playing Kylie Minougue and Madonna non-stop - go figure! I hope you enjoy the pictures!!

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Photos

High above the clouds!
Well, there weren't any clouds. This picture is overlooking Sydney in the direction of Circular Quay. You can see the Bridge to the left and the Opera House to the right.

Anzac Bridge
This picture include Darling Harbour, The Anzac (Australia, New Zealand Army Corps) Bridge and way beyond that you can see the Blue Mountains (see earlier blogs for pictures).

Pacific Ocean and Eastern Sydney Harbour
The position of the sun made it difficult to take a decent picture.

Self-portrait in the Botanical Gardens
Learning how to take self-portraits when traveling alone is important! Cheesy, yes, but important!

Botanical Gardens
Another self-portrait. Can you smell the roses?

All aboard!
A train for those that wanted to take a more leisurely trip through the Botanical Gardens. They are quite large.

Absolutely Fabulous!
And I leave you with the quintessential picture of Sydney!

Comments

[Kevin]

Enjoy Madri Gras
Hey Frank, Enjoy Mardi Gras! It was great you called Ben's party, we missed you. Can't wait to see more pictures! Kevin

[Kelly R]

Enjoying
Frank, Excellent pictures...I'm hating being stuck here at work while your enjoying that awesome vacation but such is life. Great pictures; it really looks like your enjoying the trip. Cant wait to hear your storys when you get back... Stay well and put another shrimp on the barbie...(I know corny...lol)

[Nancy Cintron-Budet]

Mini Mental Vacation
Hi Frank - It has been one of those weeks for me, so I decided to take a "mental" vacation to Australia (thanks to your pics). Great photos. What a wonderful trip... continue to enjoy - Nancy