http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , New South Wales , Sydney , Darling Harbour en-us Mon, 16 Nov 09 06:34:42 +0000 Mon, 16 Nov 09 06:34:42 +0000 Here I am http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-434876.html Darling harbour is a beautiful place to hang out with the amazing views of the Sydney Skyline beautiful harbour and amazing food clubs and bars. You can chill out in the massive park on a hot sunny and just relax read chill out with friends.The best thing about this place is ITS FREE not to mention the special events held there every year A great place for the NYE Australia day. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-434184.html How ya going guysWell itrsquos been a while I know so this is just a bit of a update as to what has been happening since we left South America. So since Iguazu Falls and it has been all go go go. We went back to Buenos Aires which was great craic altogether this time round. Different hostel and different people. We left for Oz on 29th as we already had the flight booked stupidly believing Vi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-430318.html We had a very busy last few days including a couple of interesting tours. We went North out to see some sand dunes and then to Port Stephens to see some dolphins.The Flight home was long as expected and the 6hr layover in SF wasn't much fun either...Aside from that the trip was great. Our girls performed great at the championships and we got to see quite a bit of the Sydney area.EDIT I ad http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-429375.html We have been busy for the last couple of days doing a great deal of sight seeing...we saw the Opera House went up in the Sydney Tower and walked around outside Aquarium Wildlife World Blue Mountain Tour Whale Watching Dolphin Watching 4X4 on the sand dunes and sand boarding on the Sand dunes. Whew.Flight leaves at 245PM Friday afternoon....it's going to be a long day.Oh today I had Ka http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-427840.html 4 very long days of competition...Saturday was over 12 hours at the venue.The team went into the final round 2nd behind a group from the USA Legends. They do the final round in reverse order so our group went 2nd to last. They absolutely nailed their routine with only one small bobble and surely put the pressure on the US team who were watching from the sidelines maybe not the best decisio http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-426819.html It took us a few days to finally get out and see some of Sydney but first let me tell you about arriving here and getting aquatinted with Sydney nightlife When we arrived we took a shuttle bus which dropped us off at our hostel where we met up with Michelle and Dan Michellersquos friends from home. They had booked us into a hostel in Kings Cross Sydney. Luckily we had a 4 bed dorm to our http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-425536.html I finally found an internet kiosk where I am able to upload photos...so check back to the last few days for updates.Had the Team Canada welcome dinner last night. It was nice to see everyone together in the same place. Today we were very busy we went to Manley Beach in the morning and Bondi Beach in the afternoon.Both were very nice beaches...some of the nicest I've ever been to. The sand is u http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-424970.html Went to see Taronga Zoo today. Pretty much a 'typical' zoo although it was neat to see koalas and kangaroos here. There was even a place where you could walk amongst the kangaroos and they would hop right up to you. I got some good pictures of that. I will post them tomorrow.The ferry ride took us right under the Sydney Harbour Bridge and right along side of the famous Sydney Opera House.Start http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-424472.html Everything went quite smoothly with the flight today and yesterday . We even arrived a bit early into Sydney but they wont allow planes to land before 6AM so we had to circle around for 15 min extra. We landed just as the sun was rising so that was neat.The hotel is very nice. We have a 2 bedroom suite with 2 bathrooms and a full kitchen and living room. We also have full laundry in the r http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-424050.html Cook has alot to answer for LOL Went to Darling Harbour and saw HMS Endeavour. Went inside Sydney Opera House which is not worth the 90 dollars but you can't come all this way and not. Frankly I can see purple carpets and a large organ at our local church. Sadly no piano to take Ferne's picture by. Blogs will start to become a bit thin on the ground as not sure when I will get to a internet cake. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-419571.html Left Calgary at 620PM today. To San Fransisco at 8PM local time then on to Sydney at around 11PM. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-414975.html Last night we started off with dinner at Hernandez Cafe Restaurant then rendevouzed with Janice's mate Stephanie at the Lindt Cafe on Darling Harbour. Then we hoofed it across the harbour to the National Maritime Museum for an outdoor BYOB showing of 'Twilight.' The company and atmosphere made up for the 'cheese upon cheese' Thanks Janice that is 'Twilight.'Delighted the movie was over we http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-408230.html G'day MateTime is moving fast and were in Oustraylya already Unfortunately we'll have to say goodbye to an overly detailed report of our every movements for a more brief overview. The price of the blardy internet is a bit more over here We've had heaps of rain but still managed to enjoy our time here so far. Sydney was pretty nice and we managed to share a hostel room with our friends who w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-404744.html I had to double check I was using the word quaffing in the right context....Urban Dictionary informed me that yes in fact I was.Quaffing Its like drinking but you spill more. That by the way was the polite 'Urban' use of the word.It's that time again. I can't believe it's been 6 days since I last wrote. Time here seems to be flying probably because it's potentially the final half of my tr http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-397572.html Back again So wersquore finally both working full time and really enjoying Sydney. Itrsquos never boring even when it rains and so far Autumn is nicer than an Irish summer We really turn into tourists at the weekend and our latest escapades have been lots of fun There was the Easter Show a couple of weekends back which is a huge festival held each year in Sydney Olympic Park. The park is v http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-396738.html Last day in Sydney so I went up the Sydney Tower to get some great views of the city.As this is the last from Sydney here is the harbour bridge. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-396158.html Today was Sunday so a resolved to have a relaxing day.I went to Hyde Park and watched a game of chess being placed on the giant chess board before heading over to the Australian Museum.The Australian Museum is like the Natural History Museum and has a collection of dinosaurs and at the moment an exhibition of Mammoths.I then spent a couple of hours relaxing in the domain before going to see Monst http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-396156.html Today was ANZAC day and there was a huge procession through central Sydney with a large turn out of people lining the streets. We wandered along watching the procession as we made our way down to Circular Quay and the Museum of Comtempoary Art where we had arranged to meet my mums cousin Lorretta and her husband Keith.We then spent the rest of the day with them wandering around the market in the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-396153.html Today was spent around the Darling Harbour area of the city.I visited the urlhttpwww.powerhousemuseum.com Powerhouse Museum and then the urlhttpwww.anmm.gov.ausitepage.cfm Australian National Maritime Museum .The Powerhouse Museum is a museum of science and design and happened to be having a Stars Wars exhibition on at the time. Lots of interactive exhibits and a large computing and s http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darling-Harbour/blog-396148.html