Blogs from Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Hi Everyone, Have been having lots of trouble with the Internet. And we have been busy with tours. Wednesday was the city tour, a harbour cruise, great food and views of the very expensive houses on the harbour. One was offered $90 million and refused to sell! Saw a house Elton John rented and as married in! Some are modern , some are old. One house was really fascinating, built on top of a cave. Sydney is one of the most expensive cities in the world! It was then off to a zoo and the Aquarium. Will try to attach pictures later. Learned lots about kangaroos. In wet season a mother can have two in her pouch and be pregnant. But she can put a pregnancy on hold for up to 2 years. Caelin, you would ... read more

I never had a heart for cities. The Great Barrier Reef was my main target in Australia. But the flight was through Sydney. I decided to stay for a couple of days and see at least the two of the iconic structures structures of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Flight from Christchurch to Sydney was with Air NewZealand, a comfortable 3.5 hour journey left me in Sydney airport before noon. As directed by Lisa (Sydney expert) took the train to Central, changed for Kings Cross and walked to Challis Lodge. The lodge appears to be an annex to an old convent, with wooden floors etc, kind of done up for tourists. As I had only two nights here I was not too concerned with with the stay. However the place was clean, quiet and ... read more

Après quelques jours passés en banlieue de Sydney, nous avons finalement eu notre appartement au centre-ville pour les 3 prochaines semaines. Nous avons commencé notre visite en allant nous promener à Darling Harbour. La chance a fait que c'était l'ouverture du Sydney Festival et pour souligner cet événement, un canard géant a fait son entrée dans le port. Nous sommes ensuite allés voir l'Opera House de Sydney et j'ai finalement pu y toucher! Curieusement, je savais que c'était des tuiles, mais j'ai toujours cru qu'elles étaient en aluminium. Ce n'est pas le cas. Ce sont des tuiles de céramique (1 056 000 tuiles exactement). La structure est tout à fait impressionante. J'en avais les frissons de pouvoir enfin être là! Nous avons arpenté les rues du quartier The Rocks. Finalement, on ne peut venir à Sydney ... read more

Our last day in Sydney was a gloriously sunny day! Whilst we waited for the car to be ready we had one last walk around the beautiful Botanical Gardens near the Opera House and Harbour Bridge.... read more

I arrived here a bit scared being on my own but within a couple of hours I met a really nice American girl and we decided to do the free walking tour around the city. The tour was great, the guide took us down to the harbour, showed us various museums, old buildings (not very old considering this is Australia!), Hyde Park (named after our park!), and a bit of the Botanical gardens. I am surprised I stayed awake considering the jetlag but I just felt so excited to be in this amazing city! That evening I went out to a bar by Bondi Beach where funnily enough I ended up partying with a load of Reading guys and a couple of girls from Sweden, we played drinking games, and just chilled in the smoking area ... read more