Today was our first day in Sydney, and boy, was it a doozy! We walked from our hotel up through "The Rocks" to reach the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Rocks is the old convict neighborhood, but is now a pretty nice area on the waterfront. We checked out the Pylon Lookout, one of the tours at either end of the bridge, to see the incredible 360 degrees of Sydney and the harbourways. It was a gorgeous day out, and we could see for miles. Had a great view of the boat traffic coming and going, the Opera House, downtown, and all the climbers going up and down the Sydney Bridge Climb. We're still undecided about whether or not to go on the climb. It was $9/pp to see the views from the pylon. It's $189 to get the same views on the bridge climb, but you can't take your camera with you there. People keep saying it's "so worth it" though. We'll see. After checking out the bridge, we jumped on the Sydney Explorer bus and cruised all over the city to get an overview of the sites. We jumped out of the bus to check out Circular Quay, the Opera House, Milson's Point (north of the bridge, with great views looking back at Sydney), Anzac War Memorial, the Sydney Fish Market (not quite like the Seattle one, alas), and the Sydney Aquarium. The aquarium was the highlight of all the stops, where we got a chance to see tons of local marinelife up close and personal, including seals, sharks, giant manta rays, and a huge saltwater crocodile! Afterwards, we grabbed a drink and a bite to eat back at Darling Harbour, right next to the aquarium, and enjoyed the people watching. Was a lot of walking today, we're pretty knackered. Tomorrow, we're off to the Blue Mountains bright and early! (Updated 12/7/06: Picture of Carrie holding the Sydney Opera House in the palm of her hand.)
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Sydney
Today was our first day in Sydney, and boy, was it a doozy! We walked from our hotel up through "The Rocks" to reach the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The Rocks is the old convict neighborhood, but is now a pretty nice area on the waterfront. We checked out the Pylon Lookout, one of the tours at either end of the bridge, to see the incredible 360 degrees of Sydney and the harbourways. It was a gorgeous day out, and we could see for miles. Had a great view of the boat traffic coming and going, the Opera House, downtown, and all the climbers going up and down the Sydney Bridge Climb. We're still undecided about whether or not to go on the climb. It was $9/pp to see the views from the pylon. It's $189 to get the same views on the bridge climb, but you can't take your camera with you there. People keep saying it's "so worth it" though. We'll see. After checking out the bridge, we jumped on the Sydney Explorer bus and cruised all over the city to get an overview of the sites. We jumped out of the bus to check out Circular Quay, the Opera House, Milson's Point (north of the bridge, with great views looking back at Sydney), Anzac War Memorial, the Sydney Fish Market (not quite like the Seattle one, alas), and the Sydney Aquarium. The aquarium was the highlight of all the stops, where we got a chance to see tons of local marinelife up close and personal, including seals, sharks, giant manta rays, and a huge saltwater crocodile! Afterwards, we grabbed a drink and a bite to eat back at Darling Harbour, right next to the aquarium, and enjoyed the people watching. Was a lot of walking today, we're pretty knackered. Tomorrow, we're off to the Blue Mountains bright and early! (Updated 12/7/06: Picture of Carrie holding the Sydney Opera House in the palm of her hand.)
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Sydney sounds like a pleasant city and a great spot to pause for a day. Maybe you will see some wldlife at Blue Mountain?
The luggage limit is pretty tight. How do people bring sport gears?
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We saw lots of wildlife en route to the Blue Mountains, see today's blog post. As for sporting goods, we've had to cut down severely on clothing and luxury items just to accommodate the weight of our dive fins, so much so that we didn't really have warm clothes for NZ. Most sporting activities rent or include all the equipment you need though, because it is hard to carry it all in.
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