After a hideously long but surprisingly bearable 18 hour coach journey from Melbourne (we slept for about 14 of them!) we are now in Sydney. Melbourne was really nice though I feel a bit bad because all we seemed to do was go souvenir shopping! We went to the Exhibition for the Moving Image and an Art Gallery (admission free!), and sat by the river for a while watching the boats and jellyfish go by. We had some good nights out as well with Dave, our kiwi travelling friend, and some Aussie Air Force pilots who started work at 4am but stayed out until 3am anyway! Paul you were right, they do like their drink here. I got some cider in me two nights ago which I was uber happy about :)
We've done the typical touristy things in Sydney, going to the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, The Rocks and Summer Bay (for those not as enthused as Candi, this is where they film the Aussie soap Home and Away). I keep looking up for an IHT building Kristen but so far I've been unlucky. We met my uni friend Marcus and his girlfiriends for drinkies two nights ago and quickly realised we are staying in a very dodgy red light district - prostitutes everywhere! Last night we found some awesome channels on our tv so we stayed in with some drinks and snacks to watch Prison Break, our viewing later interrupted by the fire alarm and an engine of fire fighters. No fire though!
We're going to the infamous Bondi beach today to throw a frisbee and boomerang about and inline skate, and the Sydney Aquarium too, then tomorrow we're spending the day bushwalking through the Blue Mountians where I'm hoping kangaroos will be roaming free. We thought we found a koala the other day but it turned out to be a bird, doh! We did find some parrots though - thought of all you bird lovers!
2 comments:
you´ll not find an IHT building in Sydney but thanks for thinking of me...
Skip Bondi and go to Bronte Bay (just South). Its much better and has some great little cafes.
Also definitly hop on a train and go to the Blue Mountains. Get there early morning if possible -dump the pilots for the night :-)You´ll not regret it!
xxx
Bronte sounds nice, maybe I'll go on my next trip to Oz :) Bondi was ok but at the end of the day a beach is a beach! We took an organised trip to the Blue Mountains but I think an independent trip would be better, as I wanted to do more walking. The views were amazing though and we got to see some kangaroos up close.
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