We finally made it to Sydney for 3 nights. I have been waiting for this trip for a while. It was a fantastic place and we could have easily spent a week there. But somebody in this family has to work. Here's a picture out the plane window as we were flying in.
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| This is part of a ceiling in the Queen Victoria Building. Not your ordinary shopping mall. |
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| Sydney Tower |
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| Artwork in a laneway |
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| The layout of city of Sydney in the floor at Customs Building |
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| Our first view of the Opera House |
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| Never too many pictures of the Opera House |
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| The seagulls struck a pose in front of the Harbor Bridge
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Then it was time for our twilight Harbor Bridge climb! Wow! I was excited!
The bridge climb is one of the highlights of my life. Even though it was a crazy amount of money and I've heard people say don't do it.....we did and I will never regret it!
March 13, 2016
We hit the ground running. So much to do, so little time. I started out with a breakfast of champions. A French pain au chocolat and a bowlful of cappuccino! Yum!
We didn't rent a car so we did a hefty amount of walking. I swear it was 20 miles in 3 days. Here are some highlights of Sunday.
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| St. Mary's Cathedral |
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| Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens 200 years old |
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| Copping a feel of the statue |
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| Mrs Macquarie's Chair |
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| We took a tour of the Opera House |
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| I never knew the roof was made of ceramic tiles |
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| Later we walked to the weekend market at The Rocks |
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| And stopped for tea where they had community knitting baskets at each table |
March 14, 2016
Today we took a bus to Coogee Beach and did a coastal walk to Bondi Beach. Weather was kind of iffy. Upon our return we took the ferry to Manly where the weather got real funky along with smokiness from a brush fire. After getting back to the hotel, we took one of our two to three daily showers and walked another 2k (half uphill) to dinner. We cheated and took a cab back for the first time. Long day!
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| Met a little friend along the path |
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| Cemetery with a view |
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| Along the path |
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| Bondi Beach |
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| On ferry to Manly |
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| Manly Beach very smoky |
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| Returning from Manly on the ferry |
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| As I said, never too many pictures of the Opera House |
March 15, 2016
We needed to leave for the airport by 11:30 and it was a dreary rainy morning. We decided to go back to St. Mary's to look at the inside which we couldn't see Sunday morning. It was breathtaking. Then we went back to that fabulous shopping center in the Queen Victoria Building. The architecture there is stunning.
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| On the walk outside of the church |
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| I absolutely LOVE this shopping center! |
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| An Aboriginal art store |
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| I may have to get me one of these digerieedoos |
That's all for now......G'Day mates!
