Yeah it was great - Sydney & New South Wales
This post will be about Sydney & New South Wales state
Welcome to Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales! As you can see from the map above, Sydney is surrounded by lots of water. The river goes as far in as Parramatta to my knowledge. It's a beautiful place, but not as organised as Melbourne is. And don't complain about public transport prices here. I was supposed to stay with Aunty Dah at Quakers Hill (Quakers Hill station on the Western Line, Richmond Branch, orange colour) but she was in Parramatta for late-night shopping Thursdays when I came, so I took the train from Domestic Airport (on the Airport & East Hills line, green in colour). And how much was the one way ticket? $15.40. So be happy people.
That's the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Bridgewalks across the top of the arch do happen, but I heard that there's a 1 to 2 month waiting list for that so I didn't try it. I had enough cash, so maybe I should have just tried my luck eh? But it was great just to take the time to simply be a pedestrian on the bridge instead of a motorist. Beautiful architecture eh?
This is Kaiha (pronounced as Kai-ya). She's one of Maria's cats. Her coat is the absolutely most brilliant. But she's very scared of anyone unfamiliar in general, and, according to Maria, I was the first male she's ever let pet her and such (yay me!).
And this is Cody, a ginger cat. He's waaaaaaaaaay more outgoing than Kaiha is. Even to the point of climbing onto the dining table during meal times and placing one of his paws on your shoulder or arm to ask for a bite. I think I spoilt both cats while I was around though.
I LOVE helium balloons, don't you? These were for Uncle Harry's actual day Birthday party. We had the big surprise party a few days before, so this was a smaller, simpler family gathering. Nice decor Ava.
And that's his cake. It was a marble log something. I loved the icing. So now you know why I have put on weight the one month I was down under.
Happy 60th birthday Uncle Harry!
And that's him refusing to 1) have a photo of him blowing out the candles and; 2) refusing to blow them out a second time so that we could get the shot.
I loved this part of the National Maritime Museum - the ship and submarine. The museum entry itself was free, but to go on board these crafts you had to pay an extra fee to help with the maintenance. But it's really interesting ain't it? First time I've ever seen a submarine! Woohoo!
And that's the view from the elevated pedestrian bridge across the inlet. Huge things they are!
Welcome to the Sydney Tower! Now you can see what I mean by Sydney being surrounded by water. What you're looking at is the Sydney Harbour. In the foreground is the Sydney Botanical Gardens, which I didn't have time to visit this time round. In the harbour itself lie island fortresses and small islands here and there. It's a really lovely place.
And the harbour bridge makes an appearance as well. It provides such a stunning backdrop I think. And its not something you'd get over easily, unless of course, you live there and run across it each day.
Looking out west towards Parramatta, Penrith and Quakers Hill. Oh, and not forgetting, the Blue Mountains and outback Australia. In the foreground this time should be Darling Harbour.
More parks here and there along with ancient Catherdals in the city area. Love the feel of history they have going there. We only have St. Andrew's Catherdal here and its surrounded by a huge garden that you often don't notice the building at all.
In this shot, just before the coast should lie Bondi beach. Without doubt, that's one of the most famous beaches in Australia. And they have TV shows about it too, what was it? Bondi Rescue? Haha. Too bad I didn't get to see what that was like.
I'm on top of Sydney folks. High, high above. Ooh, look! Harbour bridge!
Another astounding landmark of Sydney is the Opera House. This time I went right up to the Opera House itself. It looked fantastic!
The harbour bridge as seen from the Opera House. I managed to catch the sun setting here at 5.20pm. That's kind of early in relation to sunset here, but well, all the better - you get to see it and you don't have to wait too long.
Dazzle dazzle. Be dazzled!
That's the Circular Quay OZ JetBoat. Vanessa and I went on that before and it's 30 minutes of fun fun fun. The boat does fish tails (swivelling from side to side while travelling forward), dunks (yes, dunks!) and spins. Sitting in the front row, Vanessa and I got pretty wet when the driver decided to dunk the nose of the boat in the harbour. Its designed so that the water runs up the nose and flies over the cabin area without submerging the vessel. I could literally see a wall of water rushing up towards us (there is no windscreen).
Sunset at Circular Quay. My lens was not wide enough to capture both the sun and the entire Harbour Bridge from where I was. Not like I could change the lens either... Beautiful isn't it?
This is Circular Quay, the start of the Central Business District. The way I remember it, it looks exactly the same as when I visited it in 1994.
Can anyone tell me what that is? I happened to see it on my way back to the train station from the Opera House and wondered what exactly it was. For now, its definitely a UFO (not a flying saucer UFO, which has become common to describe flying saucers of alien origin).
And here's that streak again. Perhaps an air craft of some sort? The airport happens to be relatively near to the city so planes do fly low.
Circular Quay again as the lights start to come on. Its a nice water front area for sure.
The blue mountains' famed three sisters. Vanessa, how many times do you plan to visit them exactly?
And here we are, 4 day-trippers at the 3 sisters. Thanks for the trip Ava and Duane!
Fernandez-side cousins at the 3 sisters.
And here we are, climbing down to the 3 sisters. Steep, steep, steep.
We saw that while at the sister closest to the cliff. Notice that brightly coloured thing hanging at the side of the cliff? That's just a rubbish bin. No idea why that helicopter went to hover around the bin for awhile.
And here are some autumn colours. Reds, yellows, oranges and browns. Spectacular! I love autumn.
The cableway was awesome as you glided up from the valley to the top. Marvelous views.
Autumn blooms again. Why can't we have seasons here. We don't need a full blown winter, but coming back from 15 degree celcius temperatures to temperatures in excess of 30 degrees celcius is no joke!
The 3 sisters as seen from the cableway. The sun also came out from behind the clouds to make it all the more sweeter for photo-taking.
This was Ava's idea and doing. She was going to the Street Kings movie premiere...
And I saw Keanu Reeves. He was looking at me. Hahaha. Be jealous all of you.
Do you think he's 40 years old? I don't think he looks it at all.
And for the record, he's actually gone past 40 already. Taking the video made me get some needed exercise in the arms. I think I held it up vertically for like over half an hour.
I also got my hair highlighted in Sydney. Maria, Kathy and Vanessa pretty much sat me down in a hairdressing salon and told the guy what to do. But I love the colour and that it's something fresh. Only now it has grown much longer and much, much thicker. I need to do something to it now.
Aunty Dah also took Vanessa and I to Featherdale Wildlife Park and the IMAX. But uploading photos is such a pain recently. Blogger seems to take such a long time to process everything. Anyway, Fano, I did see kangaroos at the park and I hand fed one. I can understand why you like them so much.
-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong
Be Proud
Welcome to Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales! As you can see from the map above, Sydney is surrounded by lots of water. The river goes as far in as Parramatta to my knowledge. It's a beautiful place, but not as organised as Melbourne is. And don't complain about public transport prices here. I was supposed to stay with Aunty Dah at Quakers Hill (Quakers Hill station on the Western Line, Richmond Branch, orange colour) but she was in Parramatta for late-night shopping Thursdays when I came, so I took the train from Domestic Airport (on the Airport & East Hills line, green in colour). And how much was the one way ticket? $15.40. So be happy people.
That's the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Bridgewalks across the top of the arch do happen, but I heard that there's a 1 to 2 month waiting list for that so I didn't try it. I had enough cash, so maybe I should have just tried my luck eh? But it was great just to take the time to simply be a pedestrian on the bridge instead of a motorist. Beautiful architecture eh?
This is Kaiha (pronounced as Kai-ya). She's one of Maria's cats. Her coat is the absolutely most brilliant. But she's very scared of anyone unfamiliar in general, and, according to Maria, I was the first male she's ever let pet her and such (yay me!).
And this is Cody, a ginger cat. He's waaaaaaaaaay more outgoing than Kaiha is. Even to the point of climbing onto the dining table during meal times and placing one of his paws on your shoulder or arm to ask for a bite. I think I spoilt both cats while I was around though.
I LOVE helium balloons, don't you? These were for Uncle Harry's actual day Birthday party. We had the big surprise party a few days before, so this was a smaller, simpler family gathering. Nice decor Ava.
And that's his cake. It was a marble log something. I loved the icing. So now you know why I have put on weight the one month I was down under.
Happy 60th birthday Uncle Harry!
And that's him refusing to 1) have a photo of him blowing out the candles and; 2) refusing to blow them out a second time so that we could get the shot.
I loved this part of the National Maritime Museum - the ship and submarine. The museum entry itself was free, but to go on board these crafts you had to pay an extra fee to help with the maintenance. But it's really interesting ain't it? First time I've ever seen a submarine! Woohoo!
And that's the view from the elevated pedestrian bridge across the inlet. Huge things they are!
Welcome to the Sydney Tower! Now you can see what I mean by Sydney being surrounded by water. What you're looking at is the Sydney Harbour. In the foreground is the Sydney Botanical Gardens, which I didn't have time to visit this time round. In the harbour itself lie island fortresses and small islands here and there. It's a really lovely place.
And the harbour bridge makes an appearance as well. It provides such a stunning backdrop I think. And its not something you'd get over easily, unless of course, you live there and run across it each day.
Looking out west towards Parramatta, Penrith and Quakers Hill. Oh, and not forgetting, the Blue Mountains and outback Australia. In the foreground this time should be Darling Harbour.
More parks here and there along with ancient Catherdals in the city area. Love the feel of history they have going there. We only have St. Andrew's Catherdal here and its surrounded by a huge garden that you often don't notice the building at all.
In this shot, just before the coast should lie Bondi beach. Without doubt, that's one of the most famous beaches in Australia. And they have TV shows about it too, what was it? Bondi Rescue? Haha. Too bad I didn't get to see what that was like.
I'm on top of Sydney folks. High, high above. Ooh, look! Harbour bridge!
Another astounding landmark of Sydney is the Opera House. This time I went right up to the Opera House itself. It looked fantastic!
The harbour bridge as seen from the Opera House. I managed to catch the sun setting here at 5.20pm. That's kind of early in relation to sunset here, but well, all the better - you get to see it and you don't have to wait too long.
Dazzle dazzle. Be dazzled!
That's the Circular Quay OZ JetBoat. Vanessa and I went on that before and it's 30 minutes of fun fun fun. The boat does fish tails (swivelling from side to side while travelling forward), dunks (yes, dunks!) and spins. Sitting in the front row, Vanessa and I got pretty wet when the driver decided to dunk the nose of the boat in the harbour. Its designed so that the water runs up the nose and flies over the cabin area without submerging the vessel. I could literally see a wall of water rushing up towards us (there is no windscreen).
Sunset at Circular Quay. My lens was not wide enough to capture both the sun and the entire Harbour Bridge from where I was. Not like I could change the lens either... Beautiful isn't it?
This is Circular Quay, the start of the Central Business District. The way I remember it, it looks exactly the same as when I visited it in 1994.
Can anyone tell me what that is? I happened to see it on my way back to the train station from the Opera House and wondered what exactly it was. For now, its definitely a UFO (not a flying saucer UFO, which has become common to describe flying saucers of alien origin).
And here's that streak again. Perhaps an air craft of some sort? The airport happens to be relatively near to the city so planes do fly low.
Circular Quay again as the lights start to come on. Its a nice water front area for sure.
The blue mountains' famed three sisters. Vanessa, how many times do you plan to visit them exactly?
And here we are, 4 day-trippers at the 3 sisters. Thanks for the trip Ava and Duane!
Fernandez-side cousins at the 3 sisters.
And here we are, climbing down to the 3 sisters. Steep, steep, steep.
We saw that while at the sister closest to the cliff. Notice that brightly coloured thing hanging at the side of the cliff? That's just a rubbish bin. No idea why that helicopter went to hover around the bin for awhile.
And here are some autumn colours. Reds, yellows, oranges and browns. Spectacular! I love autumn.
The cableway was awesome as you glided up from the valley to the top. Marvelous views.
Autumn blooms again. Why can't we have seasons here. We don't need a full blown winter, but coming back from 15 degree celcius temperatures to temperatures in excess of 30 degrees celcius is no joke!
The 3 sisters as seen from the cableway. The sun also came out from behind the clouds to make it all the more sweeter for photo-taking.
This was Ava's idea and doing. She was going to the Street Kings movie premiere...
And I saw Keanu Reeves. He was looking at me. Hahaha. Be jealous all of you.
Do you think he's 40 years old? I don't think he looks it at all.
And for the record, he's actually gone past 40 already. Taking the video made me get some needed exercise in the arms. I think I held it up vertically for like over half an hour.
I also got my hair highlighted in Sydney. Maria, Kathy and Vanessa pretty much sat me down in a hairdressing salon and told the guy what to do. But I love the colour and that it's something fresh. Only now it has grown much longer and much, much thicker. I need to do something to it now.
Aunty Dah also took Vanessa and I to Featherdale Wildlife Park and the IMAX. But uploading photos is such a pain recently. Blogger seems to take such a long time to process everything. Anyway, Fano, I did see kangaroos at the park and I hand fed one. I can understand why you like them so much.
-LIVESTRONG!-
Heads Up and Stay Strong
Be Proud
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