Sightseeing in Sydney

There is so much to see in Sydney it's untrue!

Yesterday we planned to do all the museums and galleries and what not, but we only actually got round a quarter of what we planned! We set off to Darling Harbour with our packed lunches (how cute are we!) and looked around the Maritime Museum, which was quite interesting but not really my thing. I did learn though that they brought a lot of Europeans over here after WW2 who had lost there homes in the war, which I didn't know before. After that we had lunch then strolled over to the Sydney Aquarium which was about 7 quid to get in (after some vouchers I found in a backpackers magazine - I'm getting used living cheap now!) but it was well worth it. They had some amazing creatures on display; eels, snakes, frogs, lobsters, crocodiles and fish of so many different and bright colours and patterns - I've never seen anything like it. They also had an underwater tunnel with loads of different sized sharks and rays swimming over you (one ray was bigger than a car roof, I kid you not), and some coral displays of the sort you see on the Great Barrier Reef - oh my it was amazing. It's like a whole other planet under the sea really. Then in the afternoon we walked around Circular Quay again to get some good pics of the Opera House and Bridge while the weather was good, and as we set off back we spotted an STA Travel Branch, so we went in, moaned a bit, and they said they would sort out our Coach Ticket problem for us. Then after doing some food shopping we went back to the flat and made some tea, then later we went with Craig to the Opera House bar for drinks. I felt well posh! And it was outside so we got to sit by the water. Then they played a Light Show on the Harbour Bridge, which I may have appreciated more had I not had two glasses of wine!

Today we went down to Circular Quay again, as we'd only seen the Opera House side and not really explored the Bridge side. We visited the Museum of Contemporary Art which had some rather abstract exhibitions on but was interesting all the same. We then walked round to Cadman's Cottage (which is one of Aussie's oldest spots and was where one of the first convict-come-ship managers, John Cadman, lived in the 18th century). We had lunch on a nice piece of grass under the bridge and lazed there for an hour or so (the sun makes you really bone idle) before strolling round to Sydney Observatory which was a beautiful building and was used to work out the correct time in Sydney back in the 18th century, which I'd imagine was a hefty task. On the way back we nipped into STA who had swiftly sorted out the whole hash-up for us, and which we were extremely grateful for! So we've been into Oz Exp and booked our Blue Mountains Day Trip for Friday (leaving 7:30am - urgh) and our leaving Sydney for our first stop - Warrumbungles National Park for Saturday (leaving 7:00am - double urgh). At least it's all sorted now which is such a relief, but now it's like we're actually gonna have to leave Sydney, and I've kinda created a comfort zone here now! so it's a bit daunting, but hey that's what it's all about.

So that's all for now really, let me know what you're all up to and I hope you're all well. I'll try and post again before we leave Sydney.

Bye for now!