Jarod
& I outside Festival Cafe at Darling HarbourJarod
& I outside Festival Cafe at Darling Harbour
At Circular Quay, on the Harbour Cruise & outside the Custom
House
Today, we had an early breakfast at the hotel. A bus came to pick us at the hotel at 7.25am. We joined the Tours R Us trip to the Blue Mountains. Along the way, we stopped by the Sydney Olympic Stadium and the Wildlife Park. We took a picture with a koala, fed the kangaroos, saw many other Autralian animals and attended a sheep shearing show. Later, we visited an aboriginal craft shop and saw a guy playing the 'didgeridoos' and we bought an authentic boomerang. The guide later showed us how to throw the boomerang and I did well. We stopped at some lookout points and the views were awesome. We saw the "three sisters" and some cliffs and valleys. We took the steepest inclined rail train down the Jameson valley and rode the cable car up. It was fun.
at the Wildlife Park
We visited the Taronga zoo in the morning. We had to take a ferry and then a cable car to the entrance. We saw many animals which included salties, freshies, wombat, Komodo dragons, koalas, gorillas and many more. However, we were disappointed that we did not spot the echidna and platypus. After that, we took the Sydney Explorer to the Power House Museum. Along the way, we got down at Wollomooloo to have the pies at the famous Harry's Cafe de Wheels. The Powerhouse museum housed many interesting exhibits such as robots, steam engines and various informative stuff about pollution and ecology. After the phm, we went to the Sydney Aquarium. There were exhibits on sea creatures and shore animals. It was one of the largest aquarium we have visited. We almost missed the seals as that section closed at 4.30pm.
Jarod & the locomotion, Taronga zoo & Harry's Cafe de
wheels
We walked to the Royal Botanical Gardens just next to our hotel. We took a train ride called the "scenic tour". We stopped at Lady Macquarie's Chair and went down to take some photos. It was very, very windy. We took the Sydney Explorer to the Australian Museum. We saw skeletons, crystals, Albert Chapman's mineral collection, insects, dinosaurs and birds exhibits. I completed one skeleton model of a stegasaurus. We saw a huge model of a T Rex's head. One side was skeleton and the other side was covered with skin. We then took the Bondi Explorer to Watson's Bay for the famous Doyle's fish & chips. We did the cliff walk at "The Gap". The view was amazing. Later in the evening, we went shopping as shops closed late that eveninig. We went to Grace Bros and bought some toys.
mum at Mrs Macquarie's chair, my brother's favourite dinosaur
& the Gap, Watson Bay
We walked to the NSW Art Gallery via the Domain in the morning. And saw many works of art. They were simply beautiful. We later met Eeee Lee Lee & Soo Fung at a Chinese restaurant in Paddy's Market. Tim Sum was good. After lunch, we walked around the Paddy's market and then headed towards Darling Harbour. We caught the 3D Space Station at the Imax theatre.
outside the NSW Art Gallery & meeting the 2 Ee ees
We met Janelle & Justin at the Circular Quay Wharf 3. We took the ferry to Manly to meet with Mom's friend, Aunt Seng Eng. We had breakfast together and well, we finally got some jaw breakers. We walked along the beach and played in the sand. I rented a skate scooter to skoot along the walkway. We also visited the Ocean World at Manly and came close to some Port Jackson sharks. We saw some juvenile bobbing out of the water and it was a strange behaviour for these sharks in captivity. We left Manly and checked into an Airport hotel so that we could get to the airport early next morning.
at Manly beach & a spectacular view of the Sydney Opera
House from Rose Bay
Home sweet home. We had enough of the Nintendo games on board the SIA plane.
buskers at Darling Harbour, a special fountain and me inside
the T-rex!
Jonathan
June 2002
