Circular Quay Sydney

We walked under it, over it, across it. We sailed under it. We rode over it [on a train, not a horse - stupid!]. Can say with hand on heart we did the bridge good and proper. Yes folks we were back in Sydney and the bridge I am talking about is the Sydney Harbour Bridge. More on this later.

Big city needed big plans, so lots of planning …

Okay so this is the run up to NYE and the night itself!
So on the 30th of January i'd been planning to go and see a clockwork orange at an open air cinema in sydney olympic park. unfortunately, i was running late, as i seem to be doing a lot these days and Molly was only just on time. Even more unfortunately, the website was rather vague on the …

Oh boy. Sydney.

Oh, but first of all I want to kind of apologize to everyone who thought we were going to make daily posts on this blog. Let me tell you, the luxury of internet was something we instantly felt was torn from our lives as soon as we declared ourselves backpackers. If you are reading this on a strong wi-fi or any sort of …

Gisterenochtend na een mega relaxte vlucht (qantas is echt wel de max) aangekomen hier in Sydney. Er zaten wel zo'n 100 schoolkinderen op het vliegtuig maar daar heb ik eigenlijk geen last van gehad. Het eerste wat me hier wat tegenviel was het weer! Geen zon te zien maar heel de dag bewolkt geweest. Vandaag gelukkig al wat meer zon! Voor de rest …

Day 1:
Arrived in Sydney @ 7.30am, Grainne and Gary picked us up from the airport, went for a yummy breakfast in the Grounds! Took the train to town and called in to Trica at work ... weather was horrible and torrential rain! Typical!

Day 2:
Our tour guide Trica took us to the Circular Quay, saw the Opera House and Harbour Bridge …

Hi aus Sydney,

der Flug von Adelaide mit Virgin Atlantic verlief problemlos, jedoch gibts bei Virgin kein Tauchgebäck und wir haben die Dame am Check In ein wenig bezirzen müssen um nicht haarscharf mit dem Gewicht drüber zu sein. War aber unser letzter Flug wo das Probleme machen könnte, ab morgen bleibt ein Koffer temporär in Sydney.

Så sluttede flyveturen endelig. Destination Sydney er nået. Vores hotel ligger midt i det hele. Vi kan gå til operahuset på 10 minutter. Har været på rundvisning i operahuset - wauw det er overgår alle de billeder som vi havde i hovedet i forvejen. Utroligt bygningsværk. Spiste også en speciel menu der. …

Sydney is one of those cities that just blows you away. As soon as we landed, our heads were on a swivel trying to take in all the sites. We arrived on October 1st and were greeted by 80 degree temps, tons of sunshine and a spectacular city with tons to offer.

We started out by just walking around Circular Quay. We literally spent the …

From the moment I stepped off the downtown-bound train (which was new, clean, quiet and two-levels!), I knew I would love it here. Arriving at the beginning of a perfect day, I was able to settle in to the apartment I'm staying at with my gracious host Bobby ("Airbnb" is an amazing travel resource!), and set off to explore the city. My first …

15 and half hours is an extremely long time to sit on an airplane! 'Nuff said.

However, we did survive and relatively unscathed. No major disasters ensued, however our previously spread eagled daughter had a minor meltdown when we dragged her wobbly body from the lounge floor, onto the plane and told her she wasn't allowed to lie down …

... nearing its conclusion, and perhaps realising this, Rie and I went and sat down near the Harbour Bridge...until 4am! We virtually had Circular Quay to ourselves by that point, and it was pretty special as we looked out to the Opera House...a view I'll ...

... had to remind myself that I was in Sydney, but thankfully the harbour was stunning, and if anything surpassed expectations. We sat down at Circular Quay for half an hour and took in the views, and already I had a good feeling about Sydney. The people I'd ...

... 10 years of the tour running. Oh well, at least the views were great. Our last full day in Sydney was a lazier one. We caught the ferry to Circular Quay and wandered into the main shopping district. We took a ride on the Monorail, ate at Krispy Kreme ...

... be there and walk around it was quite an experience. The views of the harbour bridge are also quite amazing. I then headed down to circular quay and caught a ferry out to Watson's Bay and walked around there for a bit. It was pretty neat and got to see ...

... the Opera House, be it aboriginals playing their didgeridoos, or rastamen playing their reggae. There was always a buzz around Circular Quay, and we enjoyed relaxing down there (and my Japanese vocabulary is increasing as a result!). Friday began ...

... seen us do a bit more of the touristy stuff..... 8th January 2005 Today we went down to the rocks market (the opposide side of circular quay from the opera house) to allow Martine to buy some more TAT. But before we did this it was off to the art ...

... March 2005 After the birthday celebrations we decided to go to Taronga Zoo, which is based on the north shore of Sydney. We grabbed a ferry from circular quay and made our way across the water. We took a cable-car up to the zoo and proceeded to walk ...

... (a pie cart established in 1945) to the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Wander up to Hyde Park and the Archibald Fountain, then onto Circular Quay, where all the ferries leave from, and on to the Rocks, a market area. When we get back, M cooks a veggie ...

... in Sydney's Oxford Street, where the gay crowd comes out to play. Needless to say Charlie can't remember getting home that night! Circular Quay is very nice and we did 'the tourist thing' with the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge - nice but ...

... the Opera House is) and the streets were just rammed. A lot of the Aussies were shaking hands with the England shirted blokes. Circular Quay was rammed and there were loads of people at The Opera House watching the fireworks on The Harbour Bridge - it ...