Royal Botanic Gardens 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 …

SYDNEEEEYYY!!
Yippee we made it after a wonderful flight with a choice of dinner and plenty of drinks and films to occupy us, 9 hours flew bye (get the pun haha.) We landed safely into the country that would be our home for the next few... years?!
Before celebrating we had to actually make it to our hostel and after reading the reviews on …

It's 7am on the 7th December 2012 and I wake up after a rough night's sleep aboard an overnight train from Melbourne to Sydney. I look to my right to see Laura still peacefully sleeping - snuggled up with a pillow and eye mask on. The sun has risen and outside it's 14 degrees. A short while later we arrive at Sydney Central Station where we change …

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 …

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I can't believe I spent New Year's Eve in Sydney. It's something I've always wanted to do and I can finally check it off my bucket list.

So we set of from Wuhan, China on 29th December and had stop overs in Shanghai and Melbourne. The flight actually took 22 hours which surprised us considering we're already in the …

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 …

We hebben het weer druk gehad, en genoeg te vertellen dus we kiezen er wat uit..

Eerst iets veel belangrijkers dan ons avontuur de afgelopen weken: mijn lieve zusje heeft haar rijbewijs gehaald :D! Super fijn om te horen, maar ook erg jammer dan ik nog maanden moet wachten om haar echt te feliciteren :( mis jullie allemaal best wel!
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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.

We arrived in Sydney at 7am and straight away headed for the hotel. We were able to drop off our bags but unfortunately had to wait to check in. Whilst we were waiting we walked down to Darling Harbour and had some breakfast and then walked all around the Harbour to Circular Quay where the Opera House is based. We walked through the Royal Botanical …

... noodles before L&C make a "Welcome to Oz" banner for Sarah. Tue 30th Dec - Today, we start by strolling through the Royal Botanic Gardens and then on to Circular Quay. From there we tour the Museum of Contemporary Art and then watch a couple of street ...

... all these iconic sites. We jumped off the ferry and headed around to explore the Opera House. From here we headed into the Royal Botanic Gardens and then after a brief shower headed back over the Quay to an old area known as the rocks. Here we visited my ...

... trees through its centre. A quick look at the tiled floor of St.Mary's Cathedral and then we were off to the Royal Botanic Gardens. Established in 1816, the gardebs surround Farm Cove, which is to the east of the Opera House. Among its attractions are ...

... got to see them and look forward to when it's sunny the next time I do.  Part of the walk was through the Royal botanic gardens which is similar to Regents Park but with bats! It doesn't have the range of roses as regents park (I may stand ...

... a decent seat for tonight's Kronos Quartet performance. From the Opera House, we walk away from Bennelong Point into the vast Royal Botanic Gardens and picnic out of the heat in a gazebo. Refuelled, we head south, sticking to the green expanses of ...

... hot and bothered rushing to the ticket queue so once I realised I wasn't gonna get anywhere I went and sat in the Royal Botanic Gardens for a little while, it's the first time I've been there and there are amazing views from Farm Cove over the harbour, ...

... her i byen, der hedder The Rocks. Der var en blanding af hyggelige cafeer og dyre forretninger. Vi gik ogsaa igennem Royal Botanic Gardens, men paa det tidspunkt var vi saa gennemblodte, at vi ikke rigtig koncentrerede os om andet end at naa hjem saa ...

... krijgen (Hungry Jack's)! Iets wat ik ook erg graag wou doen is Flying Foxes zien in de Royal Botanic Gardens. Helaas denken sommige Sydney stommerds daar anders over, en zijn ze weggejaagd. Binnenkort gaan we bij zonsopgang naar een ander park om ze ...

... Fitnesskurse, die zusammen joggen, Schattenboxen oder ähnliches! Nach dem Opera House führte uns unser Weg weiter durch die Royal Botanic Gardens zu Mrs Macquaries Chair, einem Aussichtspunkt (na klar - auf den Hafen mit Opera und Bridge). Als wir ...

... photos have got one or both of these landmarks in. After a tour around the city we had a walk around the lovely Royal Botanic Gardens where you can also get excellent views of the Opera House and Bridge! The park is also home to hundreds of ...