Old Building Hotel Sydney

... side park just soaking in the atmosphere, the sights and the sun. We then visited Cadman's cottage which is the oldest building in Sydney. It's a lovely little cottage with a lovely story - Cadman was a convict who made good when he got to Australia ...

... the main touristic points of the city. We started one of the central train stops, walked thru the Queen Victoria Building, which is an old building with shops inside, really pretty building. Then we walked thru the Hyde Park, the Hyde Park Barracks ...

... a plastic ice cream. We got more photos before heading to the top of Observatory Hill where we went inside the Sydney Observatory. It is an old building and the displays are quite dated (no way near as fun as the Space Observatory in Wellington) We soon ...

... on Tuesday. The girls (Grandma, Anne, Caitlyn and Lia) visited the Queen Victoria Building in downtown Sydney which is an absolutely beautiful, old building filled with pretty shops.  It was nice walking around and window shopping there - although ...

... our bags, and headed out for some breakfast and a coffee. The Rocks area is one of the oldest areas of Sydney and is full of interesting old building and twisty alleyways (as well as the Harbour Bridge and Opera House).  We explored the area for 2 ...

... nbsp;      Friday morning I took a cab to the Queen Victoria Building. It is a beautiful old building that's been turned into a shopping arcade; Australia has saved many historic buildings this way. Here I found the other item on ...

... like 5th Ave in NYC) and checked out some historic buildings including a REALLY fancy mall called the Queen Victoria mall in an old building.   After that, we walked to the historic Rocks district, where we saw the first building ever built in ...

... seen on this trip (I am not counting the few drops we got in Uluru).  Then we wandered into The Strand which is an old building with shops.  In there we found a jeweler who was willing to take my broken opal ring and turn it into two earrings ...

... industrial, but is being redeveloped where the docks used to be. I stayed there for almost a week as the hostel was lovely - an old building, with a big oak panelled ballroom. The weather also got better while I was there, so I was able to have a few ...

... a huge Haji Mart, specifically that one located right on BIAP, but much, much larger.  The market was located in a building about 2-3 football fields long and about a football field wide.  It had hundreds of stalls with load and loads of ...

... must-see locations.  She told us to go see Mrs. Maquaries point, go through the botanical gardens, visit the Queen Victoria Building, Darling Harbor, the Fish Market, the Rocks, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and showed us the Quay where we ...

... nbsp; We were in the heart of the first settlement here and surrounded by fine buildings - the National Library, the Parliament Building, Sydney Hospital and the National Museum. After lunch we sat in Hyde Park for while enjoying the sunshine and watching ...

... in, then began to stroll in the direction of the bridge through The Rocks area, otherwise known as the Old Town, where you find the first houses built in Sydney. After a quick bite to eat in Wolfies overlooking the Opera House and a swift pint in The ...

... on...that hasn't been out since South Africa! Anyways...got to Katoomba all ok, and the hostel is great - it's in a heritage building which used to be a cabaret and ballroom, so the lounge area is the ballroom bit, all wooden floors, art deco detail, ...

... ).  We then wandered around Darling Harbour and walked a complete circuit eventually ending up back at the hotel.  A good day all round.  I really like Sydney and think it is one of my favourite cities. Monday 24 August 2009 Today has been ...

... Brewery Hotel located in "The Rocks" district, adjacent to Circular Quay, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.  The Lord Nelson is a sandstone building (like many of the buildings peppered around The Rocks) that was built in 1841 and ...

... us back to Rich & Kath's home.  It is in a leafy lane, just off the main streets and a beautiful white wooden building.  The layout is open plan, geared up for outdoor living and light and airy.  The bedrooms are well appointed with so ...

... hostel, the YHA at Sydney Central was HUGE, by far the biggest hostel I've ever been in in my life... beautiful building on outside, great location opposite Central Station, and they completely gutted it and modernised it, but there was plenty of idiots ...

... in the morning. It was baking and a real shock after -10! But, there is nothing there!! We did go and see the Parliament building which is quite cool and we spied on a graduation ceremony in the main great hall (like having ours in the house of commons!) ...

... thing was magnificent - the music, the scenery, the costumes, the singing and the general atmosphere of being in such an iconic building! The aria "Nessun Dorma" was very moving and brought tears to my eyes, as did the tragic ending when Liu plunges a ...