Sunrise to Sunset in Sydney
Sunrise to Sunset in Sydney
Day 3 in Sydney has lasted from sunrise to sunset.
Boats, busses, trains, monorails, and foot has taken
me to many places today.
To the central train station to orient myself. Then
to the Central Quay between the famous Opera House and
the "Coat hanger", the famous bridge in the harbour.
From there I took the longest ferrie boat out to Manly
a neighborhood, suburb, near the entrance to Sydney
Harbour not far from where I had fish and chips
yesterday. It was a great peaceful ride on a somewhat
sunny mostly clouded over with rain cloud morning.
Saw many perspectives of the two outreached arms of
Sydney Harbour as it surrounds the harbour facing the Pacific
Ocean. The head is the Central Quay with the Opera
House on the right shoulder and the Coat Hanger bridge
that people love to climb like a mountain (NOT ME THIS
TIME) instead I went to the opera.
Once I returned to the Central Quay I took the ferrie
that crosses back and forth the bay to Luna Beach and
eventually ends up in Darling Harbour, a very upbeat
tourist/citizen fun area with convention facilities on
one side and family and young people sites on the
other: ice skating, bungy jumping, paddle wheel boats,
Chinese Garden, I-Max theatre.
The main target of my ferrie boat ride was the famous
Sydney Aquarium where you walk next to, over and under
fish from tiny clown fish to giant manray eels and
sharks of various sizes. Imagine walking along a
hallway and right next to you less then a couple
inches or over you, maybe 18 inches at most, are
swimming huge man/woman eating sharks or 48+" wide
manray eels.
The town was totally packed with people today. It got
so bad I jumped on a train for the Olympic village for
some peace and quiet for awhile. Instead I ended up
on a train with hundreds of college or high school age
students all talking at the same time a mile a minute
(here it is 3 km a minute).
The village was a welcome rest and a beautiful place
to walk for awhile. Beautiful, serene, instrumental
music was playing on loud speakers throughout the
village. What a great treat.
Then I caught the last direct train to the central
train station by intuition or just pure luck again.
The experience brought back memories of my excursion
for 3 months around Europe in 1977 when after I
stopped being nervous about being in new places all
the time my intuition or pure luck was high nearly all
the time.
Then onto Town Hall station in central Sydney, a 3 or
4 level inside walking street, totally packed with
shoppers and strollers. I was looking for a CD shop
and an email shop.
Who's working today in Sydney?
Is Japan empty at this time of year? At least half of
the Japanese population must be following me around.
Ha Ha!
Who's in school?
Seems like they are all in downtown Sydney everywhere.
Plus it has been off and on pouring rain since about
9:00 am.
My trusty umbrella and I have had fun even with the
occasional stressful situations on the busy streets
inside or out.
The simulated tour of Australia was set up much like
you would find in DisneyWorld or Epcot. Lots of fun
and very creative.
Back to find a bus to the northern suburbs to spend
the evening with Ian and Diane again.
Off to Canberra tomorrow around lunch.
Until next time, call me Ishmael or Alan the wanderer.
In Queenstown I was expecting Queequeg to walk into
my dorm 4-bed room at any time that night.
Wandering Alan
Day 3 in Sydney has lasted from sunrise to sunset.
Boats, busses, trains, monorails, and foot has taken
me to many places today.
To the central train station to orient myself. Then
to the Central Quay between the famous Opera House and
the "Coat hanger", the famous bridge in the harbour.
From there I took the longest ferrie boat out to Manly
a neighborhood, suburb, near the entrance to Sydney
Harbour not far from where I had fish and chips
yesterday. It was a great peaceful ride on a somewhat
sunny mostly clouded over with rain cloud morning.
Saw many perspectives of the two outreached arms of
Sydney Harbour as it surrounds the harbour facing the Pacific
Ocean. The head is the Central Quay with the Opera
House on the right shoulder and the Coat Hanger bridge
that people love to climb like a mountain (NOT ME THIS
TIME) instead I went to the opera.
Once I returned to the Central Quay I took the ferrie
that crosses back and forth the bay to Luna Beach and
eventually ends up in Darling Harbour, a very upbeat
tourist/citizen fun area with convention facilities on
one side and family and young people sites on the
other: ice skating, bungy jumping, paddle wheel boats,
Chinese Garden, I-Max theatre.
The main target of my ferrie boat ride was the famous
Sydney Aquarium where you walk next to, over and under
fish from tiny clown fish to giant manray eels and
sharks of various sizes. Imagine walking along a
hallway and right next to you less then a couple
inches or over you, maybe 18 inches at most, are
swimming huge man/woman eating sharks or 48+" wide
manray eels.
The town was totally packed with people today. It got
so bad I jumped on a train for the Olympic village for
some peace and quiet for awhile. Instead I ended up
on a train with hundreds of college or high school age
students all talking at the same time a mile a minute
(here it is 3 km a minute).
The village was a welcome rest and a beautiful place
to walk for awhile. Beautiful, serene, instrumental
music was playing on loud speakers throughout the
village. What a great treat.
Then I caught the last direct train to the central
train station by intuition or just pure luck again.
The experience brought back memories of my excursion
for 3 months around Europe in 1977 when after I
stopped being nervous about being in new places all
the time my intuition or pure luck was high nearly all
the time.
Then onto Town Hall station in central Sydney, a 3 or
4 level inside walking street, totally packed with
shoppers and strollers. I was looking for a CD shop
and an email shop.
Who's working today in Sydney?
Is Japan empty at this time of year? At least half of
the Japanese population must be following me around.
Ha Ha!
Who's in school?
Seems like they are all in downtown Sydney everywhere.
Plus it has been off and on pouring rain since about
9:00 am.
My trusty umbrella and I have had fun even with the
occasional stressful situations on the busy streets
inside or out.
The simulated tour of Australia was set up much like
you would find in DisneyWorld or Epcot. Lots of fun
and very creative.
Back to find a bus to the northern suburbs to spend
the evening with Ian and Diane again.
Off to Canberra tomorrow around lunch.
Until next time, call me Ishmael or Alan the wanderer.
In Queenstown I was expecting Queequeg to walk into
my dorm 4-bed room at any time that night.
Wandering Alan
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