..and Hello Sydney
We visited Sydney (last 3 days in succession) as per our intention and were well impressed.
What a beautiful city this is. Magnificent buildings, loads of green areas, incredible harbour and a great buzz about the place. We could have done with having a bit more time here really as we're off travelling again early on Sunday. Off to 'Nam.
Anyway a few photies again, just to prove that we are here (or have borrowed someone elses pics).
Sydney Opera House
Bloggers with Bondi beach as backdrop.
View across Bondi Bay at Sunset
Hi. 'Tis I, Rita. Cor blimey t'was sunny today. Proper scorcher and predicted to be in high 30's tomorrow. I tell you this sunshine takes some getting used to. I thought the 'Downunder' folk were exaggerating. Phew! They were not. And for once, neither am I! Oh yes, Sydney is all it is cracked up to be and more. Still as typical tourists we spent this morning in the building of the transported convicts, their prison to be precise. It was a sobering and grim experience. The youngest convict was 9 years old and he had been convicted of pickpocketing. He died at the age of 22. His treatment of regular lashings with cat-o'nine tails at not infrequent intervals during his young life would no doubt have been a significant contributing factor. Anyway, not wishing to be morbid,(context of a travel blog not being appropriate) but being in the building itself where these convicts were held, and being able to see their dormitories etc was enlightening. The conditions were really harsh and punitive. Coming out into the glaring sunshine in a sparkling city was a bit of a welcome culture shock so we decided to do some more touristy stuff and this time we set off in direction of the Aquarium. The fish were colourful, very good at swimming (ha!) and soothing and the platypus was amusing (big beak) and the sealions were entertaining and the whales were huge, white and smiley and the penguins were just so cute, and the crocodile was big, green and scaley. It was all just as one would expect. Leigh got bored after a surprisingly short time though (& it was his idea!!!)- I suspect that it was the fact that there were hundreds of people crammed in to this underground Aquarium - mostly either school children and Japanese tourists. Of course, we are bang in the centre of the Ozzzzzzies' 6 week holiday.
Another day done. Another day of sight seeing. And tomorrow, 'same T-shirt, different day!'
What a beautiful city this is. Magnificent buildings, loads of green areas, incredible harbour and a great buzz about the place. We could have done with having a bit more time here really as we're off travelling again early on Sunday. Off to 'Nam.
Anyway a few photies again, just to prove that we are here (or have borrowed someone elses pics).
Sydney Opera House
Bloggers with Bondi beach as backdrop.
View across Bondi Bay at Sunset
Hi. 'Tis I, Rita. Cor blimey t'was sunny today. Proper scorcher and predicted to be in high 30's tomorrow. I tell you this sunshine takes some getting used to. I thought the 'Downunder' folk were exaggerating. Phew! They were not. And for once, neither am I! Oh yes, Sydney is all it is cracked up to be and more. Still as typical tourists we spent this morning in the building of the transported convicts, their prison to be precise. It was a sobering and grim experience. The youngest convict was 9 years old and he had been convicted of pickpocketing. He died at the age of 22. His treatment of regular lashings with cat-o'nine tails at not infrequent intervals during his young life would no doubt have been a significant contributing factor. Anyway, not wishing to be morbid,(context of a travel blog not being appropriate) but being in the building itself where these convicts were held, and being able to see their dormitories etc was enlightening. The conditions were really harsh and punitive. Coming out into the glaring sunshine in a sparkling city was a bit of a welcome culture shock so we decided to do some more touristy stuff and this time we set off in direction of the Aquarium. The fish were colourful, very good at swimming (ha!) and soothing and the platypus was amusing (big beak) and the sealions were entertaining and the whales were huge, white and smiley and the penguins were just so cute, and the crocodile was big, green and scaley. It was all just as one would expect. Leigh got bored after a surprisingly short time though (& it was his idea!!!)- I suspect that it was the fact that there were hundreds of people crammed in to this underground Aquarium - mostly either school children and Japanese tourists. Of course, we are bang in the centre of the Ozzzzzzies' 6 week holiday.
Another day done. Another day of sight seeing. And tomorrow, 'same T-shirt, different day!'
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