Day 7 - Sydney First Day

8th July 2007. Day 7. Sunday.

We woke up early again. This time, is to catch the flight to Sydney.

We have booked Jetstar to fly to Sydney, it was 79 dollars one way to Sydney...a lot cheaper than Qantas, but the airport is a lot further than the Tullamarine airport. We had to go to the Avalon airport, which is in Geelong, and we decided to take the taxi there -_-

As we arrived in the airport, one and a half hour had passed, with the cost of around 150 dollars on taxi. One word, "OUCH"

We arrived earlier than expected, thus the check in process was smooth and without any crowd...

The plane arrived...

My companion while waiting: book and ipod...

Boarding

I was shouted "NO PICTURES ALLOWED!" when i was taking this pic -_-

Newayz, the flight took us approx an hour n a half, arrived to Sydney airport, took a taxi to our hotel Four Points, and checked in.

The view from the hotel room

The first destination to visit, the Rocks Market. Its some sort of a flea market that is only opened during the weekends...and it is being operated along a street that had been closed up for that day...not much things to see though...Msia's Curve's market is much better =P

The Rock's Market

that is the closest i got to the Opera House =P

Me & Dad

However, the street was still quite interesting as there are some weird stuff selling and the architecture on that street itself was quite a beauty

The Booths

Hotel?

Seems that most of the buildings here were being built during the old days and was being preserved till now:

Cool Building

And another...

And another...

And another...(Westpac!!)

And another...

One of the interesting inventions i saw...a wineholder consisting of only a board with two holes

We took around an hour to walk through the street...and after that went back to the hotel to rest

As we were walking back to the hotel, we passed by this building:


Sydney is indeed an old city.


My parents and sis decided to take a nap and rest in the hotel. As for me, I took my old, faithful Ipod, wore my jacket, slipped my mum's camera into my pocket, took the city map the hotel gave, and started my solo exploration of the City of Sydney.

With music blasting into my ears, i started walking from the hotel towards Medina Grande Hotel ( ;) ), then from there towards Town Hall, then to Queen Elizabeth Building, then from there i walked to Pitt St, through Pitt St Mall, then cut through some streets to Elizabeth Street, from there walked to Goulborn St, where most of the chinese are, then from there to China Town St, and finally, back to the Hotel...the whole journey took me a 2 and a half hour of walking... and i felt good =)

HSBC, with E&Y in the background

Some clock tower

Queen Elizabeth Building (QVB)

A Monument @ Elizabeth St

An interesting sight to see an ancient church between two modern buildings

First dinner in Sydney, would of coz be something Sydney is famous for: SEAFOOD!

One of the reason we chose Four Point Hotel is because it is located right next to Darling Harbor...thus, to satisfy our crave for seafood, we walked to Cockle Bay Wharf to find a place for seafood, and we found it.

Dad: "Order anything you want."
Me: "But...its quite expensive..."
Dad: "Aiya...since we are here, must eat till we are satisfied!"
Me: "0_0..."

Thus, we ordered.

Grilled Barramundi,

Lobster,

Fresh Oysters,

and Mussels,

along with a big bowl of Casesar Salad and a bottle of White Wine... =) I would say...that meal is the most expensive meal ive ever had =P

Me & Mum

Family (yea i know i looked weird...-_-)

The Family is Reunited Once Again! ^_^



**P/S: I will finish the blog tomorrow as all of the sudden blogger.com will not allow me to upload any photos...its late and i need sleep...sorry guys =)

Post Editted 7:56 AM 31 July 2007