Oceania → Australasia → Australia → Sydney
with a layover of 12 hours in sydney, a dozen hours is too long to wait and sit idly in the airport, however, it is too short to try anything more than just the city..so after the immigration and customs (nothing much), as quickly as i can, i head to the forex to get some australian money, and then hop on the express train to circular quay. i’ve got a picture of what i’ll do in my day (thanks to lonely planet). circular quay station is the gateway to the famed opera house, and the sydney harbour bridge. to be quite honest, there’s nothing grand about the opera house. well, i’ve only been to the outside and no nothing about its design and architecture, but superficially, it’s just an infrastructure shaped oddly.
the harbour bridge is more picturesque with black heavy metal frames connecting sydney cbd and north shore. i haven’t been upclose to the bridge though. so after just wandering along the rocks, several pictures, and walked around near the opera houses, i hopped on wharf4 enroute to watson’s bay for the gap.
the gap is a cliff ocean ridge, famous not only for the pleasant view it offers (the expansive pacific ocean) but also for the reason that it’s a favorite suicide spot in australia. more than 50 deaths are reported each year, and recently they’ve put in fences along the sides, and additional surveillance camera in an attempt to lessen its infamous reputation.
it’s a bit tiring going around as first, sydney is hot. it’s summer at the moment down here in the southern hemisphere, and the beating sun in ever drenching my energy. second, i’m lugging my big heavy backpack handcarry. that’s even quite a fortune as i originally have 2 heavy handcarries and just at the gate in naia, an attendant offers to check-in my 2nd backpack.
from the gap, i took a bus to another famed destination in sydney. the bondi beach. walked around, had my first authentic australian fush and chups (i had it grilled), which is good but just too much for me! of course, the scenery is beautiful along the shore..hehe
then, hop to bus back to circular quay, and onwards to airport.
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