Whirlwind Trip Through Sydney

We arrived in Sydney from our long-haul flight from San Francisco to find the weather hotting up and with the forecast for a warm summer’s day.  To get over the jet-lag we didn’t want to crash and sleep all day, so after we checked in to our B&B just off Kings Cross we went for a walk around the city.  It was a perfect day and we walked around Woolloomooloo Bay, through the Botanical Gardens and ended up at Circular Quay.  We had a lovely late lunch in the Rocks sitting out in the sun, and I enjoyed my first James Squire beer in a loooong time – aaaah…!  I only get home about every two years and it felt really good to be back!

Over the next few days we did all the normal touristy things: wandered around Darling Harbour, caught the ferry across to Manly for a swim, walked up Obervation Hill and then over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, visisted the old Quadrangle at Sydney University etc.

Guess where?

    
It’s good to be home!                              The Bridge from Observation Hill.

A typical Sydney scene – I love the Moreton Bay Fig trees!

   
Circular Quay and the Rocks.                   Kirribilli House.

   
The Manly ferry.                                    The Quadrangle at Sydney Uni.