We took the bus into the city, a 35 minute ride, ending at the harbour. Sydney has a population close to 5 million, and the CBD is very similar to downtown Toronto, tall, striking office and apartment buildings. Sydney has a very ragged coast line. Lots of bays and coves, so there is a lot of varied coastline. The central harbour is beautiful. The world renowned operahouse sits right at the tip of one of the "fingers" . The large Botanical Gardens are next to it. The harbour is deep enough so that huge ocean liners can come right into the city.
This is also the area where the first settlers lived, so there are many historic buildings.
We decided to take one of the "hop on and off" bus tours. It was a pleasant way to see the various parts of Sydney. The city has a curious mixture of buildings. There are structures from the 1860's nect to modern office buildings. We saw some areas, that were mainly cottages from the 30's and also spectacular homes overlooking the city. There are quite a few hills in the city.
It is a very clean city, lots of parks, and I didn't see one homeless person.
One of the stops we made was the Sydney Fish Market. It is, supposedly, only second to Tokyo, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. It must refer to the commercial side, because what we saw was not that impressive. There were about a dozen individual stores, that had an astonishing selection of fresh seafood, and quite a few restaurants. We had a seafood meal at the market. I still am not a fan of oysters and calamari.
Before we headed home we walked around the opera house. It is very impressive, and the views are great, especially the view of the Harbour Bridge, another Sydney landmark.
Tomorrow we plan to do more walking.
Ralf
This is also the area where the first settlers lived, so there are many historic buildings.
We decided to take one of the "hop on and off" bus tours. It was a pleasant way to see the various parts of Sydney. The city has a curious mixture of buildings. There are structures from the 1860's nect to modern office buildings. We saw some areas, that were mainly cottages from the 30's and also spectacular homes overlooking the city. There are quite a few hills in the city.
It is a very clean city, lots of parks, and I didn't see one homeless person.
One of the stops we made was the Sydney Fish Market. It is, supposedly, only second to Tokyo, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. It must refer to the commercial side, because what we saw was not that impressive. There were about a dozen individual stores, that had an astonishing selection of fresh seafood, and quite a few restaurants. We had a seafood meal at the market. I still am not a fan of oysters and calamari.
Before we headed home we walked around the opera house. It is very impressive, and the views are great, especially the view of the Harbour Bridge, another Sydney landmark.
Tomorrow we plan to do more walking.
Ralf
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