Day 4, woke up excited cos we were heading for Sydney Bridge Climb in the evening. Went down to Paddy's Market and got some souvenirs and snacks. Reminds me of QVM. After that, headed to Ramen Kan opp the market, cos it's good food below $20. Indeed, it was a small restaurant, we waited for approx 5-10min cos some of the tables weren't cleared. Ordered some set lunch etc and the bill came up to $98.20 only for 5pax! Yeah, before ppl judge and say that I'm rich, pls be mindful that eating out in Aussie is definitely not cheap, a normal main course can usually cost $15-25. That excludes drinks. That is why, most of the ppl would cook at home. After these, we went back to Central Station cos we wanted to buy tour for the Dolphin Watch tmr. There was a promotion from Grayline regarding the diamond pass. After nearly an hour, we managed to clear our doubts and booked the tickets. (Much credits to my bro-in-law). We headed back to hotel to put our stuff down before leaving for Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Reached there approx 5:20pm, just 15min before our climb. It was in groups of 14, so there was 2 families of 5 and 2 couples. We introduced ourselves and changed to an overall, kept our stuff in the lockers and the pre climb briefing starts. There were so many things to take note/clip on to ourselves. The cap, radio and headset, spec or shades, the safety harness, handkerchief and our locker keys. We practiced climbing up and down the ladders, scary. Lol, but truthfully, throughout the whole climb, only climbing the ladders and walking across to the start point were scary. The walking on the bridge or arc is easy. Haha. View was great, a little wasted that it was cloudy. Missed the chance of sunset. But as I was climbing down the ladder, the train passed by! Quite exciting!

After the whole climb, left the place approx 945pm. Had a quick dinner at McDonald's at Circular Quay. Went on to The Star Casino to look look, got stopped by the guards. What, black hair and short girl cannot enter is it. Lol. Stayed for half hour only before heading back.

Libellés : Bridge Climb, Central Station Hotel, grad trip 2013, Paddy's Market, sydney, Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Star Casino

Libellés : Central Station Hotel, Darling Harbour, Dinner cruise, grad trip 2013, Majestic Cruises, sydney

Headed for Blue Mountain Tour this morning, tour was from Activities Tour, $109/pax, additional $35 for unlimited cable car rides at Scenic world.

Pick up point was at YHA central, tour group including us was only 12 ppl! Nice, cos I called another group last night, but it was fully booked alr..

First stop : Feathervale Wildlife.
2nd stop : Lincoln's Rock
3rd stop : Makan
4th stop : Scenic World Railway
5th stop : Sydney Olympics Park
6th stop : ferry to Circular Quay

Den headed for dinner at the Rock's Cafe, before taking a train back! Super tired.

Libellés : Blue Mountains Tour, central railway hotel, grad trip 2013, sydney

Day 1:
Flight delayed! Didn't know till we reached the airport at 10plus. From 0045hr to 0500hr. Due to the smog in Shanghai, the aircraft couldn't reach Singapore in time, as a result, the alt aircraft to use was the plane that just arrived from LA. Which was from an A380 to a B777, online check in for nothing cos no upper deck and no window seats on B777. Sian ttm can. Super angsty cos couldn't sleep properly too. Flight attendants were all apologetic about it, but it's the lost time, opportunities and expectations that disappointed us. Flew off ard 0520am, reached Sydney ard 3plus OZ time. Chit chat with the person next to me, interesting girl from msia, 18yo, Christian too! At least the journey wasn't that quiet. Haha. Took a video while airplane was landing, turned out it took off again! Scared me sia, but the pilot told us that it was due to a strong gush of wind, that he couldn't land properly, and he had to detour for another 10 min.. ok, I never encounter so many zabalang thing before in my past 23 years..
Reached the airport and past immigration ard 5, bought a prepaid (Vodafone) SIM card for $30, more worth than my prev times buying Optus.
Headed for the hotel with cab cos we were dead tired by then. Initial plan was to take train, but found out today that it cost $15.90/pax single trip from airport to hotel, and taxi only $35/- . Phew.
Hotel room was okok, then we headed out for dinner initially but dapao food instead. Haha. Booked blue mountain tour tickets for next day! Slept at 11 plus or 8 plus sg time..

Libellés : central railway hotel, Changi Airport T3, grad trip 2013, sydney