25Feb2015 First day in Sydney

(1) Arriving at Sydney Airport

As the flight was a domestic flight from Melbourne to Sydney, there was no immigration or custom to deal with.

It was a breeze through Sydney airport.

However, as we were 5 of us with 5 big luggages, we could not fit into an ordinary saloon taxi.

We were allocated a separate lane to wait for a bigger taxi.








(2) Our apartment at Cooper St/Lacey Rd junction

The apartment lies at the junction of cooper st and lacey st. It is about 10 mins walk to the Central Train Station.

Although the apartment was big with 2 bedrooms, living/dinning hall and balcony, there was only 1 common toilet to be shared among all of us.

Also, the air con was only in the hall. There was no air con in the bedrooms. Fortunately for us, the night was cooling, there was no need for air condition.






(3) Pitts Street walkway

We had our lunch at a thai cafe along Oxford St, then proceeded to Westfield Sydney Central Plaza at the juction of Market St and Pitts St to window shop.

(4) The Rocks
      As the museums and art galleries would be closed at 5 pm, Chin and Law decided to quickly visit
      these places. Robin suggested that the rest of us explored "The Rocks" and the Bridge in Sydney
      for the rest of the day.

      The Rocks is an urban locality, tourist precinct and historic area of Sydney's city centre.The
      Rocks became established shortly after the colony's formation in 1788. The original buildings
      were made mostly of local sandstones, from which the area derives its name.

      Now The Rocks is home to The Rock Markets and The Rock Discovery Museum. In the markets
      you can browse through hundreds of hand made items and the free museum tells the story of The
      Rocks from pre-European days to the present

A short walk from The Rock market place is the "Bunker Hills". This was the Bunker family home in Sydney.

As the plague on the gate states, Bunker Hills was named after Captain Eber Bunker, father of Australian whaling.

(5) The Bridge

Other Platypus links:
20feb2015 Melbourne Chapel St n Fitroy
21feb2015 Melbourne South Melb Market, DFO and St Kilda
22feb2015 Melbourne Dandenong Ranges n Tom's house
23feb2015 Melbourne Great Ocean Rd 1 day self drive
24feb2015 Melbourne Sunny Ridge, CBD n Casino
26feb2015 Sydney Blue Mountain
27feb2015 Sydney Botanical Garden n Bondi Beach
28feb2015 Sydney Fish market, Opera House, Mamak