Al & Ang's Auzzy Adventure - Day 5

Arriving at Sydney airport at approx 5:30am was a fun experience - it took us a while to pass through customs & immigration, especially as we were half asleep. Leaving the airport by mini-bus we headed to the centre of town to our accommodation - Sydney Central YHA. We were looking forward to falling asleep after a night's traveling on a plane with no leg room - unfortunately we soon discovered that because we had arrived so early, our room wasn't ready!!

We decided that instead of waiting around waiting for a room to become available, we would put our luggage into short-term storage and then go for a walk to the harbour. Navigating using a YHA map, and still half asleep we walked down to the Botanical Gardens watching the sun as it rose over the water! What a beautiful sight.
 


It was from the gardens that we also caught our first glimpse of the opera house, and the famous bridge - it was really strange to see something for real that I'd seen so many times before on TV or in a book.
 


I don't get to see many sunrises (normally fast asleep), but whenever I do, it is worth the sleep deprivation.
 


Walking around the harbour front, through the botanical gardens (the trees in the bottom of the picture above) we walked towards the opera house.



By the time we arrived at the famous building it was 9:30am and we were feeling very sleepy indeed. We decided it would be a good idea to start walking back to the YHA to see if our rooms were ready - and luckily, after waiting only 10 minutes we were able to get into our room on the 6th floor and catch some much needed sleep.

We woke up mid afternoon and then headed down to Darling Habour where we watched the sunset and chilled along the water front eating some yummy Chinese food. We then did a bit of shopping in one of the shopping centres before heading off to the cinema to watch Shrek 2 (which incidentally is a fantastic film).
 


Darling Harbour would turn out to be one of our favourite places in Sydney. There were lots of waterfront cafes - and it was just a perfect place to chill. 

 

As I've mentioned previously, a full description of our day's events and many more photos will be on our main site once I have had a chance to edit them.