Kansas City to Sydney 1/5/03 Soon, we'll be setting foot on another continent. 1/5/03 The cashier, mistaking us for students, gave us a discount, which was truly appreciated. The tour was interesting, though I was surprised at how out-of-date the interior was. You could definitely tell it was made in the 70's. Cory and I both noticed how recent Australia's history is. At least in terms of European/White involvement. This huge landmark of the Opera House was only begun in the 50s and opened in 1973. Even America, which is incredibly young when compared to Europe, has landmarks and a history much older than that. We bought sandwiches at a cafe for $9.50A ($5 US) and had lunch overlooking the harbor, watching the boats and the people. With the ticket we bought for the train, we had free admission onto any of the ferries. Because it was such a gorgeous day and a Sunday afternoon, the ferry was packed. After a while, it cleared out as people got off on the different stops. We were just using it as a tour of the harbor, so we stayed on and eventually got seats. We saw the most gorgeous house built into the sides of the harbor. They were waterfronts with private boat docks. I swear there must be celebrities living there. We saw tons of boats and boaters and many beautiful water sights. After our ferry ride, we walked over to the botanical gardens and sat in the shade, relaxed and watched the people. Cory named which celebrity he thought each person looked like. Later, we continued our walk through the garden. Cory was impressed with the fox-faced bats hanging in the trees, though I was surprised there were not more flowers. Everything was pretty, but was almost all green. We left around 4:15 to make sure we made it back for our flight to Darwin. We got on the train, but soon realized that maybe it wasn't going where we needed it to go namely the airport. The problem was we couldn't understand the person making the announcements. We think we were supposed to have gotten off at an earlier stop. Luckily, Cory saw a sign that told us which stop led to the airport. We got off at it and made our next train, which took all of five minutes to get us to the airport. Flying is becoming old hand to us and I really think our time schedule for our internal clocks is working out, though I guess we'll see tomorrow morning. Right now, I'm on the flight to Darwin, it's 8:00 PM Sydney time and I'm not too exhausted. That's something, considering it's 3 AM in KC. So only this last flight and we'll be in the city to begin our bus journey. Our plane from LA to sydney
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Next
|
Australia Journal