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This past weekend entailed a trip to the glorious Blue Moutains of New South Wales (NSW). Luckily, it decided to pour all of saturday morning as we made our way through Sydney. We stopped at Sydney Olympic park, a planned stop, for a new bus because the brakes on the one we departed on were sketchy at best. Instead of walking around, enjoying the jumping water fountains, the stadium, etc, we huddled inside of a Gloria Jean’s coffee house, trying to stay warm.
After hopping on our new bus, we made our way to a National Wildlife Refuge, where we were able to pet koala, feed emu, and box kangaroo (picture coming)! I also got to see dingoes, wallabies, Inland Taipans (most poisonous snake in the world), and other Australian centric creatures.
Finally we climbed our way up to the top of the Blue Mountains, where we saw a spectacular array of fog, reminiscent of a recent trip up to Waimea Canyon, on Kauai, Hawaii. We decided to break for lunch, which was a welcome chance to warm up with some hot soup, along with fish and chips. Afterward, the weather decided to play nice and let us enjoy some of the stunning views of the Three Sisters, and another look out.

That night, we went to Sidebar, a bar/club located beneath WakeUp!, rated #1 hostel in the world, and also to Landsdowne Hotel on Broadway to soak up the local bar scene.

Monday afternoon and evening, a small group of us went on a walking tour of part of Sydney, walking from our house here in Redfern through Hyde Park, all the way up to the Harbour and the Sydney Opera House. After touching the opera house, and milling around a bit, we headed towards our original destination, the Sydney Harbour Bridge. We were on a mission to walk across the bridge today to see spectacular views of the Harbour and the Central Business District (CBD). Going across the bridge, I managed to snag a few good shots of the Opera House and Circular Quay (pronounced: key). We ended up grabbing some dinner at a Japanese place near the bottom of the northern pylons, after which we walked down to the waterfront to getting some views of the Harbour at night. There, it is where I took my favorite picture.

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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 @ 10:12 am Australia, Travels
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