Whistlestop Sydney

We owe a post on our time in Queenstown with Clive’s family but that’s another Mr B one and he’s fatigued from the last couple of days of posting (poor lamb) so I’ll forge ahead with Sydney.

Our time in Sydney was sadly cut short due to terrible weather in Queenstown the day we tried to leave so everything had to get rebooked for the next day when the more typical sunshine and blue skies made an appearance.

When we arrived it was early evening so we wandered down from our hostel near the central station to Circular Quay, which is actually where my company has an office, not a bad location I have to say. The Circular Quay area is all about wide patios and cafes where you can watch the hustle and bustle of the harbour as you quaf your oysters and guiness if you’re me – oh yes, traveling this time is very different to traveling aged 18 😉

Unfortunately a lot of our time in Sydney was spent trying to find out more information about the flooding in Thailand as our next stop was Bangkok where we were due to be spending 4 days. As it turns out we would have been ok right in the centre of Bangkok but we didn’t want to chance it and instead booked to go straight on to Laos.

When we finally got out into Sydney proper we went down for a wander around the Rocks area and then met Clive’s good friend and old housemate Jen who lives in Bondi. We enjoyed a beer with her at the Opera House Bar and then she very kindly drove us around some of the other sights including taking us round the harbour to Doyles in Watsons Bay for another beer and great harbour views before a quick walk up to “Suicide Point” for a view of rugged cliffs and open ocean.

We then headed to her place in Bondi, which is only 6 minutes walk from the famous beach where surfers seem to bob around in the water a lot rather than actually do any surfing. The beach itself is beautiful though, with fine white sand and we were obviously lucky to see it slightly out of season so it wasn’t rammed with sun worshipers. Then it was back to Jen’s to meet her lovely boyfriend Justin and drink copious amounts of beer and cider and be fed a delicious BBQ – your average Thursday 🙂