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Australia 26. january - 2. march 1998

Australia (week 1)

Henning Nielsen
2005-11-10 15:49:20

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Very nice, very big, very efficient - and very boring.

Departure at 11.30 am to Sydney. On time - thank god. Also an Airbus like the one to Singapore. 9 hours trip - thank god I sleep some of it.

What I see from the flight is actually very nice. Especially approaching Sydney in the evening. Just circling the city and I can see fireworks. The chinese celebrate their new year. First time for me watching the fireworks from above.

We land in Sydney at 10 pm. Im lucky and gets quickly past the customs. They are pretty hysteric and a lot of people get checked. They are looking for food - meat and fruit are banned to cross.

Out of the airport looking for a taxi to the hotel. But then there's a minibus, that tours the hotels in downtown. I'll take that instead. I'm at Victoria Street in Kings Cross half an hour before midnight. I get my key at a local grocery-store. Then into Highfield House - and find no. 32. A very small room with a bed, a sink and nothing else. It's very hot on this side of the earth. A quick douche - I needed that -and then sleep..............

Wednesday 28'th

Wake up pretty early. The first thing I notice is the that the birds sounds different compared to home. The second thing I notice is, that the garbage men sounds exactly the same. Very noisy. Breakfast at a local McDonald - and then going Downtown.

Into Greyhound Pioneer to get my aussie-pas confirmed. Then a walk to Circular Quay, and with a ferry across Sydney Harbour to Tarango Park Zoo. Take the cable-car to the top of the hill, where the zoo is located. From here you walk down all the time - until the exit at the bottom. Pretty smart. The zoo was nice. Surprisingly there were Koalas and Kangaroos - so everything was just fine. There were not a lot of people - probable due to the hot weather - 36 degrees ...