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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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If you walk, drive, or take the subway across the Harbour Bridge, you
arrive in North Sydney, where a lot of people who work in Sydney live. One
of the things I wanted to do was walk the bridge in one direction, then take
the Sydney -> Manly ferry the other direction (Manly is a popular beach on
the north side of Sydney, and there are ferries that run between Manly and
Circular Quay in Sydney). However, even though I was on the "north side"
after walking the bridge, Manly was still quite far away. So, I caught a
local bus going that general direction, (later transferring to another bus
in order to get to Manly), and really enjoyed the trip. It gave me a good
view of suburban Sydney life, and as we got closer to Manly, the
neighborhoods became more and more beautiful and (I'm sure) expensive. The
Newport Beach of Sydney, it looked like -- not so much from the size of the
homes (no mansions), but in how beautifully well kept-up they were.
Manly itself is nothing special, but it's a nice beach many Sydney
residents like to frequent. I didn't go swimming (by this time, I had
walked a lot of miles without sleep), but just strolled around a bit, bought
a hat for the outback, then took the ferry back to downtown Sydney. There
are some great views of the Harbour and the Opera House from the ferry.
Upon docking at Circular Quay, instead of walking back to the
Haymarket/Chinatown area (where the hotel was), I thought I'd try out the
local subway system. Though there was no station stop right at the hotel,
there were two within 10 minute's walk from the hotel. The fares are
reasonable (A$1.60 for anywhere in the downtown area), and the subway cars
themsevles are interesting -- the first "double-decker" ...

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