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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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Well... New Zealand didn't
seem to have a problem. I can only hope that the other internet providers
in Australia are better. If it took 15 minutes to get just one line of
text, imagine the download time for Netscape or Internet Explorer!

After setting my bag down at the CB Hotel (located at the edge of
Chinatown), and trying the useless Internet kiosk in the lobby, I set off to
explore Sydney by foot.
Chinatown is located in the southern part of downtown Sydney, so I just
started walking north, towards Circular Quay (pronounced "Circular Key"),
where the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge are.
Sydney is a very walkable city. It's clean, bright, and safe. It's also
quite easy to walk the entire downtown area in a short amount of time, and
the surrounding areas are also quite accessible by foot.
Heading north, the first thing I did was to visit the Sydney Tower, where
you get a great view of the city. As I boarded the elevator ("lift") to the
observation deck, the lady told me "My, you have quite a strong accent!
Where are you from?" Obviously, to her, I had an accent, but you never
think that YOU might have an accent -- it's always someone ELSE who has the
accent, and it made me stop and think for a minute. Ironically, I don't
know if it was because the accent is different in Tasmania, or my accent
changed (I don't think it did), but towards the end of the trip, while
filling up with petrol in a small town (Oatlands) in Tasmania, the service
station attendant there asked me where I was from. When I said America, he
said "I wasn't sure... your accent isn't as strong as most Americans... I
couldn't tell." Hmmm.
At any rate, the view from the Sydney Tower is excellent. You can see
the entire city and its environs spread out before you. I only wish there
was ...

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