On my first full day in Sydney, I planned on going on one of those harbor tours. They have these boats that do nothing but circle around the huge Sydney Harbour, from Darling Harbour to Circular Quay, from Circular Quay to Watson’s Bay, from Watson’s Bay to Taronga Zoo, and all the way back to Darling Harbour. I had a ticket for the Rocket Harbour Cruise, so I could ride it all day from stop to stop, and the departures…
…as requested. More photos from that day to come. Right now, I’m so full of Mexican food that I’m falling asleep as I sit. This photo was taken from the steps leading up to the Queen’s Royal Gardens. Sydney Opera House on the right. Sydney Harbour Bridge on the left. I have much better photos than this, but this is the only one where I can refer to all three places at once. Share this post:
Drew pointed out that I never posted about the rest of my Australia trip (oops!), so here goes. My next and final stop after Ayers Rock was Sydney. I didn’t post about Sydney right away because I wasn’t very happy with many of my first photos there. My camera had by that time acquired a lot of debris among the various parts, putting in a lot of blurry black squiggly marks on the actual photos themselves. I didn’t even notice…
Taken, I think, at the Lost Camel hotel or just west of it. It’s where I found the post office and the much cooler gift shops with the funny didgeridoo books. The gift shop at my hotel, Sails in the Desert, was over-the-top expensive, too rich for my shopping sense. Lost Camel is actually probably more my speed and budget, with that college campus or youth hostel feel to the place, and I was originally booked there, but H.E. later…
On the morning of my first full day at Uluru, I watched the sunrise and tried to get a great shot of the rock. It was overcast, so the pictures were disappointing. Later, I did a tour around the base of the rock. The sky had cleared by then, so the colors were amazing and the pictures were better. The guide pointed out special features and markings, showed us some cave art, told us Aboriginal children’s tales, and expended quite…