It's Day 3 and we've hit the ground running...quick unload of luggage into the storage room at the hotel, bathroom break and we're off!
In Hyde Park we made our first stop at the ANZAC war memorial. ANZAC stands for the Australia and New Zealand Army Core.
The downtown core is full of history as you can imagine.
St. Mary's Cathedral is beautiful with their huge archways and stained glass windows...
We walked further and stopped at the Hyde Park Barracks which were converted into a museum.
As you can see, we are getting some showers...need to pull out the coats. Mr. Finnigan is standing guard at the gates...
The history of Sydney specifically touches on the number of convicts that were here and the establishment of the penal colony in Sydney. I really enjoyed the mix of historic buildings and sky scrapers in the downtown area as it reminds me of Vancouver city.
Just past the Sydney Hospital we came upon a protest. The just of it was they were protesting their right to protest...the gov't is trying to pass legislation to limit the type and location in which people can protest...interesting and concerning considering they are looking to alter the peoples freedom if speech essentially.
We've made our way to Circular Quay for lunch, Connor, Matt, Rajan and I stopped at a nice spot along the wharf in the open air. It's muggy and warm but we just spent the last hour getting soaked in a rain storm...remember that March in Australia is fall and the rainy season. Good thing I had a spare T-shirt in my backpack!
Thought this photo of the bun that came with Matt and Connor's lunch was rather funny...seriously large!
The harbour cruise is next on our list and the sun is just starting to break through...lots of luck with Mother Nature today thankfully. The views are amazing from the water and Sydney Harbour is definitely the most beautiful harbour I've seen to date.
Maria and I grabbed a drink and our Starbucks mugs to bring home...did a little browse in the harbour shops before our dinner on the Wharf at Casa.
Yup, authentic Kangaroo testicles bottle opener...need it!
Onto dinner, I chose the chicken parmigiana...great Segway from testicles to dinner right?!! EF dinners are usually adequate...not usually extraordinary...
Walk back through the city and Hyde Park to check out our hotel rooms finally! The Travelodge never looked so good...we are tired!!!
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