Tuesday, January 16, 2007

first week in sydney - pictures



as we've already told you quite a bit about the first couple of days we wont repeat ourselves... just show you the pictures...

this is bondi beach where we went on our first day.





and here's where we went for our meal in china town.


there was a sign saying 'do no touch' so what did we do...


after leaving the others we made our way to the bus stop and who did we see... captain jack sparrow!!! he was drunk and funny and asked us if we'd like to go drink some rum with him... unfortunately we had to decline as we had a bus to catch.




we went to the beach at manly the next day but didn't take the camera, so no pictures of that.


on saturday we did the tourist thing and went to the opera house etc and took lots of pictures... some of which are below.




from the opera house we had a walk round the royal botanical gardens... but still couldn't stop taking pictures of the bridge and opera house!


though we did see some fruit bats and they were massive!



on our way back we stopped off at darling harbour but we were both knackered by then so we didn't have a proper look or take any photos... we may go there again today for a better look around... then we made our way back to the queen victoria building (QVB) where we get our bus from, to have a look round the shops.

the QVB is a gorgeous building.


it's now home to lots of jewellery and antique shops and cafe's. there is also some quirky things like this spiral staircase that leads to a little door in the ceiling.

after the past few days we were really tired so spent most of sunday lounging around and catching up with erin, who arrived the night before.

monday was spent by the local outdoor pool, which is a 2 minute walk from where we are staying. it was nice to relax by a pool as we haven't done since daydream island.

today we are going into sydney again to possibly go back down to darling harbour and have a look round the shops.

we'll post another blog next week just before we leave for bryon bay. hope everyone is well, x x x

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Amy and Geek. Thank you for the sweets they were gorgeous, i can see you're having a good time.
lots of love Jack xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Anonymous said...

Oh my god it really looks like Jack Sparrow, I wish i'd seen him.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Anonymous said...

Wow, i'm so jealous that you got to meet Jack sparrow!!! Rick does a good impression of the Jack Sparrow Run!! That must be the highlight of your whole trip!!! Say hi to Erin for me, and you can talk about the time we were in Hartington and couldnt stop saying 'Charlie' and 'Rodney/Cassandra' ha ha, (that wont make sense to anyone except Amy Erin and me. Have fun xxx

David Nield said...

Sydney looks great. and Jack Sparrow is just the icing on the cake.

David Nield said...

Hayley send me your address! davidnield29@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

so let me get this straight.... after years and years of knob head going to united with us he disapears of the face of the planet......then you go to oz and meet a bloke in disguise in a bar who is always drunk and can't find anyone to drink with him so invites complete strangers to drink rum? Hmmmmmm?

amy and greg said...

hayley we already have! haha! it was one of the first things we talked about!

Anonymous said...

If you're going to talk about old Rose Hill trip stories, don't forget Richard Wood being sick into the wind in the Isle of Man.

Or, indeed, him spewing into his pint at the cc.

Greg could join in, having seen him puke into his own hands in Oberfell, then throw it into a bush.

In fact, I think you could spend the rest of your stay discussing the finer points of Richard Wood's guffing technique.

x

Anonymous said...

hi you two, well i`m home suntanned and "not ready to work",sidney looks pretty good will send you pictures too, of sunny tenerife !!!captain jack sparrow indeed, hope you didn`t bump into the rest of the crew !!bones and all !! !

Anonymous said...

i used to have to sit next to richard wood at rose hill, cause of our surnames!!! Do you remember how we all called him Skippy cause of the way he walked!!! God, the good old days eh!!! I still have a pic of us all the first ever one from Rose hill playgroup!! yes your hair is as red as ever James!

Anonymous said...

By the way Jmes, i think guffing is (putting it politely) breaking wind, not puking.......

David Nield said...

there's more action on here than on the blog. it snowed in Marple today!

Anonymous said...

Sorry Hayley, I meant disemboguous oral guffing.