Following a bacon and egg breakfast cooked on the park BBQ we walked the kilometer over to the North Ride train station. Kerrie was a bit taken aback to see the escalators plummet about 100 meters down to the station. We descretely took the lift (glass) with Kerrie staring determinately at the door.
After being helped by the ticket seller to find the cheapest way to travel around for the week ($63 for an adult - travel anywhere on anything, needing two adult and one child ticket for the family) we got onto the train. The kids were over the top about the double decker train, traveling through a tunnel for about fiveteen minutes and the seats that could swap direction. A girl sitting behind us cracked up at Sarah's reaction to seeing the Harbour Bridge and Opra House for the first time.
Getting out of the station at Wynyard was a little less anxious than getting in and we made our way to Circular Quay and our first real view of the Opera House.
Circular Quay was hosting a cruse ship. The kids were amazed at the Size of the thing. People were lining up to embark, the kids wanted to hang around and watch the ship leave so we decided to head up to the visitors centre in the rocks to get the compulsory sticker, spoon and key ring.
Adjacent to the visitors centre was the Rocks Museum where we spent some time. The kids were given a quiz to do whilst in the museum and had a great time looking for the answers until they got to the last question which was a lot more obscure than the rest. The museum was really quite well laid out.
We had lunch in the rocks, Asian of course, and headed via every alley we could find back to Circular Quay. Dodging the midday traffic at the docks we moved around towards the Opera House. It was really windy and the girls donned jumpers. I'd forgotten just how big the Opera House was.
A visit to the flash dunnies at the Opra House and a view of Fort Dennison we started the long walk around to Mrs Macquaries Seat.
The Royal Botanic Gardens are impressive. The kids and I enjoyed rock hopping around the point. The sandstone is amazingly eroded.
We at in the good ladies chair and took in the view. Sydney really is a beautiful city from this point.
The kids declared that their feet had had almost enough so we decided to start heading back towards the city. Well somewhat directly.
Did I say that this was an impressive gardens.
Looking over Garden Island Naval Dockyard we could see a couple of supply ships moored.
Back through the gardens with a stop at the caffe for an ice cream (closed) we found our way back to the city. Impressive gardens.
Back on the train at Wynyard (top deck this time) and back to the caravan park for dinner.
After dinner we went to get the makings of dinner for the next few days and decided to go for a drive to see the city at night.
We didn't want to pay the toll on the bridge so Kerrie found us a way in via Victoria Rd. We ended up in Darling harbour, and with a little luck, good navigation and tricky driving (sorry to all the Sydney drivers) we go to Mrs Macquaries Chair. From there we had a great view of the bridge and Opera house.
The drive back saw us travelling through Kings Cross, not the exciting place it used to be, and into the tunnel to the other side of the harbour.
The kids are devided on what is worse, night driving in Sydney or Melbourne.
We got home at about 11pm and dropped exhausted into bed.
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