NSW 2013: Sydney, Here and There

Walking is the best mode to travel, in my opinion.

Invariably, walking in a very dense city is an interesting thing to do. Imagine every few steps of walk, there is things to see, to touch, to hear, even to smell. Evidently, my girls enjoyed very much from the very eventful stretch from The Rocks to Opera House, through Circular Quay. No second of dullness, no ground to throw a fuss.

And me, thinking far and deep when looking at Harbour Bridge and the people up there. If I ever have the courage to go up?

Daddy was taking a nap when we arrived at the Opera House. It was a very breezing late morning, just too good not for dozing off. But the little ones brought us to a little family conference here, finding birds, or plane. Interesting morning we had...

Beauty of bringing kids along for traveling.

Another installation of Vivid Sydney. Light Feature No. 7: Possible Imprints. Some of the tubes are movable, she saw, she touched, she asked... 

Anyway, walking got a little challenging after few days. We took Sydney Explorer to hopped on and off. Oh, it was not an attractive deal, but we figured kids would overjoyed with the ride and elderly would be less confused and tired. If you must know, AUS$205 for 3 Adults, 1 Child (Bomber is below 5) and 2 Seniors.

You can check out the tour pricing here. Or  if you intend to grab the 24 hours Sydney Explorer for a group like us(customize product, in this case), try the computation here and get a estimate cost before you decide to sign up the tour.

Because of riding on the upper deck of a roofless bus, I got to lift up my head and admire the blue sky (again) in the concrete jungle. Oh, my! Look at the advancement of a skyscraper these days...

Everyone, here's the world's first cantilevered sky garden-

As well as looking ahead and marveling how the urban fabric being tailored; how the gang of glazing-tall-buildings co-exist well with various city's proud heritage in one of the busiest Australian city...

Good thing is that, I also witnessed how one major landmark in the heart of the city, is being carefully (and aesthetically) care of. This is Sydney Town Hall(below), a much loved heritage building and a popular cultural venue, undergoing an upgrading work...

If you want to explore Sydney's sights with local tour guide, join "I'm Free Tours" at the anchor beside the Sydney Town Hall at 10.30am or 2.30pm, daily.

We didn't have time to re-visit the splendid QVB (Queen Victoria Building), which was originally designed and built in the late nineteenth-century. But we passed by and said "Hello"...

While we were at the upper deck of the bus, I was holding the camera and tried my hand on catching the bright happy sun between the buildings...

There are few special places in Sydney that we insisted to re-visit. Having lunch relaxingly and chasing after birds foolishly in Fish Market is one of them, so we hopped off at Harris Street and walked a little...

After lunch in Sydney Fish Market, we walked leisurely along Pyrmount Bridge Road toward Bank Street, heading to Darling Harbour... 

While wandering the place (a place that has too much to explore), the girls saw this kiddy train, wanted to ride on it.

Kids, never have enough of choo-choo train and well, I usually the nicest mum during traveling...

And playground! Have you been to Tumbalong Park? It is a newly renovated park with a quirky playground. It was a lake when I was there 5 years ago. Today, it is a mega playground surrounded by a variety of eateries such as Starbucks, McDonald and what not.

Obviously, this is marked as a place to re-visit too. If we ever coming back to Sydney soon...

When the sky turned dark slowly, we were told that, there was Vivid Aquatic at the Cockle Bay Wharf. 

So we bought an ice cream, waited patiently for the show...

It was wonderful.

It was magical!

Sydney has its utmost charms at this time of the year. Every year!

Admittedly, we did not have enough of Sydney.