Do take note that this is a family trip (6 people) whereby is very free and easy and literally it is very leisure, less adventure and some place we go does keep repeating and we are only covering Sydney city the most. We have the mighty ah ma (grandmother) with us and she is so energetic in some point I would said!
So we went there for 7 days and 6 nights on 12- 18 February 2013. We stayed at Meriton Service Apartment which is situated at Bondi Junction Station. This is only part 1 of the itinerary which is from Day 1- Day 3.
First tips: Do buy their MyMulti card is like a weekly pass they offer and it depends on each zone & duration that you would choose. I save a lot on my transportation by purchasing the MyMulti 1 card based on my destination Zone 1 it cost AUD 44. This card is amazing it include train, bus, ferry & Light rail if I do not purchase it, my total expense on transportation will be crazy!
Second tips: Buy your Mymulti card and airport link card transfer together on the same day if not; one way to transfer yourself to Sydney city from the airport cost you AUD16.70 and that's a lot! I could not recall how much when I bought the ticket but definitely not paying AUD 16.70 on single way because we bought return airport link as well. Approx AUD 20++.
Day 1
- Landed at the airport (11am)
- From International Airport Station to Bondi Junction Station took 30 minutes to reach Bondi Junction (Eastern Suburbans & Illawarra Line)
- Check In to our hotel and have our lunch at Westfield Bondi Junction.
Double Decker Train
Later on we went out to explore the city it was during evening after resting. We headed to;
- Queen Victoria Building (Drop of at Town Hall Station) It's a very authentic building the floors was so nice.
- Bought fresh fruits and dinner from Woolworths back to our service apartment.
- Sending the elderly back to rest we explore ourselves to Circular Quay and we found ourselves some dessert for the night at Pancakes On The Rocks and we catch the Harbour Bridge night view as well.
Here's a picture of the main QVB building door
Sydney Westfield
Day 2
Wanted to go to Blue Mountain but based on weather report it was raining badly during the morning and yeah it did! So we change it to the third day.- Circular Quay to catch ferry to Darling Harbour ( you can get nice view of the Harbour Bridge along the way.)
- Walk to The Star Casino and have a sneak peak on the casino
- Next take the Light Train to Sydney Fish Market for lunch.
- After Lunch headed to Chinatown by using the Light Train to (Market City)
- Chinatown/ Paddy's market/ Market City are all nearby
- My friends told me Paddy's market is the best place for souvenir and based on some Google searching all said the same thing. Is a mixture of Malaysian night market with a little spice of Thai's market too. But the place is kinda huge and they sell all sorts of souvenir, clothes and even iPhone cases.
- They even have market right beside it. The fruits are fresh too!
- Westfield Bondi Junction- Coles to buy some ingredients for home cooked dinner.
One of the Marine time Museum display pirate boat I guess?
Boats parked along the Star Casino
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Someone drew love in the Air
Drop off from light train
Whole Pinky Shop
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Was all about Blue Mountain and you need to reserved fully one day for it because it is far from the city with almost 2 hours train ride from Sydney Central Station to Katoomba Station and you need to take a bus to reach the destination. I bought Trolley Tours ticket on my arrival and it is a lot cheaper the shop is located opposite the Katoomba station.
Discovery Trolley Tour + 3 Rides at Scenic World- cost AUD 49 per person. Is a hop-on hop-off bus that have a lots of stops for you to explore the place itself.
Here is the whole Blue Mountain adventure! Please feel free to read it ^_^
Here is what we eat in Sydney it summarize the things that I would like to share out and the things that I have tried.
Will continue Day 4- Day 6 itinerary soon ^_^
