Thursday, December 31, 2009

Melbourne-Sydney Trip Day 7-8

Day 7-8 was basically spent at Blue Mountain. By this stage of our trip, things are more relaxed rather than the packed schedule that we have during our time in Melbourne.

Weather wasnt on our side when we arrived at Blue Moutains. It's drizzling and foggy when we check-in at YHA Blue Mountains. The place was covered with heavy fog, blocking any view of the famous 3 Sisters. Hence, we resort to recharge ourselves by catching some afternoon nap as well as a coffee session at night, out in the cold.

On our 2nd day at Blue Mountains, we managed to descend to Giant Stairs and catch a glimpse of the 3 sisters.
After that, we head down to Sydney, visiting Bondi Beach as well as the Fish Market before again heading back to Wollongong.


Here are some of the selected photos:

1. Bondi Beach
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5. Pigeons are everywhere!
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6. Fish market in Sydney - sea produce paradise...
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12. A detour from our usual route back to Wollongong brings us to this place
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17. Pelicans chasing a fishing boat
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20. A evening walk to University of Wollongong
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22. Blue mountains - an antique Olden
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24. This train descends on an angle of 52degrees!
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27. Foggy Blue Moutains
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28. Its this foggy during our arrival....
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29. YHA Blue Mountains
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30. Coffee session in the cold at Blue Mountains
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31. Coffee session in the cold at Blue Mountains
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32. Breakfast time....
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33. One of the 'Sisters'...
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Pretty much that's it...Comments?

Next post: Chee Shing's Graduation day, Nan Thien Temple in Wollongong.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Melbourne-Sydney Trip Day 5-6

Day 5: Breakfast @ Flinders Lane before starting our whole day journey of drive from Melbourne-Canberra. Its a 700+kMs journey and I've broke my own record of completing this driving journey alone while Chee Shing broke his record of sleeping all the way!.. Sceneries along the way is just breath taking with the serenity and calmness of nature, providing you a chance to ponder upon what nature can offer you in calming our minds filled with the complexity of urban chaos.

We started our journey 10am from Melbourne and by the time we got to Canberra, its 7pm. After checking in and stuff, we managed to catch sometime for sauna and spa in Rydges Eagle Hawk Resort. Its in the outskirt of Canberra. Cheap but wonderful stay. Where can you see the whole grassfield of kangaroos right in front of your hotel door? It'll even look at you when you look at them!...Kangaroos at their nature state..Its just another experience of stay.

Day 6: Visiting around Canberra, which includes the Old Parliament, New Parliament, Royal Australian Mint, The Australian War Musuem. We then started our journey to Wollongong by 5pm, 290+kMs away. That night, we head down to Sydney for some night shot. Thanks to Ivan whom became our driver, else we wont have the energy to even drive back to Wollongong, Chee Shing was snoring in the car all the way!..visibility when we are on the way back to Wollongong from Sydney is probably just 10metres.

Enough of descriptions, enjoy and blast me some comments on these pictures:

1. Breakfast at Flinders Lane, Melbourne
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2. I just love the breakfast environment here.
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3. THis plate is called Works or something like that..MY BREAKFAST! before leaving Melbourne
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4. Our first rest stop - 496kms remaining to Canberra along Hume Freeway
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5. Approaching Canberra
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6. WIS 881, parked in front of our room
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7. Rydges Eagle Hawk Resort - 6beds for AUD129 per night. Cheaper than b&b
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9. The Old Parliament building
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12. The New Australian Parliament
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14. Grass-plains on the roof of the Parliament
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15. Chee Shing and Family
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16 .The Australian War Musuem
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17.The Royal Australian Mint
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18. Sydney Night-shots begins: Opera House and Harbor Bridge. I vowed to put this 2 into a single shot during my last visit last year. I've made it!
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19. Harbor Bridge: underexposed isnt it?
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21. Sydney's City-scape
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22. This one looks better, but the sky looks different from the original picture. Is it due to resizing?
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23. Opera House
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26. Across the River - below the bridge
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28. Right below the bridge... Can you imagine a bolt bigger than your head?
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30. Shot made possible with CHee Shing's tripod...
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31. I'd need to do some distortion correction on this...
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Comments hey?