Back From Down Under

I’ve returned from the trip to Australia. At least physically. I think my brain, or at least my sleep schedule might be stuck somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. The jet lag going over was pretty much a non-issue. Coming home has been another story.

Before I left, whenever I told someone where I was going they always responded with ‘take lots of pictures’. I did comply. I think. When I downloaded the pictures of the camera there were 993 and less that 10% of those were blurry or bad so I do have a lot of pictures. Some were things just I found interesting and then others were definitely of the sites.

I had hoped, and intended, to do more posting while I was in Australia. What I didn’t count on was just how tired I would be at the end of the day. So that didn’t happen. But because of all those pictures, I’ve got plenty to jog my memory and tell you about. I’m planning on breaking things up into the areas I visited so as to not cause ‘vacation photo fatigue’. I hope it works.

With that I’ll start with Sydney since that is where I started my trip.

Sydney is quite metropolitan though they ‘only’ have 5 million people. I was staying right in the CBD or Central Business District and also right on the edge of Chinatown. I have always lived in the suburbs. I’ve visited a few big cities in my life and yet nothing really prepared me for Sydney CBD. Especially on a Friday evening near Chinatown. Holy cow. That place was over the top full tilt. So many people and so much going on. I was in awe. And suffering sinus/allergy issues so all my thinking capacity was involved in finding an allergy pill and then my hotel. Which means I didn’t get pictures of what the city was like. I’m not sure it would have done the experience justice though. But wow. While in Sydney I toured the Opera House, took a boat ride through the harbor so saw the Harbor Bridge. And I had a bus tour of the city and among other things I saw Bondi Beach. So that’s what I’ve got for pictures for this post. Enjoy.