After driving to some popular tourist spots and finding no parking I had to figure out public transportation here in Sydney . The buses go every where and run often. For greater distances there is light rail.
Sydney area is very hilly resulting in few straight roads and some Gran Prix drivers. Took a practice drive yesterday on Australias freeway. Controlled access as in US but on and off ramps are suited to right hand drive vehicles traveling on left side of road. Not bad just need to get use to overtaking on the right instead of passing on the left.
Using newly acquired skills with public transportation I finally got a tour of Sydney Harbor yesterday. Sydney harbor is huge. Got on a; hop on / hop off ferry that stops at 4 or 5 attractions within the harbor. My visits: TarongaZoo, Watsons Bay and Darling harbor where I stopped at the Wildlife Zoo and Sealife Aquarium.
Hope to get my wheels tomorrow and get on my way to Cairns to see the Great Barrier Reef.
Pictures:
Echidna
Sydney from Watson's Point (Entrance to Sydney Harbor)
Someones front yard
Rock Wallaby
Wombat
Cassowary
Grey Kangaroo
Think I'm gonna hop on a olane and come find you! No, wait...I have some things to attend to back here. Next time. You do get an entire different perspective on societies in different oarts of the world, don't you? In Panama, Spain, much of Europe and South America you see people of all ethnicities functioning on equal levels and are mostly blind to the "differences". Only in the USA do we see the division between peoples at such high levels. The constant noise under the guise of the quest for equality only amplifies the divisions. Glad you get to see folks getting along as a nation and not a bunch of special interest groups carrying banners.
ReplyDeleteThink I'm gonna hop on a olane and come find you! No, wait...I have some things to attend to back here. Next time. You do get an entire different perspective on societies in different oarts of the world, don't you? In Panama, Spain, much of Europe and South America you see people of all ethnicities functioning on equal levels and are mostly blind to the "differences". Only in the USA do we see the division between peoples at such high levels. The constant noise under the guise of the quest for equality only amplifies the divisions. Glad you get to see folks getting along as a nation and not a bunch of special interest groups carrying banners.
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