So we've gone ahead and booked flights to Melbourne and a hostel in St.Kilda! We're going to head there on the 5th, which will have given us just about three weeks in Sydney! And what busy weeks they have been!! Since my last post we've done some more sight seeing and met up with some family and friends!...
So last night we went for dinner in the AB in Glebe, food was fab and upstairs is very cool! Afterwards we went to watch Conor's uncle's gig with his aunt and uncle. It was bluegrass music and was actually really good! Seriously fast!! Ha!
On Friday we went and saw the Police Museum in Circular Quay. It has some very cool displays like a massive collection with weapons, some even having the tags on them from the crimes they were used it! A bit freaky, but not more so than the random sample of scary mugshots in the same room!! There was also
rooms dedicated to Forensics, some of which gave examples of some of the most famous cases in Australia, including the Pyjama girl. Loved these, which probably sounds really worrying but it's so interesting how they solve them!
Friday night we did the ghost tour of The Rocks. Our ghost host's name was Ivan and he was lovely and very funny and had some great stories for us going around! In the last building we saw we took a load of photos and you can see orbs in them! See!!
On Wednesday myself and Conor met my cousin and her fiance in Cheers bar for a drink, or two, and a few games of pool before they head off travelling around until the mid/end of March! Cheers is a cool sports pub on George St, predominantly a Liverpool supporters bar, they show every sport imaginable on their dozens of screens and are open all hours so we can actually catch games from at home in there!! :D But yeah I believe I had a bit of an off day pool wise, luckily I had Conor on my team or I wouldn't have won a single game! Ha!
On Tuesday we went to the Blue Mountains.It was amazing!! If you are ever visiting I would recommend spending a weekend there and if possible renting a jeep!! Some of the roads are literally dirt tracks (At the start they are not but on the way to each point they are!!) The area is the size of Northern Ireland, according to a lovely cable car operator at Scenic World which I will tell you about shortly! But yes that big and overflowing with 300 waterfalls and some serious views! Now as we only spent part of a day there we didn't get to see even half of the place, but what we did see still has me in awe!
So first we stopped in Glenbrook and saw Jellybean Pool which looked a lot like a secret beach if ask me but I can only imagine how pretty it is on a brighter day! Then we headed off over the dirt roads that eventually brought us to Nepean view point, for which I need another picture because words fail me! The height that you look down from is unsettling but the view is so worth it! In Glenbrook you can also see aboriginal art work in the Red Caves, which I am gutted I missed, along with many walks and other lookouts.
Next we moved on to Katoomba, home to Echo Point which is the view point for the famous Three Sisters, along with many other rock formations including the Kings Tableland and Mount Solitary. From here you can see for miles.
Also in Katoomba is Scenic World, which is fab! It gives you the choice of walking around the areas seen from Echo Point, along with getting cable cars to see the view closer, one of which has a glass bottom. There is also a railway you get down to bottom which is unexpectedly steep! Great craic though!! :) All along the floor of the area used to be a coal mine, all of the old mines have displays and videos in them to show you how they would have been used throughout the years. Would definitely recommend doing the $28 trip! You get to do each ride and see what's around on the walk!
On Monday we met up with Conor's friend who has just come down to Sydney from Perth to see his sister. Ended up in Jackson's on the very end of George St, to get some fab food and some of the biggest beers I've seen since we got here! No scooners in that pub! Ha!
On Sunday we visited Conor's aunt and uncle and their two kids, Charlie and Molly in Wollongong with his sister, her boyfriend, and their aunt and uncle that we are staying with! Their house is deadly, very retro and full to the brim with instruments and vinyl!! And that's not even mentioning that they have their own pool, which the boys put to full use! Had a lovely BBQ their too so we were all well spent by the time we got home!
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Saturday evening we did the Coogee to Bondi walk which is beautiful! The scenery between all the beaches on the route is amazing! Unfortunately we left a little late so it was dark by the time we got to Bondi which meant my camera struggled to take clear photos! Not cool!! Also Conor's sister and her boyfriend were very hungover while doing it as they finished work on Friday, the reason for our first night out which I will get to now...
Our first night out in Sydney, due to Siobhan and Benny finishing work to go do their regional work was, as I said, Friday! A disaster at first as neither of us were too interested in going out but once we got to the Three Wise Monkeys the band solved that! They were deadly but I can not for the life of me remember their name now! Dam it!
So yes thats my backwards account of the last few days up to my last post! The main theme seems to be drinking but honestly it isn't!! Well perhaps a little but mostly Conor, not me! Ha! So yes next time I write we shall be in Melbourne! Have already started our house hunting, well looking for apartments I mean, so perhaps we'll have our own place by the next time I write in which case I might have pictures to follow!!
Amy :)
So last night we went for dinner in the AB in Glebe, food was fab and upstairs is very cool! Afterwards we went to watch Conor's uncle's gig with his aunt and uncle. It was bluegrass music and was actually really good! Seriously fast!! Ha!
On Friday we went and saw the Police Museum in Circular Quay. It has some very cool displays like a massive collection with weapons, some even having the tags on them from the crimes they were used it! A bit freaky, but not more so than the random sample of scary mugshots in the same room!! There was also
rooms dedicated to Forensics, some of which gave examples of some of the most famous cases in Australia, including the Pyjama girl. Loved these, which probably sounds really worrying but it's so interesting how they solve them!
Friday night we did the ghost tour of The Rocks. Our ghost host's name was Ivan and he was lovely and very funny and had some great stories for us going around! In the last building we saw we took a load of photos and you can see orbs in them! See!!On Wednesday myself and Conor met my cousin and her fiance in Cheers bar for a drink, or two, and a few games of pool before they head off travelling around until the mid/end of March! Cheers is a cool sports pub on George St, predominantly a Liverpool supporters bar, they show every sport imaginable on their dozens of screens and are open all hours so we can actually catch games from at home in there!! :D But yeah I believe I had a bit of an off day pool wise, luckily I had Conor on my team or I wouldn't have won a single game! Ha!
On Tuesday we went to the Blue Mountains.It was amazing!! If you are ever visiting I would recommend spending a weekend there and if possible renting a jeep!! Some of the roads are literally dirt tracks (At the start they are not but on the way to each point they are!!) The area is the size of Northern Ireland, according to a lovely cable car operator at Scenic World which I will tell you about shortly! But yes that big and overflowing with 300 waterfalls and some serious views! Now as we only spent part of a day there we didn't get to see even half of the place, but what we did see still has me in awe!
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| Jellybean Pool |
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| Nepean River |
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| Three Sisters |
Also in Katoomba is Scenic World, which is fab! It gives you the choice of walking around the areas seen from Echo Point, along with getting cable cars to see the view closer, one of which has a glass bottom. There is also a railway you get down to bottom which is unexpectedly steep! Great craic though!! :) All along the floor of the area used to be a coal mine, all of the old mines have displays and videos in them to show you how they would have been used throughout the years. Would definitely recommend doing the $28 trip! You get to do each ride and see what's around on the walk!On Monday we met up with Conor's friend who has just come down to Sydney from Perth to see his sister. Ended up in Jackson's on the very end of George St, to get some fab food and some of the biggest beers I've seen since we got here! No scooners in that pub! Ha!
On Sunday we visited Conor's aunt and uncle and their two kids, Charlie and Molly in Wollongong with his sister, her boyfriend, and their aunt and uncle that we are staying with! Their house is deadly, very retro and full to the brim with instruments and vinyl!! And that's not even mentioning that they have their own pool, which the boys put to full use! Had a lovely BBQ their too so we were all well spent by the time we got home!
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Our first night out in Sydney, due to Siobhan and Benny finishing work to go do their regional work was, as I said, Friday! A disaster at first as neither of us were too interested in going out but once we got to the Three Wise Monkeys the band solved that! They were deadly but I can not for the life of me remember their name now! Dam it!
So yes thats my backwards account of the last few days up to my last post! The main theme seems to be drinking but honestly it isn't!! Well perhaps a little but mostly Conor, not me! Ha! So yes next time I write we shall be in Melbourne! Have already started our house hunting, well looking for apartments I mean, so perhaps we'll have our own place by the next time I write in which case I might have pictures to follow!!
Amy :)
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