Greetings and Salutations from Sydney =))
Mucky weather, drizzly and overcast with late Spring temperatures hovering around 18 degrees.
No pictures to show for cos we're taking things nice and easy today, having just arrived and everything. Tommorrow, we do the loooooooooooooooong drive to Melbourne.
But since we paid for WIFI Broadband access in our room, I'll show you guys what the Kirketon looks like (Concierge thought I wuz some ching-chong reviewer taking pictures for a Chinese tabloid). Dubbed the coolest boutique hotel in Sydney and having won a couple of Conde Nast Traveller awards, including being one of 21 Hip Hotels in the World for 2003, we were actually left scratching our heads at the accolades. Not that its shabby or anything but we have certainly seen better.
OK I promise there will be pictures of Koalas and Kangaroos soon =))
Anyway, Bondi Beach was terribly cold and we had an absolute blast of a time in view of the gusty winds. I dunno how people can surf in this kind of weather, like these 3 cute kids who were taking surfing lessons.
Chinese food at Chinatown sucks big-time. Most people at King's Cross look like they do drugs, porn or had a pint too many to drink since the afternoon. And parking in the city is da bomb! A$4.50 an hour, holy cow!
So much for our 1st day. I want the countryside
pronto!