First Visit to Sydney, Australia

We just got back from a week long visit to Sydney, Australia.  We had a great time, and I look forward to my next visit.  I told Alice that when we get to the point of being wealthy enough to have multiple homes around the world, I’d seriously consider having one in Sydney.

I’ll revise this post over the coming days… with more text and photos.  Here are some of the highlights in short:

We flew a combination of American Airlines and Qantas Airlines. Our other option was to fly United all the way.  We made the right decision I think.

We stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney.

We visited and toured the famous Sydney Opera House.

We did an exhilarating Bridge Climb to the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge.

We used the popular Australian cookie Tim Tam to do the Tim Tam Slam (it’s a cookie thing).

We visited the Blue Mountains and saw lots of Australian wildlife - including kangaroos (even a joey), koalas, cockatoos, kukaberras, crocodiles, dingos, emu, and casowary.

We found out what some Australians think about the late Steve Irwin (crikey this and crikey that…).

We did quite a bit of souvenier shopping and opal shopping.  We visited several well known markets - The Rocks Market, Pitt Street mall, and Paddington Market.

We had lots of “interesting” Australian cooking.

We celebrated Chinese New Year by having dinner with friends in Sydney’s Chinatown.

We saw enough kangaroo scrotums to last a lifetime…