…on. MY PHOTOS OF SYDNEY: click here Sydney Monorail from Darling Harbour Australia Sydney Harbour Bridge & Hyatt Hotel The historic Rocks area of Sydney Australia Maritime Museum Darling Harbour Sydney View of Sydney from the Opera House Sydney Opera House Please subscribe for email updates, follow me on Twitter and Facebook, or subscribe for the free podcast….
…glad to have you back sometime.” They sure were Clarke! Thanks Here are the videos of the hotels I stayed at for you to see: Shangrli-La Hotel in Sydney Sydney Marriot Harbour Hotel The AWFUL Citigate Seibel hotel……
…ut maybe that is just our English guilt! Day 50 (29 February) Arrival into Sydney Sydney Opera House at dawn The Captain had told us that the pilot would embark at 5am and help guide the ship into the port in Australia. Our estimated time to be tied up and docked was 6.30am. As it is such an iconic and famous harbour, he had told us that they would open Deck Five, usually reserved for crew, between 5am and 7am to provide a perfect viewing platform…
…UISES 5 – DARLING HARBOUR · POWERHOUSE MUSEUM · NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM · SYDNEY IMAX THEATRE 6 – SYDNEY AQUARIUM 7 – GARDENS: · CHINESE GARDENS · BOTANICAL GARDENS 8 – SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK 9 – SYDNEY SKY TOWER · OZ TREK · SYDNEY SKYWALK 10 – SHOPPING: · GALLERIES VICTORIA · ONE MARTIN PLACE · QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING · CASTLEREAGH STREET HOTELS CITYGATE SEBEL (AVOID!) Hotel website: click here My room video clip: click here **or “right click” and…
…he previous week seven here. Australia (Sydney and Noosa) Day 51 (1 March) Sydney Sydney City View from Four Seasons at night Having settled into the Four Seasons and venturing out to the gorgeous Bondi Beach for some beach, sea and people watching, the reality of being off the ship after so many weeks felt unsettling. We had grown used to the simplicity of life on board, where things were on tap, within easy reach and there were few decisions to…
…ion then bus Manley – harbour trip there scenic – surfing – snorkel – penguins Darling Harbour Buzzy and busy with many tourist attractions: Sealife Aquarium Australian National Maritime Museum IMAX Madame tussards Powerhouse Museum Sydney Tower and Skywalk Shopping Westfield Sydney Queen Victoria building Pitt street – the 5th Ave of Sydney Oxford street Other Olympic Park Tour Gardens – Hyde park, Botanical gardens, Chinese gardens Luna Park Che…
…Princess Cruise Ship from Room 1609 Four Seasons Sydney Four Seasons Hotel Sydney Full Harbour View Room 1609 Four Seasons Hotel Sydney – Full Harbour View Room 1609 The iconic view of Sydney that you see in every travel show or brochure lies in front of you if you stay in a Full Harbour View Room at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney like I did. Outside my room (1609) window lay a staggeringly beautiful vision of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera Ho…
…ld trip. We had previously stayed and enjoyed our time at the Four Seasons Sydney before we joined a cruise on Queen Mary 2 in 2014. So when we found ourselves back in the city, this time getting off a cruise on Queen Victoria, we immediately gravitated to the hotel again. It has a great location and is close to the cruise terminal (although with the amount of bags we had we could not really walk to it and had friends pick us up, although last tim…
Take a look at the Sydney Sail-in time-lapse video that I filmed off Queen Victoria. I took this off my balcony (7082) and shows the route and how spectacular sailing into Sydney early morning is as the sun rises and you pass the Opera House. It was a gorgeous and amazing event as this is considered the best harbour to enter by ship in the world. Watch the video: Find out more and see more videos and content made on my Around-the-World trip at ti…
…clocks back 30 minutes to be on Adelaide time. As Perth is 3 hours behind Sydney this was the first of several time changes. Indian Pacific Train – Thursday I slept well on the train. However, most people, including Mark and Sally, and even the crew, did not as the leg between Sydney and Adelaide has bumpy tracks as it winds up through the mountains. The train average speed is 52 miles per hours (82km/h), so it does bounce along. We had to wake u…
…In this episode of Tips for Travellers video podcast I share you images of Cunard Cruise Line’s iconic Queen Mary 2 QM2 cruise liner docked in Sydney harbour alongside the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. The video also includes images of the ship sailing out of the harbour filmed on board the ship. For more visit https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cunard Check out this episode! …
