Sydney in 3 days

A ‘Wotif’ weekend Special – 3 days at a mystery hotel  in Sydney, -fortunately, despite the condition of the room-we did enjoy the indulgence of eating Yum Cha, thai, noodles, and  the China Town night market food stalls. The Citigate Sydney CBD is in need of a refurbishment.  Our room had badly stained carpet and a torn fridge door.

The in-house a la carte breakfast is the worst I have come across for a hotel. At $24.95 each, with small helpings, it was a rip off.  Fruit juice in finger size glasses, fruit served in small condiment bowls and the scrambled eggs in egg cup sizes. There were no tomatoes, mushrooms, baked beans, spaghetti, fried or poached eggs, no pancakes, no porridge, no fresh whole fruit.

We explored Sydney by foot, monorail, ferry, bus and train. Over 3 days we saw the Rocks, markets, Darling Harbour, China Town, Circular Quay, Watson and Rose Bay, the  Australian Museum of Contemporary Art,  Bondi and Manly, Kings Cross, Paddington, Millers Point, the oldest pub, the Ocean Beach Tea Rooms,  and Double Bay-known locally as Double Pay.



Potato Twistie sticks



We enjoyed Sydney – the layout, the water features, especially the water maze for children at Darling Harbour-water is pumped by children and feeds through concrete structures to a fountain. There were 100’s of children enjoying this water feature. Parks abound and were well used by all members of society. I am not sure if the body covered in a white sheet in Hyde Park was warm or cold!

Travelling on the double-decker buses, or the top deck of the ferry or the double-decker trains, I observed  that much of Sydney is populated by black-haired people. Very few fair headed people were seen.

We are now back at Chittaway Point with our friends Doug and Merrie. Weather permitting we will be back on the road by Friday.