Day #52 Sydney (penultimate full day in Australia): Brekky (breakfast) at La Monde Cafe in Surry Hills. Recommended in our Australia book. Good food, reasonable price and close to our apartment.
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La Monde Cafe |
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La Monde Cafe |
Today, we did a Free Walking Tour of Sydney. We did one in Melbourne and it was very good. A 2.5 hour spin around town with history and other anecdotal info.
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old city hall |
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old city hall |
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great transportation systems |
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free walking tour |
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the ever present Queen Victoria |
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St Mary's Cathedral |
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Archibald Memorial Fountain |
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Hyde Park Barracks |
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St James Church -oldest in Sydney |
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Free Tibet demonstration |
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more Queen Victoria |
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120 suspended bird cages in the laneway above the Angel Place accompanied by the sound recordings of extinct or threatened bird species
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The Kabab |
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not Jenga |
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opera house and ferries |
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Sydney Harbour Bridge |
We headed to the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) for a quick spin around the primary galleries. Lots of indigenous art
interspersed with other Australian and English works.
Randeen went for a swim and I caught a train to our apartment.
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in front of the MCA |
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ATM |
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bark paintings |
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inside the MCA |
We ate in this evening.
Tomorrow, full day (our last full day) in Sydney - Art Gallery of New South Wales, performance at the opera house, and a Rocks walking tour - maybe more.
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