We planned on visiting the famous Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Harbor Bridge, the Royal Botanic Gardens and Tumbalong Park on Darling Harbor.
From our hotel, we walked to Central Station and for the moderate price of AU $15 bought a Day Pass which lets you ride the trains, busses and ferries all day long an unlimited number of times. We took the train from Central Station to Circular Quay Station (below). This left us near by the Opera House and the Botanic Gardens.
As you get off the train, you immediately have a great view of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. We wanted to walk to the top of the bridge, but after finding out that it was $120 to do that, we decided we would simply enjoy the view from the ground.
You have to walk just a little to the right of Sydney Cove so you get a view of the Opera House. I took many pictures, and I'll share them with you later on, but right now I'm tired.
We walked around the opera house, and found out that the roof is not really all white tiles as you see from the pictures. Instead it also consists of light brown or beige tiles. This actually gives it a slightly different feel than what I had expected. I thought it would be a bright white, but it actually turned out to be a dull aspect.
If you look back from the front of the Opera House (above), you get a great view of the downtown buildings. In this picture below, you also get a view of part of the Royal Botanic Gardens. This park has many gorgeous trees, amazing birds and spectacular views. I will share all of these with you later.
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