Our cozy hotel in Sydney was located across the street from the ANZAC War Memorial and Hyde Park. From the Memorial we could walk downtown through the park and then through the botanical garden all the way to the waterfront.
Hyde Park is full of beautiful old eucalyptus trees, but
Even when there are no crocodiles Australia is a dangerous place!
We saw several of these running commuters with their office shirts hanging off their backpacks on a hanger!
to popular tourist spot, Mrs. Mcquarrie's seat, where the Governor's wife used to enjoy the view.
From there we headed to the famous Sydney Opera House.
I never realized the iconic sail-like roof was made of thousands of ceramic tiles:
No wonder it went over budget.
In the afternoon we took the bus out to Bondi Beach and did the 6 km oceanfront walk to Coogee.
It's a pretty fantastic beach
The walk is very popular tourist attraction. It winds past affluent suburbs and beaches
tucked between clifftops.
We did some urban birding.
Female fairy wren
New Holland honeyeater
And we ended at the Coogee pleasure palace.
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