Leave Heathrow for honeymoonArrive in BeijingTour of a Jade Factory, the Ming Tombs and Great Wall of ChinaTour of Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer PalaceArrive in Hong Kong on way to SydneyArrive in SydneyLunch at Guylian, Opera House tour and walks through Botanical Gardens and The RocksVisit our friend JakobExplore SydneyTrip to Featherdale Wildlife Park and Blue Mountains National ParkWild Australia Experience tour of Taronga ZooSpent time with our friend Jakob, meal at Aria restaurant then night-time photosArrive in Cairns then travel to Palm CoveSnorkelling in the Great Barrier ReefHelicopter ride over the Great Barrier ReefArrive in Brisbane on way to Cook IslandsArrive in Auckland on way to Cook IslandsRelax on Cook Islands at the Rumours of RomanceArrive in Auckland again on way homeArrive in Los Angeles on way homeHome again!
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May 17 2009, 12:00 PM
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Bennelong Point, Australia
Designed by Jørn Utzon and taking 14 years to build, the Sydney Opera House is one of the most distinctive buildings in the world - inside and out. This tour isn't as in-depth as their behind-the-scenes tour but we didn't mind. Our guide still took us to the venues not in use, gave us a very detailed history on the building and highlighted a lot of details about the Opera House we didn't know (how they get the curves etc). The final room to our tour - the Utzon room - is the only one designed completely by the original architect although to be honest, it was a bit too spartan and industrial for our tastes. We would have loved to watch a play whilst in Sydney but there unfortunately wasn't a lot that took our fancy whilst there. If you ever go, you must use their toilets... they are really very cool!
Upon exiting the Opera House we decided to stroll through the Royal Botanical Gardens back to our hotels. The garden is split up in to various zones and we went through "Bennelong" which contained the Government House and manicured lawns. When we got back to our hotel we found that there is a market every week in The Rocks so took a stroll over.
The Rocks - established in 1788 - is the oldest part of Sydney although very few of those buildings still exist. Despite this, it still has a lot of character and even more so when the market is there. There's quite a lot of the "usual" market stalls but also a lot of aboriginal and local craft stalls with some very pretty pieces. It's a shame we got here when stalls were starting to close as we would've enjoyed experiencing it in "full swing".
We took a stroll along Sydney Cove back to our hotel for dinner and curling up together on the sofa.
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