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Sunday is Family Fun Day in Sydney, Australia!

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On November 29, 2010

In Country New South Wales, Sydney Attractions

Family Fun Day, Billboard Sydney, Australia

Family Funday Sunday – $2.50 per person train, bus and ferry

Every Sunday is Family Fun Day here in Sydney, Australia. Families are given a special treat in going around the city and the nearby region of New South Wales with a Family Funday Sunday ticket. For a flat fare of $2.50 per person, a family can go to Bondi Beach, Manly, Wollongong, Kiama, Cronulla, and other beaches. One can practically go around and find a Chinese, Vietnamese, Turkish, or Australian lunch in Sydney’s Suburban restaurants. If you love nature, a family can go to the Blue Mountains for bushwalking, or or simply hop-in and out in as many places within Sydney.

Of course there is a catch, the travelling group must be related by family and include at least one child and one adult. The tickets cover all-day travel on a Sunday around metropolitan and outer metropolitan Sydney, including Newcastle and Wollongong.

The ticket also applies to private bus operators in the Sydney metropolitan area, travel on the CityRail network, State Transit buses and Sydney and Newcastle ferries. 
Sydney Train, Strathfield, Sydney, Australia
A Typical Sydney Train Taken at Strathfield Train Station

Central Station, Sydney, Australia
Sydney Central Train Station
Sydney Ferries, Sydney, Australia
Sydney Ferries at the Sydney Harbour
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Sydney’s Darling Harbour at Night (6 photos)

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On July 31, 2010

In Sydney Attractions, Sydney Photos

Darling Harbour is one of Sydney’s premier tourist destinations. It is one of the world’s great waterfront destinations with spectacular harbour setting. It a place of relaxation, large parties, and celebrations.
Darling Harbour Night Sunset, Sydney, Australia
Darling Harbour hosted large crowds during live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2010.

 

Darling Harbour Night Sunset, Sydney, Australia
Darling Harbour Waterfront including the iconic Sydney Tower

 

Sydney Convention Center Darling Harbour Night Sunset, Sydney, Australia
The Sydney Convention Center, Darling Harbour

 

Darling Harbour Night Sunset, Sydney, Australia
Harbourside and Hotels along Darling Harbour

 

Darling Harbour Fountain Night Sunset, Sydney, Australia
Fountain in between Darling Harbour’s prime restaurants

 

Darling Harbour Night Sunset, Sydney, Australia
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Video: Bondi Beach, Sydney Australia Flash Mob Dance

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On July 6, 2010

In Sydney Attractions

This is Bondi Beach, a popular home of the world’s greatest surfers. It is well known for its great white sandy beach and where they film the popular Australian show “Bondi Rescue.” It is a modern and trendy coastal resort and has number of cafes and restaurants which look out over the beach and makes a great place to stay and visit.Have you heard of the a new surfing phenomenon called Towel Surfing? Well, I just learn today. It was born in Bondi Beach November last year! And this is the Video. Over 200 people joined in synchronous dance on their towels to the music of Australian music icon Ben Lee in a perfectly choreographed routine that amazed onlookers.You gonna love this video. It’s really cool. It started with one young boy in red trunk who walked through the crowded beach of sunbathers and surfers. He turned on his boombox and he began to dance! Onlookers enjoyed his dance moves and suddenly he was followed by other beachgoers joined in began surfing on their towels!

Fun in the Sand! Bondi Beach, Sydney!

bondi beach flash mob dance

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Sydney's Blue Mountains Photos, Part I

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On April 26, 2010

In Featured, Sydney Attractions, Sydney Photos

Blue Mountains is one of Australia’s premier destinations. There is so much to see and a day is not enough to explore many of its tourist attractions. My family and I drove this time  to the Blue Mountains’s Scenic World. It’s about one and a half drive from where we live but it’s about two hours from Sydney’s City Centre by car, bus, or train.
Scenic World – in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains of Australia – offers a range of experiences that can be found nowhere else on Earth. First, this Scenic Railway. We were hesitant to ride, but we can’t say “no” to my 5 year old son’s excitement.
This is the Scenic Railway Train. Well-designed to hold passengers for an amazing ride to the steepest inclined railway! A 415 metre descent in a dark, cold, and cliff-side tunnel into ancient rainforest. All you will hear are screams of terrified passengers!
Train descending to it’s destination
Time to go to the Scenic Walkway
Majestic view of the Three Sisters taken from the Train waiting station
Which way would you choose?
The well-preserved Katoomba’s Coal Mine. Look, even the miners were preserved!

 

Thirsty? You deserve to sit and relax on one of these Miner’s benches.
Fresh Drinking water on its side!
Coal Trucks
Coal Mine entrance
Scenic Walkway offers two kilometres of boardwalk through Blue Mountains’s rainforest.
This is the best part for me. Walking with my wife and son on the thick forest enjoying probably the freshiest air in Sydney, Australia
The Scenic Skyway. It’s fun but it’s a bit crowded.
More Blue Mountains photos to come! Please drop by next time.

Sydney's Blue Mountains

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On April 17, 2010

In Sydney Attractions, Sydney Photos

November 2007 when I first set foot here in Sydney, Australia. We were attending the wedding of my wife’s nephew. We had a quick tour to some of Sydney’s landmarks including the famous Three Sisters at Blue Mountains (photo above taken November 2007). 
  
Why was it called Three Sisters?

The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, ‘Meehni’, ‘Wimlah’ and Gunnedoo’ lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. 
These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry.
The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters causing a major tribal battle.
As the lives of the three sisters were seriously in danger, a witchdoctor from the Katoomba tribe took it upon himself to turn the three sisters into stone to protect them from any harm. While he had intended to reverse the spell when the battle was over, the witchdoctor himself was killed. As only he could reverse the spell to  return the ladies to their former beauty, the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come. (source:bluemountainsaustralia.com)

Blue Mountains is a great place to visit especially for families. It offers various adventures, activities, and scenic sites. It is very accessible and one can have the option to go by car, or simply by catching a bus or train. I will be uploading more photos on my next blog entry about this tourist attraction.

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