I'd recommend taking the ferry to Manly - an excellent way to see the
harbour. It's much cheaper than harbour tours, which are just a way to take
money out of tourists' pockets. Also possible to walk from Manly to Spit
Point - I haven't done this but lots of people have said it's a brilliant
walk. Walking from Benelong Point and the Opera House around through the
Royal Botanical Gardens to Macquarie Point is really nice. Observatory Hill
is a fairly quiet spot with a very good view that's worth finding. I
STRONGLY recommend going up the Sydney Tower, the tallest building and the
city and one with a wonderful view, especially at night. A visit to the top
of one of the Bridge towers is also great for views, and very cheap.
For eating, there's a few restaurants virtually underneath the Bridge, with
superb views across Circular Quay to the Opera House, where you can eat very
well without breaking the bank (say AU$30 per head, which I think is quite
expensive by local standards but almost ridiculously cheap when compared to
similar locations in European cities). Magnificent place to eat a meal.
If by any chance you didn't want to spend all your time in the city, the
Blue Mountains make a great day tour. Trains run from Central Station to
Katoomba in about two hours, from where you can spend a few hours walking
beautiful trails on the edge of the wilderness.
Photo-wise, I can't think of much you'd need a 300mm lens for, but 21mm
could definitely find use. I see I've used the word 'view' some four times
so far - the wider your lens the more of them you'll be able to fit in!
Sydney is a truly magnificent city (even Melbourne residents must think
so) - you'll have no trouble burning many rolls of film there.
Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan <atk@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 16 February 2002 16:52
Subject: [OM] What to do in Sydney
>
>I'm going to sydney for a couple of days -- and will be on foot/carless.
Any
>special thing to (or not to) do?
>
>Also, I'd like to keep my photo kit small - was thinking of 25, 50, 100
lens
>with single body - I have 21 and 300 lens - is it worth taking them? I'd
rather
>not due to bulk et all but ...
>
>thanks,
>alan
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