of my first trip in 2012 - Sydney ( Part 1)

some pictures before take off

Firstly i really want to take this chance to thank LafLaf for this trip after so much "happenings". My first trip in Sydney, My first trip of the year too. actually this is not the first day in Sydney lah but the second day. I flew to Sydney on Wed 21st Mar at 9:40am and i touched down at about 8:35 pm. By the time i complete the customs checking, it is almost 9pm plus plus. So headed to the hotel to check in before walking down to the chinatown with the rest of the ppl for a quick dinner. so nothing much to blog about on the first nite except the congee at chinatown is damm yummy? lol.

ok la, i give you the picture of where i stay ok? thanks to LafLaf too, i got free accommodation. the chocolates and the apricots are really yummy!

so my first day actually started on Thursday instead. the weather was gloomy and it looked as if the sky can cry anytime. was really a bad day. no blue sky, nothing similar to what my friends describe to me at all. Kinda disappointed. But it is cooling to walk along the streets of Sydney. While LafLaf work, i explore the place myself.

I am brave rite? actually moving around in Sydney isnt really that difficult ( My friends are all worried that i get lost). I managed to cover a couple of places on my own actually. As the weather is super cool, so walking also doesnt really tires me lol. so I walked from Westin to Darling Harbour!!! lol. from the tourist map, it looks alittle far but it only take me about 15 mins walk.

to show u how white the sky is...

see? no blue sky. T-T. i started to wonder if the polarized filter will come in handy afterall. sob sob. anyway, i saw the super big Apple store!! is 3 storey high lor. in Singapore, it is just a tiny shop only =(. they do workshops for customers too! and we bought a Apple Tv on the last day in Sydney lol

i love the chocolate shops in Sydney. they are already starting to prepare for Easter day! look at all the Easter bunnies and Eggs ..they are sooo cute...expensive too =(

i love their bookstalls too! Dymocks! Smell of books!

the buildings are very colonel style and i love the structure, the design of the buildings.

same goes for some shopping malls like westfield!

even their interior also very nice lor. this is Strand Arcade and where i bought my crumpler bag (mild Enthusiastic - L). Is very funny, i went to this place a couple of times and i couldnt find the crumpler shop until the last day! thank god. i managed to get the crumpler bag lor cos the kelly moore bag CMI...the skin becomes flaky and drop on to my T-shirt + jacket

i saw this on my way to Darling harbour and i think is kinda good concept for business. a Mobile Pet groomer. they even have this mobile bathroom for grooming. kinda cool huh?

Decided to have Mcdonalds for my "lunch" (breakfast in SG time). Is sooo expensive. AUD 8.30..which is about 12 SGD. =X. Paddington Bear is not included.

there is this funny looking bird which i dont know what is it call..

so i took a walk along Darling Harbour after breakfast...

then it started to drizzle. haiz. so i do the typical tourist thing to spend the hrs away - visit the Sydney Wild life Park and Aquarium. I took the bundle package for 3 attractions ( Wild life + Aquarium + Tower) for 60 bucks. and i din go to the Sydney Tower cos no time. haiz.

inside the Aquarium, pictures taken are lousy cos i tried to take using my Sigma Lens ( too lazy to change to 17-50mm) haiz. but on a comfort note, pictures at the wildlife is better cos i decided to change the lens lor. lol

Platypus ? i din know that it is so small in size. i always thought is the same size as a otter ..lol. nt sure if you can see it. it swims really fast lor.

Penguins. Nt sure y they are in the aquarium and not in the wild life park..hmmm

The jelly fish..so beautiful and deadly too..lol

Sharks..very nice to see them swim from the tank but not when u r inside lor ( first pic shows the razor sharp teeth ..scary le). anyway, not all sharks attack humans lor. is a misconception ley. but if u see the way they swim, like very lazy, so carefree lor..envy le

some corals...

i thought i can see some whale or something..but i only got this..lol

i think the aquarium is quite small. maybe the aquarium is in the city bah..so ...anyway..it took me about an hr to complete the whole aquarium. i think still bigger than our own Sentosa's? then i walk over to the wild life park to have some "close encounter" with the wild life in Sydney..lol

Koalas! they sleep 20 hrs a day and they are sooo cute. they cuddle up like a ball up on a tree...sadly, i din really get a chance to cuddle them lo...or even touch them..but i do get a chance to go really close and touch them during my trip to Hunter Valley.

some other wild life like Kangaroos, Wallaby

they have lizards here too. these two lizards are very cute. they are staring at the sky when suddenly one of them came really near to me for a while before returning to the same spot to start at the sky.

some other lizards, also like to stare at the blank...lol..

the "hao lian" (arrogant) bird..

"sun tanning" monitor lizard?

ok..this is the closest i get with Koalas in the wild life park lor

a salt water crocodile name Rex... bachelor lol

the wild life park took me about 2 hrs? cos i kept on taking pictures of the koalas. lol. after that, i walk to Paddy Market. nothing much except shopping and the factory outlets. but i din really buy anything there too..so i walk back to the hotel after taking a few pictures. Rest abit before heading out for dinner at Chinatown.

Picture of a tram...i dont think we see that in singapore anymore ya?

some pictures taken on my way bk to the hotel. i love the sigma lens..they really take good pictures even with distortion. you can actually make use of the distortion and turn the picture into a more creative one.