We had to get up quite early in Brisbane to catch our plan at eight in the morning. Was a bit of a hassle to find the drop-off for our rental car. Finally we managed it at we still were good on time at the airport.
In Sydney we took the airport train to Central and then we changed the train to Kings Cross where our lovely AirBnB was about a five minute walk from the station.
Kathryn and Ron, a semi-retired couple, were our hosts. They were really lovely, caring and helpful. The room was quite small but very nice. The balcony was our little coffee kitchen. The only downside was that it was quite cold in the room, aparently because it was also really cold and windy in Sydney right now (August, still end of winter / beginning of spring here, was the windy month). Ron brought us a separate electrical heater in the evening which help to make the room warm and cosy.
On our arrival day the weather was quite good, with plenty of sun. We had a walk from Kings Cross to the city centre more or less along the coast and through the Botanical Garden until we reached the famous Sydney Opera House which is totally amazing. On the way we had a lunch stop at Sydney’s famous Harry’s Pies, and yes the pies were really tasty.
And not to forget, of course, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which looks just fantastic and which is probably one of the finest steel constructions in the world (next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris).
In the late afternoon we strolled through The Rocks, one of Sydney’s oldest neighborhood just next to the Harbour Bridge and a heritage protected site. We had a good cold beer there.
