Sydney City

The past two weeks have been all about exploring Sydney and the areas around it. Truth is, I haven't been to many places, but here are just some snapshots of what I have been doing, and the places that I have been going to.

The view from my bedroom. Malaysian hall is right next to the Randwick Racecourse.

Followed Alex to his field site somewhere in the Northern part of Sydney, where he collected his samples and I tagged along being a busybody haha =)

On Tuesday, Bryant took me around the city.

Town Hall

Market City where Paddy's Market is. Place to buy cheap fruits and vegetables =)

The golden tree monument ~ chinatown

I don't know what this statue is lol. Just took a photo for fun

Hyde Park

On Saturday, I met up with Therese who's doing her internship in Sydney for the semester. We went to Darling Harbour, the museums that were there, the Sydney Aquarium, some shopping malls and Sydney tower

At the monorail station. Thought the sign was amusing =p

Our first stop was Sydney tower. I took this photo earlier, but it was only with Therese that we went up. The sky looks fake =p

The view of the city from Sydney Tower

Birds eye view of Hyde Park... was the only source of greenery I could find from up there.

OZ trek

My souvenir - a pressed penny

The machine that generates these "defaced" pennies

Darling Harbour!! We went their via monorail

On the bridge

Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour

In front of the aquarium/pool where you can touch the starfish =)

I saw dugongs for the first time in my life. I remember writing about them when I was in primary school for either social studies, or was it a nature club meeting

With Therese in front of the Dugong pool

The dugong! Doesn't look very much like a mermaid does it? Maybe the guys in the legend were half blind =p It's like an ugly version of a dolphin crossed with a seal perhaps? Nevertheless dugongs are quite rare these days and its really quite nice to be able to see them.

The Oceanarium houses sharks

Little penguins!!

Seahorse

Crocodile.. I don't think its a real one

Upclose short of a turtle. Say cheese!
(turtle looks pissed, "off the flash will ya? It's blinding me!")

Some lizard thing.. monitor lizard? I don't remember, I'm just guessing

Crayfish

Another aquarium

Haven't seen a photograph that looks more fake than this real one looks

Just to prove that its a PHOTO I'm standing there

We went to the National Maritime Museum, which was free =D (thank goodness, I'm seriously running out of $$). We also went to the powerhouse musuem which had a five dollar entry fee. The powerhouse museum showcases technology equipment, both old and modern ones. Some of the things on exhibit were pretty cool.

This is a model of the water cube design used in the ceiling of the aquatics center in the Beijing Olympics

Was this the steam engine? (lol bad memory)

Haha hmm bra + flowers?

Oh when are you giving me a car?

Train from a long long time ago

An anchor

This is actually pretty cool coz the fish are moving and it's light projected on the floor

Old jetty

This is where the navy slept

Couldn't get into the boat so I have to row from outside the boat

The australian suburban kitchen in the 1920s

Therese and I in the mirror =)

Harbourside, one of the malls we walked into

Out on the terrace

Logo of Sydney Olympics, the only Olympics I watched with extreme loyalty because I was so damn free at that time

A snapshot of Sydney city in the day