She is going to the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Brisbane is on the Northeast side of Australia. Queensland is the state that was deeply effected by the floods.
To keep her up so that she could adjust to the time difference and get rid of jet lag, I took her to the City Centre. One of my favorite places so far is the Queen Victoria Building. A shopping center in a very old, European-style building.
The inside looks almost like a church, I just want to go in there and stare at it.
So as you can see it is breathtaking!
Next stop was the Royal Botanical Gardens....
First glimpse of the Opera House!!!!! So exciting :)
Finally, we reached Mrs. Macquarie's Point, which is the point directly next to the point the Sydney Opera House is on, so we got some great pictures!
downtown
Friday was BEACH DAY!!!
This is Coogee Beach. Elena and I decided to chill there for a while before embarking on the Coastal Walk.
The Coastal Cliff Walk is a paved pathway that links most of the major beaches in East Sydney. It took us 2+ hours to walk all the way to (the famous) Bondi Beach, but it was well worth it!
First point of interest after Coogee is Gordon's Bay (pictured below). This is probably the place with the most beautiful water on the walk.
Waverley Cemetery was the next stop and it was very pretty, but the best part was the view. What a great place to be laid to rest.
Bronte Beach was next. Very much like Bondi, but not as big or crowded.
And finally we reach - BONDI BEACH! Which don't let this picture fool you, it is usually very packed. It was off-and-on-raining and cloudy and I guess that makes people not want to go to the beach.
So jealous!!!
ReplyDelete