Monday, April 9, 2012

Harbour Bridge Walk (April 7)

I wanted to get out of the house today and explore the city a bit. I have been wanting to walk the Harbour Bridge since I got here and today was perfect weather to do so. I dragged Rachel, Rose, and Dean out of bed and we headed into the city.
The walk across the bridge was amazing. I can not wait to do it again the views were gorgeous and just being able to walk next to the bridge and see it up close was spectacular I don't think I will ever get sick of that bridge or the view from it. There were a handful of weddings that we could see going on down below which was really beautiful to see. (their wedding pictures will be amazing with the view and weather all of them had).
We made it across the bridge where we met Natasha and her mom and went to lunch at Pankcakes on the Rocks. The food was to die for everything we ordered was delicious. Rachel and I split and Mexicana Crepe and a Chocolate Pancake with strawberries and chocolate ice cream on top.
After a lovely lunch we attempted to do a tour of the Opera House but you could not do a self guided tour and it was a little out of our budget to pay for a tour. So we nixed that and decided to do a tour through the Botanical Gardens. They had these trains running that took you on a 30min tour around the garden and they had a great student rate of $5 so we were all over that. I loved it because not only did we get to see all over the gardens but our tour guide was telling us great facts and interesting things about the garden and its history
After the tour we promised Dean we would find a bar and grab a drink and some appetizers.
On our way to the bar I finally purchased so much needed sunglasses (I left mine at the Ivy) as well as a new sweatshirt that says Bondi Australia. We ended up at the bar we normally go to near Circular Quay and got the Daiquiri Special for Easter.



approaching the bridge

view from the beginning of the bridge









People getting ready to do 'the climb' to the center of the bridge

A little about the Harbour Bridge and its history

The Market going on near Circular Quay



Train we took around Botanical Gardens

Fountain in Botanical 




Tree in Botanical Gardens that fell over

Fountain near Circular Quay

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