My Second Day in Sydney

Another day ends after a whole day of touring around Sydney. It was thrilling and a once in a lifetime experience although some were just so familiar.

First, we went to Featherdale Wildlife Park. The animals there, such as the koalas and kangaroos, and much to my amazement, the penguins, are uniquely Australia. The koala is the closest I came in contact with since I was able to tap it at the back and my husband was able to feed it. It was so tamed that I wanted to bring it home. The next couple of minutes, which was rather fast I supposed, were spent buying souvenirs. This store of shirts, jackets, magnets, etc. have reasonable prices compared with the other neighboring stores. I wish I could have just lessened my time in the zoo so that I could have spent more time shopping, I thought. Then, I tried to pacify myself that there will always be next time, if God permits.

Next stop was our healthful buffet lunch. Healthful because the food was more delicious compared to our lunch yesterday. That familiar, old smell and the all-too-common taste reminded me of home.  It was a Chinese Cuisine called Golden Dragon, which is one of our favorite dishes here in Manila.   

After our scrumptious lunch, we headed to Blue Mountains first. It was freezing with a temperature of 4 degrees Celsius.  Good thing I had a thermal and a windbreaker jacket on. Plus my gloves on my hands and socks inside my boots.  We rode a cable car going to and fro the Blue Mountains. After our picture-taking on top of it, we came back down and went to Scenic World. This place was on top of my favorite lists to see in Australia because of the fast train leading down the mountains. At first, I was really scared, but as the train went down, I realized that I could have missed this exhilarating ride and have regretted my Australian tour.  Thank God I was convinced by our  friendly tour guide and driver.

As our day was about to end, we had our next chance for shopping. This time, I bought only few since the price were higher compared to the earlier shop we went to. 

We ate our dinner in Chinatown. My husband’s boss had a surprised visit. I guess he was checking on them if they were really touring around Australia as a group or whether they all have their own mini-tours. 

All in all, I can say my day ended great and I won’t regret anything about it – except of course for more shopping time and maybe more photographs. J