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| Sydney harbour bridge from the Botanic Gardens |
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| Catching the Manly-Circular Quay ferry |
Sydney harbour and city centre is just a 30 minute ferry trip from Manly. A journey we always enjoy! The first day we explored Sydney centre we ventured round past the opera house and up to the Botanic Gardens, in keeping with our different city botanic garden ventures so far...
The Botanic Gardens of Sydney are HUGE and unquestionably beautiful. The only way to see the gardens, we decided, was on our longboards. Taking advantage of the 30 hectares worth of maze-like pathways and long steep hills the gardens have to offer, we whizzed by the various themed plant and flower displays whilst sitting on our boards. Technically speaking, we weren't skateboarding and the garden's policy said 'No Rollerblading' so we felt justified in our mode of transport... Thankfully passers by enjoyed the spectacle almost as much as the plants so we weren't punished for our cheeky assumption!
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| Sydney Art Gallery |
We enjoyed a yummy packed lunch in the gardens and, after lazing in the sun a bit, (the sun did come out that day, even though the pictures say otherwise!) we hit the FREE art gallery.
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| Luke's foot double |
I keep telling people that the thing I love most about traveling is the time you have on your hands. Time to stop and actually take in your surroundings and not to be in a constant rush or adhering to a time-schedule. We must have spent a good three hours in the museum looking at all the period-sorted paintings and sculptures, idols and aboriginal prints/ patterns. Luke liked the sculpture of a warrior (left and right photos) because, similarly to Joey from friends, he found his foot double!(?) Needless to say, Luca is enjoying the extra time too...
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