Today we awoke on our last day in Sydney before heading further up the coast. We’re already going to miss this place but we’re looking forward to moving up the coast to explore more of Australia.
We packed up and checked out, but were able to leave our bags with the hostel so we could explore for the rest of the day. We headed straight to our local shop to get some brekkie and found another bench to enjoy our picnic and enjoy the morning sun.
This alfresco dining is certainly going down well with James and I, although I think the weather is a big factor in that!
We had no real plan today, which isn’t unusual, so after breakfast we just picked a direction and walked. James found another park on the map: Barangaroo Reserve, which was in our line of path anyway so we followed our feet through Chinatown and some of the CBD to another open space.
We have mentioned before the outdoorsy-ness and focus on fitness that seems to be held with a lot of Sydneysiders, but this is ever more prevalent during lunch times when people flock to parks en masse to run, workout and generally get some precious time outdoors before returning to their work for the afternoon.
During those few lunch hours it seems a requirement that to enter a park you must don some lycra and run at all times; if you must stay in one spot then callisthenics or in the very least, yoga is mandatory. Joking aside it was actually great to see the outdoor spaces being used so well with no judgement, it also gave us the competitive urge to drop and give ’em 20..
After we’d spent some time..mostly sitting and enjoying the views, we realised watching all these people exercise really made us hungry so we went in search for our own lunch.
We came back to the same spot to enjoy our second picnic of the day and the park had certainly gotten a lot quieter!
We were keen to continue exploring with our time in Sydney running short we wandered over the The Rocks, a historical area we had happened upon on our first day.
We saw a few welcome surprises on our way from the park to The Rocks
Walking down some steps, and this house-not-house came into view! There was a whole terrace with iron furniture installations within some of the foundations of these old buildings.
We wandered through the (much quieter without a market) streets before deciding to dip into the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, which is right on the edge of The Rocks and the harbour, and it’s free!
Before long it was time for us to head back to the hostel to get our bags and embark on the long looong bus journey to Byron Bay.
The first half of the bus journey went fairly quickly with a stop later on for passengers and driver alike to stretch their legs and grab some food. We went for this nutritious veggie burger and chips.
As soon as we got back on the bus we settled down and tried to get some shut eye in order to rest up for our early arrival into Byron Bay!
Hatti x
Have a good trip to Byron Bay. Sydney really has been a wonderful experience for both. You both look quite at home there XX