Posted in Sightseeing, Sydney on Jan 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m not a big zoo fan. I’ve never been to the Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago, and I’ve only been to the Lincoln Park Zoo a couple of times. I keep meaning to go to the San Diego Zoo, but something always comes up. But it’s impossible to go to Australia, and not go to […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Sydney on Jan 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I overslept this morning, but fortunately the sunlight woke me up at 8:20am. Today was going to be a very busy day, and I couldn’t afford to start late!
The first stop of the day was the Sydney Opera House. I had purchased a ticket for the tour for the first Sunday of the vacation, but […]
Posted in Photography, Tasmania, Uluru on Jan 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
More photos… the last day’s worth of Tassie photos, and a ridiculous number of photos of Uluru in an attempt to find one or two worthy of an 8×10. Click here to get to Shutterfly.
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Posted in Food and Drink, Sydney on Jan 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, when I was leaving the emergency room, I walked out to the street to hail a cab. I looked around, and thought “hey, that looks like a nice neighborhood.” At the time, I didn’t quite realize that I was in the Darlinghurst neighborhood, and I certainly didn’t realize that last […]
Posted in Logistics, Sydney on Jan 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
I love Hilton. I started to love Hilton when they bought out the Promus holdings back in 2000, which added Hampton Inn, Homewood Suites, and Embassy Suites to the chain. Before that, I didn’t really have much opportunity to stay at Hilton properties.
Right after the purchase, they had a promo where if you made 4 […]
Posted in Air Travel on Jan 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
I flew Qantas back from Ayers Rock yesterday. The plane was about 85% full in economy, but business was virtually empty. Out of a possible 12 seats, there was me, and an older Australian couple who booked a weekend away at the last minute and were shocked (!) to find out that Ayers Rock would […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Sydney on Jan 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
The saddest thing about wasting Monday night at the Ayers Rock Resort is that I could really use one more day in Sydney. As it is, my flight leaves at 10:55am Tuesday, and with the time change I will get to my hotel room at about 5pm. I will have essentially 43 hours left on […]
Posted in Logistics, Uluru on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
On their guest survey forms, the people at Voyages who run the Ayers Rock Resort ask a question about rating “value for money” on a scale to 10. My answer is somewhere around -4. This has been the only truly disappointing part of the trip. The fact that the Australian government has granted Voyages a […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Uluru on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
On Monday, I was up at 4am for the main tour I had purchased: the Desert Awakenings 4WD tour. At A$130, it was not cheap, but it promised the most interesting small-group experience.
I had reconfirmed my reservation when I got to the resort, and was told that I’d be picked up at 4:40am. […]
Posted in Sightseeing, Uluru on Jan 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
Or is it Uluru aka Ayers Rock? After all, the indigineous people were there first….
So you read the articles and the guidebooks, and you know that it is big. But no matter how much you prepare yourself, you still cannot believe how big this sandstone is: 9km in circumfrence, 4km at its widest point. It […]
