tiramisho: Australia Day 8 & 9 (Fri & Sat 5 & 6 Dec: Blue Mountains to Sydney)

Weather was bright & sunny at 21 degree celcius. Chilly if you are in the shade ;)

We checked out and went for brunch at Subway. Didn't know what to eat so had the same Subway stuff again hahah!! Cheap & good mah haahha!! Took train back to Sydney (AUD12.20/pax/way) and walked to our next accommodation.

Accommodation - AEA Central Serviced Apartment AUD498 (2N) for a 2-bedroom apartment + AUD30/night for a roll-away bed for my cousin. About 10-15min walking distance from the Sydney Central Railway Station, which was good. There was no supply of coffee and tea in the apartment. The worse was I felt it was such a badly engineered building! There was only ONE main aircon in the living/ dining area! Nope, there was no aircon in the bedrooms at all!! Wah liao eh... *faint*. The guy had the cheek to tell me that the aircon air would flow to the bedrooms which were on the same side of where the aircon unit was.. sorry mate, I had to totally disagree (see picture below). So, what was the purpose of the room door then? Also, I believe all the 2- and 3-bedroom apartments' bedrooms faced the courtyard where the sun came directly through, and people from units above and opposite you can look into your bedroom. Quite jia lart leh! I'm gonna give it a lashing on Tripadvisor review! Rating? 2/10 - 1 point for cleanliness, 1 point for easy access to Railway Station (not like one will be using the Railway every day anyway!). Such a disappointment!

Bedroom

Kitchenette

Dining area. See where the air-con unit is, and the corridor leading to the bedrooms. You think the air-con air will flow right, then down the corridor and into the first bedroom, then left to the next bedroom meh?)

Living room - small TV ;p

Backyard

View from balcony

One funny incident - some dumb dumb cooked sausages but burnt it and it set the fire alarm off. So all of us had to evacuate and wait for the firemen to come haha! What an adventure! We've always had fire drill but this was "real"! ;p

Dinner was Harry's pie @ Circular Quay. I read about this on Tripadvisor and requested my cousin to bring us there. They have vegetarian options so my uncle's family had pies too.. hehe!! Not too bad.. looks small but it could be very filling cos of the heap of mashed potato! With limited time, we were chauffered to Sydney Opera House - quite a happening place by night with the bars and perhaps it was a Friday night, and Kings Cross ("red light" district in Sydney)

Harry's Cafe de Wheels

Harry's pie (can't remeber how much, think about AUD6ish)

(Bars by the Opera House)

Next day, 6 Dec - Zee drove us to Haymarket, Chinatown and we walked around Darling Harbour, took a cruise to Circular Quay, walked up to The Rocks Market (things were not cheap hoh!), then ferry back to Darling Harbour (AUD5.50/way/pax). Actually, we started the walk quite late, like 11am which was the hottest time of the day! Last stop in Sydney was to Paddy's Market and then to Newtown for Thai vegetarian dinner (recommended by Zee as well), as my uncle and family are vegetarians. Not too bad!!

Haymarket