A Glimpse of Sydney Centre

7:40 am was a good time to arrive at the Sydney Airport, the greeting staff, the pleasant surroundings and the sign posts introduce a start of a "Gidday Mate!" in Sydney.

Getting through the immigration and customs was stressfree. We got off the airport so quickly with our luggage. 

Metered taxi was the best medium to get to the hotel from the airport. Australia never lied about Sydney, the city is indeed fantastic. Tall buildings here and there, cafes, busy streets and people walking heading for work.

We stayed at Meriton Serviced Apartment World Tower. All apartments begin from the 62nd floor and our hotel room is located on the 64th floor, which had a gorgeous panoramic view of Sydney. The room has great space and furnitures, with 3 beds and a wide living space.


We unpacked our luggage while managing emotions filled with excitement and feet conditioned to embark a great journey.

First Destination on the list was very authentic to Sydney - The Darling Harbour. The weather was shining during that morning as we took the ferry that will take us to the Circular Quay.

We took the Captains Cook Cruise at 11:45am. We had a good sight of the Harbour Bridge, The Rocks and the Sydney Opera House.

Captains Cook  Cruise offers Sight Seeing Tours of Sydney’s Famous Harbour side attractions from Darling Harbour to Circular Quay.

The Harbour Bridge is comparable to the famous San Francisco Bridge. It reminds the famous song called "London Bridge". Having a camera handy would be grateful to shoot a quaintly constructed bridge. It has an amazing charisma that is definitely a great structure from the eye of an artist.

Sydney Cove has a charm reflected by the breeze from fresh, cool and clean water.

"the Englishman"

The cruise arrived at the Circular Quay, were an Englishman wearing an English costume approached and asked for a picture. That picture with the Englishman reminds us of the guards looking after the royal house with distinctive uniforms.

Wandering the Circular Quay was one of the best lazing you can do if you wish to observe the Sydney lifestyle in one day. Restaurants and shops dot the Quay so touring around by foot was not stressful at all.

The Rocks was the next point. Historical building have the special effect of making The Rocks as one of the icon of Sydney's centre. Many people from everywhere flock The Rocks for food, meeting, gathering, or a celebration. You can also regard it as the Grand Architectural reflection of the old Sydney City.

And of course, what not to miss is the superbly designed Sydney Opera House. Not only does it feature architecture, but a location as well that is overlooking the Harbour Bridge; Sydney Opera House is looking formidable from all angles. The upper section was another base to take photo opportunities.

After seeing a quarter of Sydney's must not miss attractions, it was time to recharge the energy back to our place at Meriton Serviced Apartments.

The long day was complimented with a dinner at the Blue Fish Restaurant. Awesome menus stroke our eyes and our tummies. A platter of seafoods and a bottle of white wine was the day's reward.

Sydney Centre does not only shine during the day, it still shines even when the moon and the city lights grab the sunset. Sydney's centre somehow pertains to New York City, the city that never sleeps.