Day 3
Woke up early in the morning for our
adventure to Blue Mountain! Before heading to Blue Mountain, we decided to
settle our breakfast over at Devon Café that is located at the Central Station.
And this is really one of the best café brunches I had throughout my whole
trip! The food is just soooo good! Although the price is a little steep but the
quality of the food is superb! We ordered the Eggs Blini and Breakfast with the
Sakuma’s!
Egg Blini
Breakfast with the Sakuma's
2 Danks St
Waterloo NSW
02 9698 7795
Mon - Tue: 08:00 - 16:00
Wed - Fri: 08:00 - 16:00 | 18:00 - 22:00
Sat: 08:00 - 15:30 | 18:00 - 22:00
Sun: 08:00 - 15:30
76 Devonshire St
Surry Hills NSW
02 9211 8777
Mon - Fri: 07:00 - 16:30
Sat - Sun: 08:00 - 15:30
How to get to Blue Mountain?
As the train frequency is low, it would be good to check the timing of the train before heading over to the station.
From Central Station take the blue mountain line all the way to Katoomba station
The train ride to Blue Mountain is about 2 hours.
Frequency: Approximately 1 hour
Both of us were quite lost, and glad that we did some research the night before. The weather at Blue Mountain is way colder than the city. I think it was about 13 degrees when we were there! Like many of them, we headed to the Explorer Bus booth to get our tickets to get around the village. The tickets is $40 for each adult, and it will stop at different stops for you to get down to anywhere you want at any point of time. But we figured that since we have the Multi3 pass, we should have taken the public transport to save the $80. It is not that difficult to get around Blue Mountain if you know where are the places that you want to explore. For us, the main thing was to see the Three Sisters. But since we got the explorer bus ticket, we get down at several stops as recommended by the tour guide to explore some of the places. There are also different trails that you might want to try walking. Didn’t expect myself to be trekking inside the woods for this trip but it’s definitely worth it. The weather made a whole lot of difference during the walk. Each trail takes about an hour to complete, and since we reached there at 12plus so we did not spend much time trekking around. If you are only looking to see the Three Sisters, it is located at the Echo Point!
Since we had already paid for the tickets and took the time to come this far, we continued on to explore the Leura Village. One thing that is bad was that the shop closes at 5pm, and by 5pm the sky were already dark. Because we didn’t manage to catch the previous train, we had to wait for another hour for the next one. By then, the temperature has already dropped even further to maybe 10 degrees? Both of us were freezing and despite having our hot chocolate with us, it didn’t help much.. Everything got so much better after boarding the train! We wanted to head back to hotel after dinner, but happen to pass by the Circular Quay station and saw this beautiful view! Even though we were really tired, we still decided to get off the train to check things out. That is how spontaneous we are during this trip. So there were many light and music activities lined up for the Vivid Sydney event and that explained the crowd over at Circular Quay even though it was a Monday night.
As the train frequency is low, it would be good to check the timing of the train before heading over to the station.
From Central Station take the blue mountain line all the way to Katoomba station
The train ride to Blue Mountain is about 2 hours.
Frequency: Approximately 1 hour
Both of us were quite lost, and glad that we did some research the night before. The weather at Blue Mountain is way colder than the city. I think it was about 13 degrees when we were there! Like many of them, we headed to the Explorer Bus booth to get our tickets to get around the village. The tickets is $40 for each adult, and it will stop at different stops for you to get down to anywhere you want at any point of time. But we figured that since we have the Multi3 pass, we should have taken the public transport to save the $80. It is not that difficult to get around Blue Mountain if you know where are the places that you want to explore. For us, the main thing was to see the Three Sisters. But since we got the explorer bus ticket, we get down at several stops as recommended by the tour guide to explore some of the places. There are also different trails that you might want to try walking. Didn’t expect myself to be trekking inside the woods for this trip but it’s definitely worth it. The weather made a whole lot of difference during the walk. Each trail takes about an hour to complete, and since we reached there at 12plus so we did not spend much time trekking around. If you are only looking to see the Three Sisters, it is located at the Echo Point!
Since we had already paid for the tickets and took the time to come this far, we continued on to explore the Leura Village. One thing that is bad was that the shop closes at 5pm, and by 5pm the sky were already dark. Because we didn’t manage to catch the previous train, we had to wait for another hour for the next one. By then, the temperature has already dropped even further to maybe 10 degrees? Both of us were freezing and despite having our hot chocolate with us, it didn’t help much.. Everything got so much better after boarding the train! We wanted to head back to hotel after dinner, but happen to pass by the Circular Quay station and saw this beautiful view! Even though we were really tired, we still decided to get off the train to check things out. That is how spontaneous we are during this trip. So there were many light and music activities lined up for the Vivid Sydney event and that explained the crowd over at Circular Quay even though it was a Monday night.
Day 4
Everyday in Sydney is a good start! We wake
up really early every single morning to have our breakfast. The breakfast place
of the day is The Grounds of Alexandria! Seen many reviews about how beautiful
this place is, and I’m really glad we made the choice to make our way there.
Erm but because we had too many days of eggs, I got really sick of poached
eggs, and the taste of it is making me sick.
The place is really beautiful but the
breakfast isn’t as fantastic as the ones over at Devon! But the pastries and
tarts look really good! I would definitely go for that the next time round when
I’m there! The Grounds is not just a café, they also have a farm and florist!
Didn’t get to explore around much, but managed to catch a glimpse of these
pretty flowers! And how can I say no to photos with all the beautiful backdrop
and alley.
Building 7A, 2 Huntley St,
Alexandria, NSW, 2015
Mon - Fri 7am-4pm
Sat - Sun 730am - 4pm
Headed over to North Sydney to explore!
There is actually Forever 21 and H&M over at Macquarie Centre! Because we
figured that there should be more shopping areas in Sydney so we decided to
google and find the other shopping malls in Sydney! And the websites that we
had seen did not mention anything about the F21 and H&M. It was only when
we googled F21 by itself then the location appeared. So for the first time we
were crossing the Harbour Bridge via the train! It was a different kind of
experience! In order to get here, you will have to alight at Macquarie
University! This place is so different from the CBD area! In my opinion, better
and more like a shopping mall! Settled our lunch at a Chinese restaurant called
Simply Noodle. The char siew rice cost $13 per plate and the wanton mee cost
$11 per bowl. And I started to appreciate the cheap and delicious wanton mee
and char siew rice I have in Singapore! Mainly Asians students in the shop, but
I guess if I were to be there studying I will be willing to pay this amount of
money for something different.
Coffee from Three Beans!
Coffee break after a long walk around the
mall. Got myself a new pair of heel boots and nothing from F21 and H&M.
Both of us were really tired, and decided to head back to rest. But on our way
back, we decided to alight at Chatswood to take a look since it was quite
crowded over there and shops were still opened. So most of the time, we get to
explore a little more than what we had planned because we like to get on and
off the train to see what’s around. We only managed to walk awhile because our
legs were really breaking!
Dinner over at ippudo because I’m kinda
sick of burgers. The price of the ramen is the same as those in Singapore! And I
concluded that eating at somewhere that we deemed to be expensive and as an indulgence
in Singapore, is actually no difference to other meal in Sydney. Every meal in
Sydney is about $15-$20?
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