Not the most interesting of days
7:45am 01/10/2008
It's really weird now, having to remember that I'm no longer 16 years old. I'm gonna miss being 16. So many things have happened in the last year that have changed me so so much. Hmmm. Guess my sweet sixteen wasn't really that bad after all.
In the other piece of news in this rather random post, I'm rather frustrated with Wi-Fi at the moment. There are about 20 different wireless networks around here (although they're not generally all visible at the same time). Most of them have security. I can only ever connect to one network, and that one just so happens to have no Internet associated with it. Grrr. I reckon I'd have more luck if we weren't 17 floors up :roll:.
I'm gonna have to see what I can do about persuading my Dad to let me use his mobile phone wireless card, or maybe go to an Internet cafe or something like that. As we were walking back from Breakfast yesterday I saw a bunch of computers inside a shop window really near here, so maybe I'll try there.
6:45 pm 01/10/2008
I'd be lying if I said I fully enjoyed myself today. Sure, I had a good time, but Mum's demeanour throughout the whole day was irritating and really dampened the mood. Right through from the start of the day until we got home, it was very awkward and frustrating.
We didn't head off until after midday after finally convincing Mum to come with us . We walked to the railway station to catch a train to Circular Quay. The railway system here in Sydney is ridiculously complicated. When you buy a ticket you have to know exactly where you're going and pick your destination station as you buy your ticket. The railway system isn't radial like Melbourne's, it stretches everywhere in all directions. Oh, and if you buy tickets for two adults and one child, the second child goes free. But do they give you a ticket for that second child? Nope. Which means the second child has to rush through behind one of the other people when they go through the turnstile. There is one good thing about the trains here though: most of each carriage is double-storey, allowing a much greater number of people to travel on the trains. This would really make a difference in Melbourne where things are congested to the pack of dangerousness.
We caught the train down to Circular Quay and walked straight across to the ferry that would take us across the bay to Manly. On the way we passed the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. They really are impressive sights, and are well worth seeing. We also saw the heads of the bay where it goes out into the Pacific Ocean. It got a bit rough in the last part of the trip and the boat started rocking. I reckon I must of taken over 70 photos on the ferry of all the different views.
Once we touched down we walked across the road into the main shopping strip in Manly. It must have been a good 750 metres long, and full of practically all clothing shops :roll:. We had lunch at a fish and chips restaurant and then walked down to the beach. It really was an amazing view with some beautiful sand and surf. Me and Andrew then split up from my parents to go look round all the shops again. We walked around the main shopping strip (it's actually called the Corso) a couple of times. My brother bought a T-shirt that had “Cheer Up Emo Kid” written on it, but I didn't find anything that interested me (although I wasn't really that enthused about looking because I generally don't find anything I like in most shopping areas. We also got a couple of large pieces of paper to make signs out of for our visit to the set of the breakfast TV show Sunrise tomorrow. I'll write more about that later ;).
The ferry ride back across to Sydney was a lot less interesting, although it was a lot easier to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge from the other side of the ferry. We also saw Kirribili House where the Prime Minister stays occasionally. The train ride and walk back to the house were pretty boring though.
It's now 7:13pm and, after a long conversation trying to sort out some differences between Andrew and Mum which apparently caused all the distance between Mum and us today, we're now being forced to sit through an Eric Clapton live concert DVD. I'm gonna go ask my Dad to use the mobile phone Internet now. It's time to bite the bullet :P.
It's really weird now, having to remember that I'm no longer 16 years old. I'm gonna miss being 16. So many things have happened in the last year that have changed me so so much. Hmmm. Guess my sweet sixteen wasn't really that bad after all.
In the other piece of news in this rather random post, I'm rather frustrated with Wi-Fi at the moment. There are about 20 different wireless networks around here (although they're not generally all visible at the same time). Most of them have security. I can only ever connect to one network, and that one just so happens to have no Internet associated with it. Grrr. I reckon I'd have more luck if we weren't 17 floors up :roll:.
I'm gonna have to see what I can do about persuading my Dad to let me use his mobile phone wireless card, or maybe go to an Internet cafe or something like that. As we were walking back from Breakfast yesterday I saw a bunch of computers inside a shop window really near here, so maybe I'll try there.
6:45 pm 01/10/2008
I'd be lying if I said I fully enjoyed myself today. Sure, I had a good time, but Mum's demeanour throughout the whole day was irritating and really dampened the mood. Right through from the start of the day until we got home, it was very awkward and frustrating.
We didn't head off until after midday after finally convincing Mum to come with us . We walked to the railway station to catch a train to Circular Quay. The railway system here in Sydney is ridiculously complicated. When you buy a ticket you have to know exactly where you're going and pick your destination station as you buy your ticket. The railway system isn't radial like Melbourne's, it stretches everywhere in all directions. Oh, and if you buy tickets for two adults and one child, the second child goes free. But do they give you a ticket for that second child? Nope. Which means the second child has to rush through behind one of the other people when they go through the turnstile. There is one good thing about the trains here though: most of each carriage is double-storey, allowing a much greater number of people to travel on the trains. This would really make a difference in Melbourne where things are congested to the pack of dangerousness.
We caught the train down to Circular Quay and walked straight across to the ferry that would take us across the bay to Manly. On the way we passed the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. They really are impressive sights, and are well worth seeing. We also saw the heads of the bay where it goes out into the Pacific Ocean. It got a bit rough in the last part of the trip and the boat started rocking. I reckon I must of taken over 70 photos on the ferry of all the different views.
Once we touched down we walked across the road into the main shopping strip in Manly. It must have been a good 750 metres long, and full of practically all clothing shops :roll:. We had lunch at a fish and chips restaurant and then walked down to the beach. It really was an amazing view with some beautiful sand and surf. Me and Andrew then split up from my parents to go look round all the shops again. We walked around the main shopping strip (it's actually called the Corso) a couple of times. My brother bought a T-shirt that had “Cheer Up Emo Kid” written on it, but I didn't find anything that interested me (although I wasn't really that enthused about looking because I generally don't find anything I like in most shopping areas. We also got a couple of large pieces of paper to make signs out of for our visit to the set of the breakfast TV show Sunrise tomorrow. I'll write more about that later ;).
The ferry ride back across to Sydney was a lot less interesting, although it was a lot easier to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge from the other side of the ferry. We also saw Kirribili House where the Prime Minister stays occasionally. The train ride and walk back to the house were pretty boring though.
It's now 7:13pm and, after a long conversation trying to sort out some differences between Andrew and Mum which apparently caused all the distance between Mum and us today, we're now being forced to sit through an Eric Clapton live concert DVD. I'm gonna go ask my Dad to use the mobile phone Internet now. It's time to bite the bullet :P.
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