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canyonwalkerAustralia Travelog #10
Back at the hotel - Tue, 26 Dec 2023, 6am
Last night and this morning have been another case of "Early to bed, early to rise." Like Sunday night we pooped out early. Though not quite as early. Instead of falling asleep at 7pm we stayed up until just past 8. That was after taking it easy around the hotel for a few hours in the afternoon/evening after finishing up a long day that included minotaurs, giant spiders, and stirges; plenty of views of the Harbor Bridge, Opera House, and Botanical Garden; and a trip up the Sydney Tower Eye.
After all that we were beat. We lounged around the room for a few hours reading up on things to do for today and just generally relaxing. We went downstairs for another long dip in the hot tub. After that we debated whether to go out for dinner but decided we didn't care for it too much as (a) we weren't hungry enough for a big meal and (b) we were too tired to go far. Instead we found some free eats at the hotel's executive lounge. Yay, elite status!
This morning I got up even earlier than yesterday, 4am instead of 5am. Ugh. But I've put the time to use by researching more things to do today. Our general plan for today has been "Go to a beach'. But which beach? There are a bunch on the east side of Sydney. There's world-famous Bondi Beach... but it's so crowded with tourists. There are other almost-as-nice beaches, I've read, that are slightly less crowded. (And filled with locals, not foreign tourists who've read about it in tour books and travel blogs.)
So... which beach to visit?
As I was studying the beaches on the map, looking for what's nearby each, I spotted a marked foot path— a trail from one beach to another. I followed up on that with a bit of web searching and found it's actually a pretty long trail, several miles (one way) if you do the whole things, and it connects numerous beaches and bluffs between them. So that's our plan for today: go hiking and visit ALL the beaches!
Back at the hotel - Tue, 26 Dec 2023, 6am
Last night and this morning have been another case of "Early to bed, early to rise." Like Sunday night we pooped out early. Though not quite as early. Instead of falling asleep at 7pm we stayed up until just past 8. That was after taking it easy around the hotel for a few hours in the afternoon/evening after finishing up a long day that included minotaurs, giant spiders, and stirges; plenty of views of the Harbor Bridge, Opera House, and Botanical Garden; and a trip up the Sydney Tower Eye.
After all that we were beat. We lounged around the room for a few hours reading up on things to do for today and just generally relaxing. We went downstairs for another long dip in the hot tub. After that we debated whether to go out for dinner but decided we didn't care for it too much as (a) we weren't hungry enough for a big meal and (b) we were too tired to go far. Instead we found some free eats at the hotel's executive lounge. Yay, elite status!
This morning I got up even earlier than yesterday, 4am instead of 5am. Ugh. But I've put the time to use by researching more things to do today. Our general plan for today has been "Go to a beach'. But which beach? There are a bunch on the east side of Sydney. There's world-famous Bondi Beach... but it's so crowded with tourists. There are other almost-as-nice beaches, I've read, that are slightly less crowded. (And filled with locals, not foreign tourists who've read about it in tour books and travel blogs.)
So... which beach to visit?
As I was studying the beaches on the map, looking for what's nearby each, I spotted a marked foot path— a trail from one beach to another. I followed up on that with a bit of web searching and found it's actually a pretty long trail, several miles (one way) if you do the whole things, and it connects numerous beaches and bluffs between them. So that's our plan for today: go hiking and visit ALL the beaches!
