Australia Day 1: Arrival at Sydney

Arrived early in the morning at Sydney and it was raining!! =(((( Stupid long life rain.... rained the whole day!!!! And it was sooo cold some more.... especially walking in the rain!!

After checking in to the hotel, we actually planned to have lunch at Harry's Cafe de Wheels by the river at Woolloomooloo Bay. It’s actually famous for its meat pie with pea soup known as the Pie Floaters and the caravan itself is a tourist attraction. However, since it was raining quite heavily and we didn't exactly know how to get there..... and while walking we passed by Marigold Restaurant which my sis said that is also a well known dim sum place so we decided to just have lunch there instead. Hoping that the rain will stop after lunch.....

Our first meal in Australia - dim sum!! *haha*

One thing bout Australia, I don't know what is their local food!! We had a lot of international food but what is Australian food?? I asked my colleague and he told me burger!! HAHA!! Anyway I think the dim sum is ok only!.... nothing to shout about..... and we ordered the common dim sum dishes that we used to order back home..... how unadventurous!! =P

After lunch, to our dismay, it is still raining =(((( So we took the City Rail to Circular Quay. Since the weather was sooo gloomy we couldn't even see Harbour Bridge and Opera House clearly =((((( However, since we are there only for a few days and have an itinerary to follow, so we still carry on with our plan...... but all the time worrying that we won't have a nice clear picture of Harbour Bridge and Opera House!!

While walking around, suddenly my mimi's shoes gave way!! The sole came off and worse, there were no shops around that sell shoes!! What a bad start to a holiday!! So both my sis have to walk to the main street to look for a shoe shop while the rest of us stayed with mimi (as she couldn't walk with her shoes like that) We waited for them in a coffee shop......

Finally my sis were back and my mimi got new shoes!! There she is happily throwing her spoilt shoes away!! Yeah and you see we were walking around in umbrellas!! *sigh*

Then we walked further towards The Rocks area and to the Rock Market at the end of George Street.

After that we walked towards the Harbour Bridge and the Pylon Lookout.

Everytime before we take photo we have to put the umbrella down like the photo above!! =((

Since we took a night flight and slept on the plane the night before and it was raining and so cold, we decided to have an early dinner (at 5pm!) and then back to the hotel to rest!!
We had dinner at Pancakes on the Rocks at The Rocks since it was highly recommended by everyone!! And it was really really good!! YUMZZZ .....

Everything was really good!! =D

Super huge pork ribs thats soft and tender =D

Equally good beef ribs thats juicy and full of flavour =DD

Lotsa lotsa ham and cheese wrapped in a pancake YUMZZ!!

Pancakes with cheese sauce with bacon, glazed banana and pineapples =D

Chocolate pancake with vanila ice cream and normal pancake with chocolate ice cream =D I prefer the normal pancake though.....

Cream cheese wrapped in pancakes with strawberry sauce and topped with vanila ice cream - sinful sinful

After a delicious dinner, we took the City Rail back to the nearest station and walked back to the hotel! And it is still raining!!

Then because it is my mimi's birthday that day, we surprised her with a birthday cake!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIMI!!!!!!

Since we stayed in a family room, and it only have one bathroom, so we have to take turns to shower while the rest played mahjong..... My mimi happily brought along mahjong cards and asked us to play every night!!

Mahjong Cards =D

Australia Day 1: Arrival at Sydney

Australia Day 2: Sydney's Attractions

Australia Day 3: Blue Mountain

Australia Day 4: Sydney to Melbourne

Australis Day 5: Melbourne

Australia Day 6: Philip Island

Australia Day 7: Last Day