When flying to Australia, the foreign traveller
is most likely to arrive in Sydney. The airport
is located to the South of the city in Botany Bay,
where Cook originally arrived. This bay was originally
intended as the place for the city Sydney, but the
subsequent fleet found an even more beautiful spot
in Jackson Harbour: there where the Opera House and
the Sydney Bridge are located.
And that is probably where you want to go after you
arrive deadly tired in Sydney. It has been a long
flight -- from where-ever you came from. Change some
money on the airport and then jump in a cab. And let
it drive you to your hotel 'downtown' (in the 'city'
they say here). It's going to cost you approximately
$35 Australian dollars ($23 US). You can also take the
yellow-green airport-to-city buses, if you want to save
money.
Whether arriving in the winter or summer, in rain or
sun, two things strike you about Sydney the first time
you'll arrive: (1) what a mess the traffic is (said to
improve before the Olympics in 2000) and (2) what a
beautiful landscape Sydney is built in.
But to really enjoy Sydney, why don't you experience
'A Perfect Day in Sydney'?
