Australia day 12: Return to Sydney, 16th October 2009
Friday, 16. October 2009, 22:45:05
With another good night's sleep behind us, we got up, packed, had breakfast, and leisurely got ready to depart from our cute little cottage. I kinda wish we had stayed a bit longer in the Blue Mountains because there is so much to do there. I would've really liked to see the Jenolan caves, but alas there was no time. Oh well, it gives me the perfect excuse to bring the family back again!
The drive back to Sydney was perfectly pleasent, and we got back to Lisa and Lach's place at about 1, with plenty of time to get the car back for 2. But then disaster struck! Our faithful friend the GPS had a real funny turn as we approached the city, went haywire, and then sent us to a different street with the same name as the one we wanted, miles away from the original. We now couldn't get back to where we wanted to go, and it took us another hour and a few frustrated phone calls to sort it out. We eventually navigated back to the Australian museum and I recognised my way from there.
they tried to charge us for privilege of being late, but I declined their kind offer and just settled for paying for the petrol we had used ;-) A word for warning for all your fellow travelers - leave plenty of time to get there if you are using GPS to navigate to a location in a busy city centre, as the volume of signals really confuses it!
After leaving the Thrifty office, we went and had loads of really naughty food in the Queen Victoria Building foodcourt, then picked up some beer on the way home.
Lisa was feeling a bit poorly, but Lach was glad to see the newly-replenished supply, and tucked in merrily. We had some more food, and chatted into the small hours...
The drive back to Sydney was perfectly pleasent, and we got back to Lisa and Lach's place at about 1, with plenty of time to get the car back for 2. But then disaster struck! Our faithful friend the GPS had a real funny turn as we approached the city, went haywire, and then sent us to a different street with the same name as the one we wanted, miles away from the original. We now couldn't get back to where we wanted to go, and it took us another hour and a few frustrated phone calls to sort it out. We eventually navigated back to the Australian museum and I recognised my way from there.
they tried to charge us for privilege of being late, but I declined their kind offer and just settled for paying for the petrol we had used ;-) A word for warning for all your fellow travelers - leave plenty of time to get there if you are using GPS to navigate to a location in a busy city centre, as the volume of signals really confuses it!
After leaving the Thrifty office, we went and had loads of really naughty food in the Queen Victoria Building foodcourt, then picked up some beer on the way home.
Lisa was feeling a bit poorly, but Lach was glad to see the newly-replenished supply, and tucked in merrily. We had some more food, and chatted into the small hours...
WIDGETIZE