• March 22, 2003 - Autumn began in Sydney.Japan and Australia are just opposite side over equator. This is best season. It takes eight hours then it is very far. However we can spend comfortable days because time difference is very small.Money exchange is just over the custom, which is Thomas Cook Foreign Exchange.

• Train is used for transportation from the airport to the city, and City Rail is convenient and recommendable. After immigration sign board of "Train" is there. After walking several minutes, train station is on the first basement level. Fare to the city is around 10 Australian dollar. I bought a ticket at a ticket booth but ticket vending machine is also convenient. At first destination will be chosen then select Single or Return. Appointed amount of money is dropped into the machine. Destination of big stations is easy to push button directly, but another stations are selected by operating alphabetical order button. Operation is intuitively done. Within city circle, train fare is 2.2 Australian dolor.

• It takes 20 minutes by train from the airport to the Circular Quay Station of Opera House. Next to the International Airport Station, which was circled in red, is Domestic. This green line train, which is called Airport Link, goes to the Circular Quay Station in Sydney Bay. Train runs on the ground in suburban area and goes under ground in urban district. Inner area from the central station, which is named, CENTRAL, is called City Circle and makes round circle line. CIRCLE reminds us of one endless circle, but actually that line comes from one side and goes to the other side. Stations, CENTRAL and TOWN HALL, are convenient because every line pass through those stations. City area is not so big and then walking distance. This time's hotel was former name "le Meridian" is located near WYNYARD station and distance from there to next CIRCULAR QUAY station is just ten minutes on foot. Refer to the Sydney city map which was the hotel provided. (1)Smaller size of 820x1200 400MB and (2)Bigger size of 1700x2500 1400MB.

• Internet was used for hotel reservation and it is very easy and effective because it can serve cheaper rate than normal fare of about half rate. By using search key words of "Sydney hotel" right side of Google site shows hotel reservation URLs. I used the first line of the sites. On top of those sites a word of SPONSOR is there then probably those reservation sites pay to Google. Five stars hotel rate is easily found with 10,000 US dollar. It is just half of the price which is shown in the traveling books. After reservation was done, confirmation mail was sent then printed paper will be shown to front persons on check-in. Hotel fare will be paid to the reservation agency in internet and will not be paid to the hotel directly. This site was used for the trip. But it can not be found now on the first page. Internet changes rapidly.

• Visa is necessary for the trip to Australia. Travel agency can get it but also easily be done personally. This is a sample site in the Australian Embassy in Japan. By using credit card, everybody can get it immediately of seventy Australian dollar. It can be used on immigration then visa stamp is not actually used on the passport.

Start from Circular Quay	Bridge and Opera House	Harbour Bridge	Opera House
Panorama view in front of the Circular Quay station
Big sail boat	Bear dole on the quay	Expensive stores in Rocks	Rocks on the other side
First look of Opera House	Left side is sail boat	Sail boat and Opera House	Long queue of the boat
Watch house of 1816	Go to Bridge on the left	Harbour Bridge	Look back from Bridge side
Hyatt and the Bridge	City and north Sidney	Craft shop in front	Water front and Bridge
Crowded restaurants at night	Look at City side	View from water front	A standing bird
Sail boat cruise	View from Daws Point Park	City from the park	Big tree, illuminated
Water front view	Walkway continues	Park and City	503 ｍ long Bridge
Park and Bridge	View from the park	Opposite North Sydney	Residential area
Completed in 1932	Can walk on Bridge	Surrounded walkway	Moving structure of Bridge
Just under the Bridge	Opposite Luna Park	Bridge curves	Look back beyond Bridge
old time's post	Cruise boat of Harbour	Beautiful Daws Point Park	Good view from the park
Going back to station	View from Water Front	Peculiar shape	Good-bye

2003/06/01