Sydney Day 3

I left out that dinner on day 2 was a burger at Stonewall Hotel. 

The first photo I took wasn't quite right, so I took a second. The man at the bottom of the photo looks rather cross at possibly being included. I would have cut him out, but his cross look is to be noted. The burger, chips and salad meal available was ok for the price.

An interesting building in Oxford Street.

Monday I walked down the steep Wentworth Avenue to Central Station where I met Victor and his friend and we set off on the L1 tram to the casino, where we met another of Victor's friends who was having a birthday. Mine was the next day. We found our way to a buffet restaurant with a seafood theme, although there were other choices aside from seafood. With a time allowance of 1.5 hours, it was all you can eat, and some people seemed to put away huge amounts of seafood, especially oysters and prawns. If seafood was your thing, then it was very good value, and it was certainly popular. 

We had a pleasant time, and the chat was good and of course with humour.  Back to Central on the L1 where we parted, and I decided to take a short train trip on the quite new Metro extension. Tunnels were dug under the harbour from the north side of Sydney Harbour and under the city, with quite a number of new stations built. It extends south into the inner area suburb Sydenham, and will soon open to travel further south.

The trip was quite quick as there seemed to be nothing to see at Sydenham. I soon caught a train back, but instead of leaving at Central, I continued on to the new underground station at Martin Place, which is connected to the older Martin Place Station.

 I caught the 333 bus back and after a drink in Oxford Street, I bought some take away Mexican, which was rather ordinary.

Back at my digs, the tablet sitting on the table was giving my neck gyp, so I found this pot in the kitchen cupboard to raise it up. Unfortunately I put it over the top of one of my hearing aids, which was 'lost' for a couple of days. 

The accommodation is not flash but comfortable, reasonably priced and in a great location.

 

No, I did not wash anything clothing.

Note the purple of the jacaranda tree on the far right. They came into full bloom while I was there, as someone suggested to me that they would. 

The new Metro is driverless and has platform screen doors, I think the first in Australia.

I am guessing this must have been at Central, rather than the new Martin Place Metro Station.