This is a signpost at the T-junction on the Kakadu Highway when you turn out of the restaurant. One side leads to Jabiru, the central town of Kakadu National Park, and the other side leads to Pinecreek:
They turned onto the road that Yunluo and An Qingju had driven all the way, connecting Darwin and the Anam area (Hway), one of the largest areas of land in Australia that has not been destroyed by human activities to the east of Kakadu National Park. Here, Darwin is to the west and Jabiru, the reception center town of Kakadu National Park, is to the east.
It is 37 kilometers from the East Alligator River at the junction of Kakadu National Park and Anan District, and 52 kilometers from the town of Oenpeili, the destination of Yunluo and Anqingju:
The cliff paintings here tell Yunluo and An Qingjue a story, a story that warns people not to steal:
A man named Mabuyu was hanging his catch from a fishing trip on a rope when a greedy man cut his rope and stole his fish. That night Mabuyu waited until the thief had eaten his fish and then cornered him in a cave near the East Alligator River.
Then he blocked the cave where the thief lived with a big stone. The next morning, they never came out again, and they were all punished by God. All the people in the tribe died - children, women, men - everything was over...
Here you have to look upwards, the cliff painting on the top of the cliff describes a god called Mimi Elf, who is tall and thin. According to legend, he can put paintings in incredible places.
He could put the rock down, paint on it, and then put it back in place. Although people can't see this spirit called mimi, he did teach the indigenous Aboriginal people how to design their paintings and how to paint:
This is the explanation sign of this painting. On it you can see the explanation and the original appearance of this painting. The original painting is on a high cliff:
The Tasmanian tiger was formerly known as the Tasmanian tiger. Because it is very fierce in hunting, and because its fossils have been found in the Tasmanian region of Australia in recent years, it is called the Tasmanian tiger. The Tasmanian tiger is a carnivore and a marsupial. It feeds on kangaroos and wombats.
1. The Yellow Water Cruise in Kakadu National Park is a must-do for those who travel to Darwin! It can be said that if you haven't experienced this Yellow Water Cruise, you can't say you've been to Darwin.
This place is really as beautiful, pure and spotless as a fairyland! But at the same time, there are ferocious large crocodiles in and around the water. So when visiting, be careful not to go near the water.
2. To visit this area, it is best to go during the local dry season, that is, the summer in Yunluo and Anqingjuhuaguo, because in the winter of Yunluo and Anqingjuhuaguo, that is, the local summer or rainy season, most areas of Kakadu Park will be flooded.
3. Because it is a long way from Darwin and takes a long time on the road, if you have time, it is best to take a 2-day tour of Kakadu National Park, so that you can have more fun. But if you are short on time like Yunluo and An Qingju, Yunluo thinks this one-day tour is already pretty good.
Superior family room price AUD90 per night (including a large bed and a small bed. But does not include breakfast - the breakfast in this hotel is very expensive, and there is a cafe that opens very early on the side road next to the hotel, where you can solve the problem of breakfast.)
This hotel is located near King's Cross subway station in the heart of Sydney. It is also very close to the best place to view the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Bridge - the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. It only takes 40 minutes to walk to the Royal Botanic Gardens slowly (asking for directions, taking pictures and photographing along the way). It feels great.
They checked into the hotel early in the morning. Since there would be no room for them until noon, they left their luggage at the front desk. Then they went to a cafe on a small road called Crickave next to the hotel to spend their breakfast.
Yunluo and An Qingju thought that this cafe also serves breakfast, so it opens very early. Then they set out to start their itinerary for the day. From the Yunluo and An Qingju Hotel to the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens, the street scenes along the way were very romantic, as if in a fairy tale world. Let Yunluo introduce it in detail.
This is a map of Sydney. Like other cities in Australia, you can get this map for free in every hotel (the blue line was added by Yunlai later). It is very detailed and very practical.
Only near Mrs. Macquarie's chair did we see many tour buses parked here.
Within 40 minutes, Yunluo and An Qingjue saw about a dozen tour groups arriving here. Apart from two Japanese groups and a few Chinese tour groups that seemed to be from Taiwan or Southeast Asia, the rest were tour groups from mainland China!
The photo of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge taken from the viewing platform of the Royal Botanic Gardens across Farm Cove. Although this is a scene that has been photographed a lot, it is indeed a very shocking scenery:
However, almost all Chinese and foreign tour groups do not enter the essence of the Royal Botanic Gardens. They only go to the place where there is a stone carved chair (named Mrs. Macquarie Chair after the wife of Lachlan Macquarie, the first governor of New South Wales).
Then we took photos of the Sydney Bridge and Sydney Opera House across the bay, and that was it. It took no more than 30 minutes, which was a pity. Yunluo strongly suggested that we take photos of the Sydney Opera House and then walk along the seaside through the gate of the Inner Botanical Garden to enter the Inner Botanical Garden.
(The places that Yunluo and An Qingjue just walked through, including Mrs. Macquarie's Chair and the observation deck where the Sydney Opera House was photographed, are all in the Outer Botanical Gardens. This is not the essence of the Botanical Gardens.) Then they crossed the Inner Botanical Gardens and entered the Sydney Opera House, because this botanical garden is so beautiful.
And because there are almost no tourists from other places, it is very quiet. You can personally experience the leisurely life atmosphere of the local people in Sydney.
This is the gate of the inner botanical garden (there are several gates in the botanical garden, this is just one of them) and the introduction, which says that visitors are invited to walk on the grass in the botanical garden, smell the fragrance of roses and trees, talk to birds, and have a picnic on the lawn (this is completely different from the practice of Yunluo and Anqingju in domestic parks where notices to protect lawns are posted everywhere):
Yunluo and An Qingju were taking photos on the viewing platform in the Royal Botanic Gardens in the morning. Yunluo's SLR camera bag was left on the ground. It was not until they were almost done touring the Royal Botanic Gardens that they realized that the SLR camera bag was missing. Inside the bag were some small souvenirs Yunluo brought from Uluru and Darwin.
Because the camera bag is more convenient to carry, I put it in it. Although it is not valuable, it has great commemorative significance, so Yunluo hurried back to look for it, but he couldn't find it. In the end, he could only report it to the aunt working in the canteen on the lawn near the viewing platform - because there were local people with official park colors nearby.
It seemed that only the aunt in the store left Yunluo's mobile phone number to her, hoping that if someone found it, they could notify Yunluo. However, Yunluo forgot that she flew from Darwin to Sydney early this morning. She didn't sleep well the whole night, and her mind was a little confused.
After turning off the phone, they forgot to turn it on. And Yunluo and An Qingju actually missed the chance to find Yunluo and An Qingju's phone, because a young couple from France picked up Yunluo and An Qingju's bag just before Yunluo and An Qingju returned to the viewing platform.
After Yunluo and An Qingju asked the aunt in the canteen, they handed the bag to the aunt, who then handed the bag to the patrolman in the park. Since Yunluo forgot to turn on her phone, they were unable to contact her. Now in the restaurant on the west platform of the Sydney Opera House.
Just when Yunluo and An Qingjue finished lunch and were about to leave, a young couple walked by (later we learned they were from France) and told Yunluo that the black camera bag had been found and they had handed it over to the auntie at the canteen! This is really great, this is really a country of gentlemen!
Experiencing the joy of recovering what was lost and feeling the kindness of Australian and Western tourists, this was also a very meaningful travel episode.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Now that they are finally relaxed, Yunluo and An Qingjue are going to visit the Sydney Opera House. 15 years ago, when Yunluo and An Qingjue came for their honeymoon, Yunluo suddenly had a stomachache and was unable to visit the Sydney Opera House. This time, Yunluo and An Qingjue must go in and take their children with them.
At the Sydney Opera House, it is recommended to join the opera house's own Chinese-speaking tour group for an AUD24 per person. You can enter and visit their theater. You are not allowed to take photos in the theater, but they will have their staff take photos of you before you enter the inner area of the opera house.
Then, you can spend AUD25 on the Sydney Opera House souvenir set, which includes:
1) A very beautiful envelope, which contains: a large photo of you in the Sydney Performance Hall + a large photo of you outside the Sydney Opera House,
2) 4 celebrity photos with your photos, including: Photos of the Sydney Performance Hall + Photos of the Sydney Opera House exterior + Night view of the Sydney Opera House + Panoramic view of the Sydney Opera House
3) A brochure about the Sydney Opera House
4) A CD
I suggest you join the tour first, and then they will give you a voucher, and then you can get a discount on your consumption in the Sydney Opera House! It's a pity that Yunluo and An Qingju didn't know in advance, and they ate first and then went to visit, otherwise Yunluo and An Qingju's Chinese food could have been discounted, although not much, it was also good.
Yunluo and An Qingjue went up to the Sydney Opera House lobby entrance first. Since there were only Yunluo and An Qingjue, they hired a private Chinese tour guide to explain to them:
On this screen hanging in the lobby, you can see the interior of the opera house's performance hall. A symphony orchestra was rehearsing that day:
(When arranging a tour in Sydney, it is best to have a relatively free night. When visiting the Sydney Opera House, you can ask the tour guide to help buy a ticket for the performance so that you can go in and enjoy it at night. This is really worth it. Unfortunately, Yunluo and An Qingju didn’t have time this time.)
From the Sydney Opera House, we can see Sydney Bay, which is deep in the southern land. Yunluo and An Qingju will follow the guide's instructions and walk to Pier 5 in Sydney Bay to take a ferry to another famous tourist destination in Sydney - Darling Harbour:
- Yunluo recommends that after visiting the Sydney Opera House, you must walk south to Pier 5 in the bay of Uralquay to take the ferry to Darling Harbour, because this ferry can pass under the Sydney Bridge.
You can see the Sydney Opera House and the spectacular Sydney Bridge floating on the sea! This is much cheaper than taking a cruise, and the effect is almost the same. Yunluo did not write down the specific cost per person, but only wrote down the ferry ticket cost for Yunluo and An Qingju, two adults and one child. (To be continued...)