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A fortnight in Sydney

Published : Sunday, 9 July, 2017 at 12:00 AM  Count : 100
Chinmay Prasun Biswas
Sydney is one of the most beautiful and one of the ten best livable cities in the world. I had an opportunity to visit Sydney in 2015. We travelled by the Singapore Airlines with a transit at Singapore airport, after 3 hours and 45 minutes, we flew to Sydney.
After a long air journey of 8 hours from Singapore we reached Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport safely. I found my daughter and son-in-law were waiting outside. It was my utmost surprise that there is no formal gate at any house.
In every house there is more than one car but no garage. There is a tin shed to protect rain or sun but hundreds of cars are found parked on roadside at night.
Sky scrapers are found at Sydney main town which is known as business district. After evening it turns almost solitary because nobody resides there. Inverse to us, people mainly live in suburbs and countryside.
Public transport system of Sydney is unique. Bus service is conducted jointly by government and private operators. Integrated tickets called Opal cards are used for both government and private buses. It is unbelievable that there is no flyover in Sydney.  For the first time I had the opportunity to see huge trucks with 14 and 18 wheels.
Places worth seeing in Sydney are Sydney Harbour, Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, Watson Bay, Sydney Tower, Darling Harbour, Royal Botanical Garden, Royal National Park, Australian Museum, Luna Park, Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Luna Park, Queen Victoria Building, Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, Taronga Zoo, Bondi Beach, Blue Mountains, and Sydney Olympic Park etc.
Sydney harbour is the largest natural harbour in the world. The total area is full of restaurants, bars and well decorated shops. Thousands of people of all ages throng there after evening. Attractive music, colourful light and its reflection on water make the total atmosphere dreamy. It becomes a place of 3d(s) -- dance, drum and drink. Darling harbour itself is a place of beauty.
An interesting experience in Sydney is haat of Flemington. Except automobile, jewelleries and electronic goods, almost everything, clothes to cutleries, furniture to food, essentials to electric goods, shirts to shoes, is available there at a cheaper price round the year.
Sydney is one of the expensive cities in the world. Accommodation and education are costly but inversely food is unbelievably cheap. Only 100 dollars is sufficient for 2 persons in one month.
In our intermediate, we read a short story 'The Luncheon' by world famous Somerset Maugham. There was a very appetising description of salmon fish. Since then I cherished a silent expectation to have a taste of it and got the opportunity at Flemington market. Flemington market consists of a vast area, plenty of shops, wide variety of vegetable, fruit, sea food and other foods.
A new experience was acquired at Newcastle Beach which is 150 kilometres north of Sydney, two and a half hours journey by train from Sydney. Not only a beach but it is also a city of mountains, restaurants and wineries. It is a very attractive place for surfing, bush walking, diving, water skating and sun bathing.
Bondi Beach is one of the most visited tourist sites. Though very short in length (only 1 km), with variety of restaurants, bright lights, beautiful houses at slopes of hills, thousands of tourists on sands, Bondi Beach takes an illusory look at night. In all, the visit to Sydney, a beautiful and well decorated city like picture, will remain ever fresh in memoir.  

The writer is a Commissioner of Taxes (Rtd), Travel & Heritage


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