sydney day 5

last day in sydney. travelling out of the city today.. to bondi and DFO (direct factory outlet).

tram station.

i like that sydney has tram services. this was our means home most nights after star city because it operates 24/7.. well, at least from central station to star city. i heard perth is planning to introduce trams as well.. don't know how reliable that news is though. still, that will be nice. anyway, back to the fish market we went.

our brunch..

obviously i dived for the oysters first.

see! so big and juicy leh!

this is the first time i actually experienced tasting FRESH, SWEET OYSTERS. super delicious can..! you know how they also describe 'good' oysters to be sweet and without the fishy smell.. i never believed that the fishy smell will ever be completely absent. but these oysters... oh my... really got no fishy smell. and after you swallow it, you can literally taste sweetness. not even like what i had at freo. this will have to be a hundred times better.

and as you know, pow is not a fan of raw food.. so he only could only enjoy the lobster (and prawns.)

before we left, we ordered calamari to go. because pow's the type for fried stuff. haha! like when people go japanese restaurant eat sashimi, he go and eat tempura.

headed to train station to buy our travel pass for the day. 2 destinations for today.. bondi junction and strathfield.

sydney has double decker trains.

then we had to buy another bus ticket to get to the beach.

here we are...

at the famous bondi beach.

well, i don't watch "bondi rescue" much.. but i did imagine bondi beach to be really beautiful. and it is...

there's a small skating ring at the beach, so we went to check it out. people here don't care who old or young you are.. and i mean literally.

i reckon he's under 5? super cute la.. he sits on his skateboard.

this was him picking himself up after a fall.

this uncle was waiting for his turn. late 50s i'm guessing?

ok, enough of the sea and sand. it was already 2 plus so i decided to move on to our next stop... DFO at strathfield! (which is like at the other end).

train ride back to central station.

a not-so-modern-looking train.

not double decker like the previous one but... you can turn the seats around.

as in you can just prop the seat to face it the other direction. cool right?!

by the time we got there, there's hardly time to cover everything. so we(or rather i) did the best we could. it was still good though, ralph lauren was having 50% on reduced prices!! so obviously i went mad.

back to the city for our last sydney meal... krist recommended this vietnam restaurant.

i wasn't expecting this but i suppose it's the more authentic version.

dinner was really good! everything in sydney beats perth.. their vietnam cuisine, thai cuisine, malaysian cuisine... argh! why can't perth have good food like that too?! ok la.. to be fair, we have fantastic apple strudel and italian food.

headed back early to pack our bags. early flight for melbourne the next day.. (: