Australia...Part 6 - Blue Mountains and Goodbye!

31.08.2015. Happy Independence Day, Malaysia Oh Tanah Air Ku :') lupa nak kibarkan jalur gemilang di Opera House. hehe. Ewah, merasa la sambut merdeka di bumi asing. Siap pergi panjat gunung lagi. Ehhh, jangan menipu. TAK PANJAT okay. Naik train, naik bas, makanya terus sampai. Magic betul, terus ada atas gunung.

We started our journey very very early in the morning. Sebab naik train untuk ke Katoomba lebih kurang 2 jam ++ untuk sampai. Wuhooo. Sampai Katoomba, sila naik bas untuk ke Echo Point tu. Bas 666 freesebab dah ada MY MULTI 3 CARD tuhh :) This is the place where Blue Mountains are located lah. Yang paling famous disana tentunya Three Sisters. Ada al kisah sejarahnya....

The commonly told legend of the Three Sisters is that three sisters (Meehni’, ‘Wimlah’ and Gunnedoo’) lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. They fell in love with three men from a neighbouring tribe (the Nepean tribe), but marriage was forbidden by tribal law. The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters. A major tribal battle ensued, and the sisters were turned to stone by an elder to protect them, but he was killed in the fighting and no one else could turn them back. This legend is claimed to be an Indigenous Australian Dreamtime legend.

However, Dr Martin Thomas, in his work “The artificial horizon: imagining the Blue Mountains”, clearly shows that the “aboriginal” legend is a fabrication created by a non-Aboriginal Katoomba local, Mel Ward, presumably to add interest to a local landmark. The story originated in the late 1920s or early 1930s and is unknown prior to that date. The Aboriginal traditional owners, the Gundungurra, have a legend that includes the Sisters rock formation (From Wikipedia).

SILA BACA KISAH SEJARAH INI :D

It was freezing cold up there.!

Berlatarbelakangkan Three Sisters yang disumpah menjadi batu.

macam kisah Si Tanggang kat Malaysia ni. hehe.

Takkan tengok itu je kan, kami meneruskan perjalanan ke Scenic World. Haaa gitu. Kami beli tiket combo yang membolehkan kami naik CableWay, SkyWay, RailWay, dan Walkway (sila jalan sendiri) hahahaha. Harga tiker $35. Boleh naik semua tu ulang-alik empat puluh kali pun kalau larat lah.

Ni lah steepest railway. Best wehh. 

Ala-ala naik roller coaster. siap boleh adjust kecuraman kerusi. Wuhooo.

Kasi chance tuan tanah memenuhi ruang blogpost ini. HAHA!

Kalau korang tengok cerita sehangat asmara mesti tahu 

kat sinilah Kay dengan Zainal dating. LOL.! 

Sibuk-sibuk la jugak kan boleh aku teringat kat sini dorang berlakon. 

Petik lah segambar. Tapi aku tak dating ahh. Sensorang je.

Skyway lantai kaca. Boleh test tahap gayat anda disini.

Kalau takut takyah dok sini. Mwahahaha.

View dari bawah ke atas tu Subhanallah cantik sangat. 

Kawasan hutan, nampak air mengalir, flora yang menghijau, dedaunan, kayu-kayan, dan juga fauna.

Rasanya Katoomba ni pekan kecil je. Kami tak jalan-jalan pun. Sekadar singgah dan terus ke Blue Mountains. 

Train station juga cantik :')

Perjalanan pulang dari Katoomba :') Rest and relax. Penat pun penat.

After this we decided to go to Bondi Beach :D

Ni lah rupa train di Sydney. 2 tingkat, and most of the time kami duduk atas. 

Memang punctual, cukup masa dia akan gerak :) 

Bukan train je, semua public transports kat Sydney ni awesome :') 

Malaysia, please jadi camniiii >.< heee.

Bondi Beach.

Then we went to Chemist Warehouse, shopping perfume lagi.

Hoiiii, sila taubat, esok nak balik dah.

Bye winter :')

Penat sangat sampai rumah pun dah lewat hari ni. 

We need to pack our things lagi.

But before that, sempat lagi singgah coffee shop, 

nak sipping hot chocolate dalam kedinginan malam. hihi.

Pagi-pagi lagi dah terpacak kat airport. TATA!

Hello, Spring! Mesti lebih cantik dan memukau. TAHU!

Tapi kami nak balik dah.

It is somehow sad though to leave Sydney :'(

 I am grateful to be given the chance to travel all the way here. 

Surely, if I will be given a chance, I will come to Sydney again. Or else other parts of Aussie.

Okay, Thank you, NSW. Thank you Australia in general for the memories. 

Sampai ke hari ini, saya masih ingat view dia yang cantik dimana-mana. My jaw dropped (literally)! From sky to ocean, to park to beach to sea, semualah.

#AinaDiBumiKangaroo

#WinterInAustralia

#NewSouthWales

#ainatraveldiary

Alhamdulillah. Moga Allah beri peluang untuk saya meneroka alam yang luas ini lagi. Teruskan bermimpi, doa yang baik-baik ;') mungkin  tak banyak tips, sekadar perkongsian perjalanan saya disana. Feel free to ask me, if ada lah benda nak tanya :D Smile always!

SEKIAN!

Love,

Aina Nadiah.

Australia... Part 5 - NSW Capitol City

Hello :') It is Sunday. It is a SunFunDay in NSW. I am not sure about other state in Australia. So, you could see many people are going out with their families. The public transport fare is just $2.5 and you can go to everywhere you want. Doesn't matter near or far :') Cool~ And around Sydney, ada free bus 555 that goes around the city and some attractions. I started my journey today with Amalina Alia. Yayy. Ada kawan and confirm tak sesat. Just tell her where we want to go. Yayy!

Berpagian jalan kaki ke University of New South Wales :')

A very big and beautiful campus.

Lepas UNSW, pergi University of Sydney pulak. Sama, sangat cantik, 

mcm old architecture sikit disini. 

Ini Graffiti Tunnel dekat UniSyd :') Dan Aina Nadiah pun tak ketinggalan

 nak tinggalkan arts yang tak seberapa, lalu dia pun spray juga lah di dinding tu :')

Watsons Bay

Berpicnik under the sun but the weather sangat lah nice :')

Seriously, in Sydney banyak sangat tempat yang boleh diteroka. Google je la ye. Kami pun tak pakai tour guide ke apa. Redah sendiri, and ada kawan saya tu. Semua tempat dekat-dekat boleh jalan kaki. After we went to that universities, jalan-jalan dekat Sydney. The Rocks, pergi street market yang ada along the way, Circular Quay, Watsons Bay, Queen Victoria Building, shopping malls yang ada. (Westfield, etc etc) Antara tempat lain yang boleh pergi lagi Royal Botanic Garden, Madame Tussauds, Sea Aquarium, Museums (kami lalu je) hehe, Manly Beach, Sydney Tower, Taronga Zoo, Featherdale Wildlife Park (kami pergi Symbio), Sydney Olympic Park... In our list that we did in Malaysia, banyak sgt rasanya more than 40 places nak pergi, but of course tak semua dapat pergi, kekangan masa dan sebagainya. But we are more than happy dapat cover banyak juga destinasi pada hari itu. Hee gituuuu.

Kalau datang Sydney, jangan lupa makan kat Pancakes on The Rocks :')

Tempat orang kaya-kaya shopping >.<

We had our dinner that day at one of the Korean restaurants nearby. 

Don't worry, it is halal~

Every part of Sydney is beautiful, amazing, and pretty. Aishhh, puji sangat pulak kan bunyinya. But, memang suka pun, so puji lah. Tips: Nak jalan confirm banyak kan, pakai kasut korang yang terpaling selesa. Jangan jadi macam saya, sampai kena beli flat shoes baru gara-gara sakit kaki, pakai boots kononnya yang ada heels kat dalam. HAHA.

Choiii, tak habis lagi ceritanya. Next one will be the last one, PROMISEEEE!!! hahaha.

Australia... Part 4 - Sydney

Here I am again, just to continue.. HEHE~

And today is our shopping day ;') yeay! If you want to shop cheap but with a quite good quality of souvenir, Paddy's Market, Sydney is the right place to go. It offers you great bargain to choose from. It is not open daily somehow, you have to check first before you go. Macam-macam benda yang dijual. From food to fashion...etc. etc.

You can also go to their fish market. It is super duper clean! 

Lantai tak basah. HAHA. But we didn't buy anything there.

Had fun pyjama party with my girls :') 

Then we slept early because tomorrow will start our day early in the  morning :)

Good Morning :')

Anyway, in Sydney, it is 2-3 hours lebih cepat daripada Malaysia.

 We had our breakfast at Diggies Cafe, near to the beach. 

The weather is getting hotter and sunnier. Dah nak spring kan :')
Breezy, sungguh nyaman sekali!

Banyak la orang bersidai di tepian pantai, merebahkan diri dibawah pancaran matahari. 

And lots of people swimming and surfing too. We didn't join them but just taking photos.

Today, I am going to meet my schoolmate, Amalina Alia in Sydney 

and check in our AirBNB in Hurstville, NSW. 

Kak Thirah drove me to Sydney and the rest of the clan went by train.

 Later we gonna meet and jalan-jalan together in Sydney CBD.

Hello, beautiful city :')  (Sydney Harbour Bridge)

Roaming around Sydney in the evening. 

It is quite late already but never mind. Still got time to explore for the remaining days~

Kami juga tidak melepaskan peluang untuk turut serta bersidai di sekitar perkarangan Sydney Opera House seperti orang lain.  Had our dinner that we bought earlier di situ while watching the sun sets. Sydney Opera House memang famous, kebanggaan Australia ataupun Sydney juga saya kira :')

Macam istana budaya lah kalau di Malaysia ni. On the day I was at the Opera House, 

ada la show. I saw people dress nicely and waiting to enter the hall/theatre. 

I didn't join of course, but dapat lah masuk opera house tu and use their toilet. HAHA.

Ouh yea, I had an experience performing the prayer openly here. 

Since the day I arrived, at the park, the beach...

And today we solat near to the stairs at the opera house :')

 Alhamdulillah, unforgettable experience.

That night, we went to Darling Harbour by ferry. Yuhuuuu, little did we know ada fireworks on weekends :') Rezeki. Enjoy lah juga tengok bunga api di negara orang~

View of the Sydney city at night~

Sydney banyak sangat tempat best and a lot to explore. Seriously~

Tak larat pulak nak tulis dah~ huhu.