Third Leg: Overnight in Sydney

When booking our Qantas deal to Uluru I could not figure out how to book an open leg flight, so the return was to Sydney. 

I booked us a night in a different hotel, one I thought was closer to the train station, but turned out to be further away. At least it was only 50 meters from a tram stop so in the end, it was less walking.

This leg was a planned errand night. We went to the mall to buy some small composition books from the Kmart (only 20 Australian cents apiece) that we discovered while in Australia last year. Don loves the size of the books, and you can't beat the price. We haven't found an equivalent in the US (but, we really haven't tried). We also stocked up on ibuprofen since he ran out of the meds he was prescribed in Uluru.

As luck would have it, the mall also had another LEGO store, one I visited last year.

For me the highlight was seeing the Jacaranda trees with the Sydney Opera House in the background. The famous shot travel magazines share. It was stunning.

We took a lot of mass transit. Things that a week ago would have been a walk, were a tram ride instead.

A stop in the train station to confirm our seats was met with a "no worries." We are trying to adopt the "no worries" feel that it will all work out.

Our hotel was billed as a hostel. It was cheap and in the center of town (the CBD), but tiny--barely bigger than the bed. We were grateful it had an elevator.

Not much to say since the leg was barely 12 hours long.