Sydney: The Reason You Travel

We deliberately booked our flights from Melbourne through to Santiago to include a night’s layover in Sydney, with the sole reason behind this to allow us to catch up with some friends.

And although one night is far too little a time to spend in Sydney we are both stoked we got that much time at all.

We spent the afternoon and early hours of the evening walking around Circular Quay and in amongst all the tourist’s I felt right at home and got my ‘FUJ’ on (our word for Callum getting snap-happy). I had previously been to Sydney but for reasons that escape me I cannot remember been around ‘The Rocks’ at night. It is amazing! Do yourself a favour and spend at least some daylight hours down there and more importantly spend the first couple of hours after sunset in the area as well! 

We caught the ferry back to Rose Point and the views you get from the water are incredible – fair to say much better than the views you would get from the train and bus ride home! Cheers for the local tips Tara!

We then spent the night catching up with friends we had met travelling – Tara from our African time and Tiff from our visits to Turkey and Israel. Sometimes you forget how much you get from travelling. Obviously you get to see some incredible places and take some unforgettable journeys, but for me it’s the people you meet. Fair to say a lot of the travellers you meet in Europe are Aussies and Kiwis but I am more than OK with that – and our night in Sydney is the reason why! (being that you are more than likely going to see them again!)

We had not seen either of the girls for over a year (and they hadn’t met one another), but you seamlessly fit back into the friendship you may have forgotten about! Not that you forget your friends, more you forget how much your enjoyed their company, and how well you got along in the first place.

It wasn’t a big night by any means, but it was the perfect way to see us off on our next leg in what may seem like an endless holiday!