On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 19:43:14 +1100, Christian Gerzner
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> Since this list IS 'Sydney & Elsewhere', I thought it appropriate to
>> pose a challenge to you blokes and blokettes to write a short (less
>> than a picture) essay on the subject "If you have only three days to
>> sightsee in Sydney -- here's a list of what you should do (detailed
>> itinerary) and why."
>
>I'll take you up on that. :)
>
>And having read the rest of the digest for the day, I have some unfair
>advantage over wot Strike has already proposed.

Not as unfair as my exposure to Strike's compression of three
month's worth of sightseeing to one morning, expecially when I
hadn't started reading MY book on the subject till two days ago. :-)

Right now, I can hardly tell if your one-day version is an edited/
expanded version or variation of Strike's version.



>You need one very important thing for my day in Sydney:
>
>A driver, with car, who knows the ropes.

Bugger! <in Strike's voice>  Just when I was reassured by not-
the-Brooxie-John that a car may be dispensable.

I make the same blanket thanks for your comments as I did John,
since I'll snip most of it now for later review against Strike's
and John's notes, after I've done much more necessary homework on
the sights and sites.





>then head straight for
>Hornsby and Mt Colah to turn into Ku-ring-gai Chase at that point.

When I saw "ku-ring-gai Chase" for the first couple of times, all
I could think of was some tall Chase-Manhattan-Bank building and
wonder why it had the funny Chinese name attached to it, since
"gai" is unmistable "chicken" in the Chinese menu, and "ku-ring"
could have been just about anything.  :-)

I couldn't stand it any longer, and discovered (by peeking into
my cheat-book) that it's the name of a NATIONAL PARK, an Aboriginal
site in "Indigenous Sydney" no less.

Now I wanna know the origin of the name "ku-ring-gai" and whether
it MEANS anything in Chinese, or any of the Aboriginal languages.

I submit -- for THIS excursion, a CAR is a necessity.  :-)


>You also pick up your Ku-ring-gai Chase maps here.

You mean Map 175 D4, from "Visitor Information"?  :-)

>You then continue down to look at the delights of Bobbin Head, not
>forgetting Apple Tree Bay. On the way out towards Turramurra, rejoice

<ginormous snip>

>OK, that's my favourite bit of Sydney out of the way.

Wasn't this supposed to be "my day" (I take it to mean "my one day")
in Sydney?  I think you've covered more than I can chew in MY day.
Perhaps your "day" might work for my "3 days".


>You can now drive up to (our) Palm Beach

>there are some nice little detour roads
>from the main drag which will let you see the beaches, and headlands,
>in all their spectacular beauty. On the way back I'd:
>
>* stop off at the Fairfax Lookout at North Head (ahem, on the way past
>S ... She ... Shelley Beach) :o

Now I finally understood the meaning of your statement,

>A driver, with car, who knows the ropes.

Now I may have to book Strikinc's Limo Service for this tour, in
advance. :-)  Strike may start regretting having made his offer. <BG>


>The locals will realise that I've suggested an anti clockwise route.
>This is because we drive on the left and quite possibly 90% of the
>views will be found on the left hand side of the car.

Don't you mean the driver's SEAT is on the RIGHT side, so that the
passengers can see better from the left hand side of the car?

When I drove one of those cars in London (on several different visits),
it didn't matter whether the views were on the left or on the right
hand side of the ROAD, the CAR always wanted to run off the left side
of the road and the curbs kept jumping toward the left wheels.  :-)

And John and Strike were trying to blame the cabbie's driving.  :-)))

-- Bob.