We got up around 8AM and did out last minute laundry and vacuuming. We were in an Uber and at the airport by 10AM. Virgin Australia has a lounge and it was nice. The only issue was we were too late for the bacon. There was still a chafing dish with "poached" eggs but the bacon was gone. I say poached in quotes because they did not look like any poached egg I have ever seen before. It was a hard pass on those eggs. We had made salads for our lunch and we ate them while we had a table to contain the inevitable spill of the balsamic vinaigrette dressing. We were in Row 2 of the plane and got situated with some bubbly for a quick flight. We had expected a longer flight but we were not used to the odd way they observe daylight savings time in Australia. The territories to the north are an hour behind the territories to the south. Nothing should surprise us after the half hour time shift from Perth to Darwin, but this one snuck up on us. We landed and while we were waiting for our bags, I dialed up an Uber. It was going to cost 130 AUD to get into town from the airport. That is a steep ride so we looked into the train. The host of the AirBnB had given us directions from the train so Leslie took a stroll to see where we could catch the train. It seemed easy enough so we did it. We had to buy transit cards but we would have bought then anyway. It was a 400 meter walk to the apartment which was tricky with all the luggage but we saved 100 AUD. We got the key from a lock box on a bike stand right outside the apartment and we were inside lickety split. The apartment was nice and we decided to try to get a quick bite at the restaurant across the street. Chin Chin is in a historic building that had been vacant for 30 years but is now a hip and happening place. We got sashimi and chicken wings, just enough to top us off. Then it was off to the IGA for supplies for the next few days. We got back stored the food, cooked a chicken and settled in to our new place.
Nice lounge and not too crowded
A few folks sharing the facility with us
Eggs, yes but poached???
I wish I ate pancakes so I could use this cool automatic pancake making machine
Business class bubbly
Any closer to the front of the plane and we would be in the cockpit
Lots of small coastal towns with obvious facilities for watersports
We saw boats every where
Busy beaches
Northern extent of Sydney metro area
Some big cliffs to the south of Sydney
Coming in for a landing
We are almost here
Time to take the trains
It was not easy to keep the bags from rolling this way and that as the train started and stopped
We are at the Museum station
It was a London Underground flashback
Up and out the Liverpool exit. 400 Meters to the apartment
The fob and key were in this lockbox attached to the bike parking
Wentworth Towers, our home for the next 8 days
We have two balconies
A large living space
A bedroom that opens up to the balcony
We will be cooking here
Bedroom #2
A cool painted building across from our dinner spot
Chin Chin a Go Go
Located in the Griffiths Tea building Chin Chin was a funky restaurant and part of the re-vitalization of this area
Two pages of gins!
Don't even look if you are underage
Fully booked and filling up fast
We love sitting at the counter, we can see the all the action
Mt. Uncle Navy Strength garnished with mint and lemon. An Archie Rose Dry gin garnished with mint and lime
Passing by the apartment building on the way to the IGA store
A mysterious Tower to be investigated in the future
