Australia – Our Trips Around The World

去悉尼 Heading to Sydney!

It’s Halloween, which means we’re going Down Under! We got up bright and early this morning, a little concerned that the government shutdown would cause delays at the airport. Well, in fact there were no issues at all, so we had an extra hour at the airport to wait before our first short flight to Irvine!

今天是万圣节——也意味着我们的“南半球之旅”正式启程啦！清晨早早起床时，我们还略有些担心政府关门会导致机场延误。结果完全没有问题，反而多出一个小时在机场等候，准备搭乘第一段短程航班前往尔湾。

长途跋涉来到悉尼 Epic Trek to Sydney

10/31/2025-11/2/2025

我们下午四点左右从Alex家出发，五点半抵达洛杉矶国际机场。到达后我们去了贵宾休息室，享用了免费的饮料、小吃、红酒和牛排晚餐, 度假正式开始啦！大约晚上九点四十分登机。这是我们第一次乘坐空中客车A380——一架巨大的飞机。我们买的是豪华经济舱座位，座位在飞机的上层。可惜的是机舱内似乎不能随意走动，所以并没有感觉的飞机竟然有两层。

We departed from Alex’s place around 4 p.m. in Los Angeles and arrived at LAX around 5:30 p.m. We headed to the lounge, where we enjoyed complimentary drinks, snacks, wine, and a steak dinner.

悉尼港湾大桥和悉尼歌剧院 – Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House

11/3/2025 星期一 Monday

离民宿5分钟的轻轨站 – The light rail station is 5 minutes from the Airbnb.

早上从民宿出发坐了几站轻轨，去了悉尼海港大桥。春夏衔接的天气还有些凉爽，太阳还躲在云层后面，步行走过大桥大概三十分钟，桥上人不多，偶尔有跑步的、骑车的，也有提着咖啡杯散步的当地人，看起来都很惬意。

In the morning, we left our Airbnb and took the light rail a few stops to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The weather, at the turn of spring and summer, was still a bit cool, and the sun hid behind the clouds. It took about half hour to walk across the bridge. There weren’t many people—just a few joggers, cyclists, and locals strolling with coffee cups in hand, all looking quite content.

澳大利亚的动物们 Australian Animals

11/4/2025 星期二 Tuesday

上午去了悉尼塔龙加动物园。动物园坐落在悉尼港北岸的莫斯曼（Mosman）山坡上，视野极佳——从环形码头（Circular Quay）坐上渡轮，不到二十分钟便能抵达。那一段航程本身就像是一场小小的序曲，海风轻拂，天光与浪花交错，远处的歌剧院和海港大桥渐渐退到背景里，而动物园藏在一片郁郁葱葱的绿意之中。

In the morning, we visited Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. The zoo sits on the hillside of Mosman, on the north shore of Sydney Harbour, offering a magnificent view. From Circular Quay, it takes less than twenty minutes by ferry to get there. The short voyage itself feels like a prelude — sea breeze brushing by, sunlight dancing on the waves, the Opera House and Harbour Bridge gradually receding into the background, while the zoo nestles amid lush greenery.

羽谷野生动物园和蓝山 Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park & The Blue Mountains

11/5/2025 星期三 Wednesday

早上开车出发，第一站是羽谷野生动物园，距离我们的民宿大约四十多分钟。路上又要经过悉尼的复杂而漫长的地下隧道，完全没有手机信号，开起来就像“盲驾”一样。虽然过程有点挑战，但PJG还是安全地把我们开到了目的地。

We left early today which explains why we didn’t make our post yesterday!

悉尼最后一天 The Last Day in Sydney

11/6/2025 星期四 Thursday

今天是轻松的一天。早上边补写前两天的游记，边把这几天的衣服洗了。阳光正好，窗外安静。然后坐Uber去了悉尼最有名的邦迪海滩，这里是澳大利亚最具代表性的海滩之一，以金色沙滩、碧蓝海水和自由开放的氛围闻名。今天天气极好，蓝天碧海，沙滩细腻，很多人在海滩上晒着太阳。

Today was an easy, relaxing day. In the morning, I caught up on writing the travel blog from the past two days while we did the laundry. The sun was shining, and it was quiet outside.

去墨尔本 Arriving in Melbourne

11/07/2025 星期五 Friday

今天启程前往墨尔本。
早上七点半，我们开车去机场，还车的过程一波三折，绕了几圈才找到正确的地点。顺利交车时，因为没加满油，被多收了28澳元。

Today we set off for Melbourne.
At 7:30 in the morning, we drove to the airport, but returning the car turned out to be a bit of an ordeal — we circled several times before finding the right place and decided not to bother finding a gas station. When we finally handed it over, we were charged an extra 28 AUD for not refueling the tank 😂

下雨的一天 – A Rainy Day

11/8/2025 星期六 Saturday

早上醒来，外面还在下雨。天气预报说，这场雨会下一整天。我一边喝茶，一边看工作邮箱里堆积的三十多封邮件，不得不回复了其中三封。还是要出门看卡，风大、气温低、雨还在断断续续地下。我们决定先轻松一点，坐一圈免费的有轨电车。

It was still raining outside when we woke up this morning and the forecast said it would rain all day. I sipped my tea while glancing through over thirty emails in my work inbox and ended up replying to three of them. I am supposed to be on vacation!

徒步墨尔本街区 – Walking in Melbourne

11/9/2025, 星期日， Sunday

上面的照片看起来会非常有趣吧？那是我们今天原本的计划。可惜早上又在下雨，去坐普芬比利蒸汽火车的票早在家里就买好了。那是一条穿越森林山谷的老式蒸汽火车，很多人说是来墨尔本最值得体验的项目。可一大早看着窗外淅淅沥沥的雨，再想到来回路上要花四个多小时，还得赶特定时间的车，我们最后还是放弃了。虽然有点遗憾，只能安慰自己——别被沉没成本绑住。

可下雨天也不该浪费。于是我们，打着伞出门，去感受这座城市在雨中的样子。

The photo above would have been so much fun, right? That was our original plan for today. Unfortunately, it was raining again in the morning, even though we had already bought tickets back home for the Puffing Billy steam train — an old-fashioned train that runs through forested valleys and is often said to be one of the must-do experiences in Melbourne.

书香，午餐与云端 – Books, Lunch, the Skydeck and Rain

11/10/2025 星期一 Monday， The 9th day of our Down Under to Eastern Delight trip

早上七点半，Lune可颂面包店准时开门。这是一家在油管上早已被无数人推荐的网红面包店。我原以为一大早去，人应该不多，没想到到的时候门口已经排起了长队。好在等待是值得的——我买了三款可颂，每一口都是酥脆香浓，果然名不虚传。

At 7:30 in the morning, Lune Croissanterie opened right on time. This bakery, long praised by countless YouTubers, is something of an online sensation. I thought arriving early would mean fewer people, but to my surprise, a long line had already formed outside when I arrived.

从美术馆到纪念碑 – From the Gallery to the Shrine

11/11/2025 星期二 Tuesday, The 10th day of our Down Under to Eastern Delight trip

早上醒来，又在下雨，看来又是一个又冷又湿的日子。不得不处理一下工作的事，和同事通了一个小时的电话讨论。

We woke up this morning to find it raining again — looks like we will be served another cold, wet day. I had to take care of some work emails and spent an hour on a call with a colleague discussing things.