01 Sep 2025
We had Charlie for our driver/tour guide. At first, we had a little of a miscommunication. We went through immigration/customs really quick since we only had a 12 hour layover and didn’t have any of our large baggage that was checked in at Singapore to all the way to LAX. So, we actually came out of there before Charlie arrived. The morning started cold but otherwise nice and sunny. We were first taken to Mrs Macquarie's Chair, where we were able to take great pictures of the Sydney Harbour and Charlie took our family photos for us. During the time we were driving from location to location Charlie shared with us about the location, about the history of the areas we were visiting. Our next main stop was Ku-Ring-Gai National Park, where we were able to see the fjords Charlie told us about some of the natural history about the geology of the area. We were able to see some wildlife, mostly birds. After the national park, we were dropped off at Manley and we caught the ferry to the Sydney Opera House, where we got a closer look at the opera house. When we were ready, we called Charlie and he picked us up. For the rest of the time, he drove us to different areas of Sydney and told us about some of the famous buildings and neighborhood. We could have been dropped off and explored more on foot but by this time it started to rain a bit and due to the cold weather we decided to skip that part. Even though it took a bit of a time before we found Charlie, afterwards he took us around for at least six hours, so we didn’t lose any of our paid time and he dropped off us off at the airport with plenty of time to relax at the airport before we boarded our LAX bound flight.