"An Olympic Dream and still a Dream City" Sydney by Tripack

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11 years later... still a magical place!


After a quick journey of 22 hours and more 10'000 miles/16'000 km... Sydney is here! After kindly asking my pilot of the SQ Boeing 777, he was pleased to flight around Sydney harbour only for my eyes... Sometime it's good to have window seat on the right side of the plane ;-)

An Olympic City


Actually I visited Sydney 4 times and hope to visit again...

June 2000:
Before the Games, the City was an enourmous building site. But will Sydney ready for the Games?

September 2000:
A "brand new" Olympic City. It was the most amazing athmosphere that I experienced. I liked to walk around with my Swiss flag (Hop Switzerland!!!) and met many other fans from all around the world. Sydney 2000 was great and unforgettable!!!

September 2002:
The City was always so pleasant but more quiet than my Millenium trip.

October 2011:
Nothing has changed... or almost ;-)

  • Last visit to Sydney: Oct 2011
  • Intro Updated Jan 10, 2012
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  • globetrott's Profile Photo
    Oct 2, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    an excellent page bringing back great memories of my own 5 days in Sydney!

  • HORSCHECK's Profile Photo
    Mar 26, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    Patrick, fabulous updates on your Sydney page. Especially teh night shots are amazing. Well done. See you soon in Italy.

  • DAO's Profile Photo
    Mar 30, 2009 at 12:17 PM

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG MAN!!! Hope you have had a great Birthday today. Great tip on the tax refund and cool story about the Olympics.

  • Nov 10, 2008 at 8:41 AM

    One of my favorite cities in the world! Great page with great information!

  • lou31's Profile Photo
    Jun 11, 2008 at 4:33 PM

    G'day...your Sydney pages are very interesting...I agree about zoos...not my thing either...liked the Chinese garden tip and loved the night pic!...cheers

  • backpackerbaby's Profile Photo
    Jul 4, 2006 at 9:26 AM

    wow! 3 times in Sydney!!!!! I look forward to my 3rd time there (so as to beat your record:P )! When will be your 2nd time to HK then?

  • aussiedoug's Profile Photo
    Nov 29, 2005 at 2:07 AM

    Bonsoir mon ami. Yes you must come visit again & I will take you wine tasting in the Hunter Valley. A Bientot.

  • 850prc's Profile Photo
    Nov 26, 2005 at 5:22 PM

    Yes, I agree that the giraffe photo looks out of place. But I'd love to live in Sydney, and I guess the giraffe agrees. Great photos, Patrick. WE loved Australia this past June.

  • cassiejoy42's Profile Photo
    Nov 23, 2005 at 4:24 PM

    Patrick - you have covered Sydney so well - got to you didn't it? I really like your night photos - what is your secret - I cannot take nice night photos of Geelong's Waterfront yet - Cassie

  • CdnJane's Profile Photo
    Sep 16, 2005 at 8:26 AM

    Excellent Sydney tips. You're lucky, I was there about a month before the Olympics started, but I watched it as much as possible on TV. I cheered on the Swiss if they weren't competing against Cdn or Aussies!

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