Tuesday 27th December 2022
After starting the day with a quick brunch of pan fried pork and prawn wantons, we caught the train from Chatswood into the city.
Our first stop was the Rocks, which is the oldest area of Sydney. It’s a cute looking and interesting area to wander around, with little cobbled streets and laneways. After briefly exploring, we went into the Rocks Discovery Museum. It’s free to enter and tells the story of the Rocks area of Sydney. It’s not a huge museum but I found it very interesting and would definitely recommend.
The Rocks Discovery Museum is very close to the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, which is where we went next. The main exhibition (which has an entrance fee) was Do Ho Suh, a Korean artist who does sculpture / installation art. I really liked this exhibition, particularly the wallpaper where you need to get up close to see the dots are actually miniature human faces.
The exhibition is over two floors, and the bottom floor houses a huge installation the size of a house (literally). He’s recreated his childhood home using a paper rubbing technique. It’s made up of pieces of paper which he’s put on the exterior and rubbed the pattern using crayons, extremely impressive to see!
The middle floor of the museum is free entry. A lot of the artwork focuses on the aboriginal history of the country, and was interesting (and at times thought provoking) to see.
We relaxed by the waterfront at the quay, then caught the train back to Chatswood. Once in Chatswood, we went to the supermarket to buy a few groceries.
On the way back to Silkari Suites (our hotel), we walked past Guzman y Gomez and noticed a sign for $3 tacos. It sounded too cheap to be true, so we obviously had to give it a go. They seemed very confused when we ordered a single $3 taco, I think it’s meant to be an accompaniment. It was tasty enough, though would have been way better if the cheese had been melted – but for $3 you can’t complain.
Back at the hotel, we relaxed for a while then followed up the Mexican theme with some nachos as a starter then chicken fajitas.
After dinner, it was time for our usual bedtime ritual of a couple of episodes of Money Heist on Netflix accompanied by a glass of wine.
Emma and Pete’s Asian Adventure 