Sydney, Australia - From The Ground Up
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After our family’s bucket list week in West Asia’s United Arab Emirates, we’ve headed down under for our first true taste of the continent of Oceania. In this episode, we’re staying at the Four Seasons Hotel Sydney and taking their team’s suggestions on the city’s can’t-miss sites and bites. From sea level architecture and sky-high gazing to kangaroo steak and cocktail confections, we’re devouring Australia from the ground up.
Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Sydney Opera House
2:48 Manila to Sydney
5:41 Sydney Airport
8:05 George Street
9:35 Sydney Street Food
12:30 Pitt Street
15:43 Queen Victoria Building
17:40 Sydney Tower Eye
21:44 Date Night at Rocks Cafe
27:47 Four Seasons Hotel Sydney
29:24 Behind The Scenes
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We’re the Lockwoods. And we’re traveling the world to experience-up close and in person-all the natural wonders and distinct cultures that our kids would otherwise be consuming only through textbooks and TV. We think it’s a better way to learn and we’re working hard to fund this little experiment in the hope that our kids will grow up wiser, kinder, and more grateful for the beauty of our diverse planet and its people.
Firstly as a Sydneysider can I just say that yours is the first CZcams video of my city by a tourist that has taught me a few things about my own city. Your research into this place is genuinely impressive.
Secondly your video and editing skills and content are brilliant! Genuinely top class.
Lastly I’m so happy you all enjoyed your time here. I hope you have a chance to come back and enjoy the whole country in summer.
Do you call it “a stack of dishes?” No one does
Vivid is awesome. Kids would have loved it! What a shame you missed it!
The timing just wasn't right for us. But glad we got so see some of the pre-show when they were setting it up. Looks beautiful!
Loved this video. As someone who was born and lived only in Sydney for my entire life and having visited 41 countries so far, Sydney is still my favourite city!
It’s high on our favorite list too 🤗
@@AlwaysBeChanging Have you ever been to Perth better beaches ⛱️ and weather
Yay! Your in my country I’m born Filipina but grew up in Sydney Australia been here since 1989. But now I live in Gold Coast QLD Australia. You came in the right weather. And where I live is where the theme parks, if the kids like to go on roller coaster. If you do come this way. Make sure to check out back spectacular. There’s so many to do in Australia and most taxi are meter and the Uber here is good. You tend to use your bank card rather than cash and tipping is not mandatory. We’re all had a giggle when you talking about the alcohol macaroons😂 parts of NSW the state your in, will be snowing soon or just started. I’m going there next week Sydney to visit my other young adult daughters. And for the vivid shows too ❤
Technically and physically, Australia is in the Eastern and Southern Hemispheres.
But culturally we have been a Western Hemisphere country, geopolitically, until about 35 years ago.
Now we are a blend of Eastern and Western. We have many residents and students from nearby South East Asia, and our education system has been the standard for East Asian international students for several decades. This is where many come to study in English, and they become accustomed to living in a Western society.
Also, many Aussies study Asian languages and/or vacation in nearby Asian countries, like Bali in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Thank you! This is exactly the explanation we needed! ❤️
I live in rural Australia and have an entirely different view of the country to you.We have developed our farming techniques to suit the environment.Our farms are nothing like those in Europe.
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Not sure if you were responding to me, and if so, which point you have a different viewpoint about.
Don’t worry, many cafés stay open later than 3, quite a few do dinner menus as well so you’re covered 😂 Enjoy! 😊
I'm so glad you enjoyed Sydney, the city I'm privileged and lucky to call home. Great video guys and I wish you all the best for the rest of travels.
We absolutely love this city!
It's a beautiful great city Sydney... so much to explore.
Thank you for being THE BEST tourists......Great parenting as well
We really appreciate that 🙏🤗
You guys fits right in in Australia. Australians are physically gorgeous people. I have always wanted to visit australia. Thanks for featuring
I'm Australian and I've got a head like a robbers dog. Short, fat, ugly. Not physically attractive at all.
No way! You're here!!!!❤🤩🤩 Erin, you cracked me up with the kanga bag joke...we should so call them that! 😂
Haha so happy someone enjoyed my joke 🤪😂
Awesome video! Thank you for visiting our beautiful city of Sydney! Autumn is my favourite season!
Enjoy your stay in Australia!
It’s the Quay, pronounced as Key.
While it is now called ‘Circular Quay’, you will notice that it’s shape is semi-circular, not circular.
I am a retired Sydneysider, and I recall seeing a photo of a bus with a destination sign (desto) filled with small letters “SemiCircular Quay”.
It seems that the first part was dropped at some time and larger letters just displayed “Circular Quay”, then later “Circ. Quay in still larger letters, which made it much easier to read as the bus approached.
I suppose most people didn’t notice that the name didn’t match the shape.
Thank you for this!
This is awesome guys!!! I always wondered how it’s like in Australia and New Zealand. The flight ✈️ is just super long from NYC 😂🎉
A challenge.....Will you be thinking, when in a retirement village in many years time...."Hey, I visited Australia...or....Damn....I never visited Australia....."
I went the long way round from Sydney to NY. It took a few days to get over the jet lag.
Wow its my first time to hear about xr!!!! Thats so cool!!!! I love how you guys are working with top notch brands so deserveddd
It was my (Erin) first timing hearing about them too. So cool!
Classy! Very schmick professional vid! Nice.
Awesome video guys. The facts were very informative about the opera house, I learned a lot. And this is coming from somebody born and bred in Sydney 47 years ago, 1977. Liked and subbed, again, great video.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗
Sydney is a clean city! Love it there! I love how they make their flat white coffee in Sydney very tasty.
The coffee was fantastic ☕️🤩 and we were impressed with the cleanliness and beauty there too.
Lovely Sydney, beautifully covered ❤
Thank you so much!! 🫶🫶
G'day Mates 🎉 I hope you are feeling welcomed & loved while here in Australia ♥️
Welcome to my home. Sydney has so much to offer and so many great places to visit. I'm sure you will enjoy your time here. Great video, guys.
Thank you! 😃
finally! so excited for this!
Yay! 👏🏼 hope it’s worth the wait.
Welcome down under!! Enjoy 😊 gotta try our coffees
Welcome to my town guys.... I hope you had a great time in Sydney... It's good to see you here.... I love seeing it from your point of view...
Thanks! 😃 We had a fantastic time!!
Kangaroo meat is very lean and healthy.
Glad you're enjoying Oz.
Good to see Australia as you travel.
Thanks! We had such a great time 🤗
I love Sydney , this is a fantastic vlog , I always love your videos.
Thanks! So happy you liked it. We loved Sydney so much we didn’t want to leave 😊
Hi welcome to Sydney. I have been living here for the past 30 years, well since I was born here. Sydney has changed so much in the last few years. It now hosts the best culinary from all the top restaurants around the world, it gets rid of motorway in favour of pedestrian. On the flip side it still has homelessness on the street sadly due to cost of living, though the city maintain the cleanliness as best as they can.
We thought it was a beautiful well-thought out city. We did see some homelessness but very few considering the size of the city.
Very nice. Ferry ride from Opera House is a must especially going to Watson Bay, or Taronga Zoo, and other suburbs, it's amazing.
Thanks for the tips! We thought about going to the zoo, but we ended up going to Featherdale instead for more hands-on experience with the animals. That will be our next episode.
Shame you didn't have more days WESTERN PLAINS ZOO DUBBO is a once in a lifetime e perience, and MANLY FERRY is a MUST DO
Sydney Harbour used to be Sydney's airport before Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport was opened in 1920. It's one of the oldest international airports in the world and was an alternative airport for the space shuttle because of it's long main runway. In comparison, California's oldest airport is Long Beach which opened in 1923.
Main airport was at Rose Bay, slightly East of the CBD and now a very expensive mostly residential suburb
I'm previously from Manila, living in Adelaide, South Australia for 12 years. I have been watching both of your channels.
Hope you visit Adelaide, happy to show you around 😊
Thanks for sharing. This brings back memories. I was there in Sep. 2019. Stayed in a hotel in Darling Harbour, walked all the way to Opera House. What a beautiful place!. Will go back there one day.
It's so beautiful! So happy you have your special memories there :)
Welcome to Sydney, fam! Avid follower in all your your channels ❤
Thank you! 😊
Wow! Glad you enjoyed Sydney!🥂
So much! 🤗❤️
Well presented video and thank you .
Glad you liked it! 🤗
You guy's are great especially when it comes to your knowledge about the City keep up the great work 👍 come to Perth Australia 🇦🇺 😊
Thank you so much!! 🤗
Welcome to Aus. It makes me laugh seeing Sydney thru someone else’s eyes I have lived in and around Syd for 69 years so happy you are enjoying yourselves
Thanks 😊 we loved the city! High on our list of favorite cities now.
wow, welcome to our Sydney, hope you are enjoying it, fair dimkum !!!
Thank you! We love Sydney more than expected 🫶
Sydney is a wonderful harbour city, enjoy and be safe, so glad you’re here in Sydney
Did you get to Luna Park
It's a boardwalk amusement park on the Northern side of the bridge. At night it's festooned with hundreds of thousands of fairy lights. It's free to enter and you just pay for rides and attractions as you require.
Fantastic
Wooohoooo I’ve been excited about this video since seeing the post on instagram 👍
Loved this his trip! Hope the videos are worth the wait 🤗
@@AlwaysBeChanging so much to do from feeding dolphins at monkey Mia, Philip islands penguin March, Australian reptile park with personal encounters (colt would love the lizard encounter), Australia zoo with the zoo keeper experience and plenty more
Welcome to Sydney. Hope you enjoyed Vivid (Festival of Lights and Sound) tonight 😊
Really enjoyed that! Nice seeing our beautiful city through a guests eyes. We’ll done and good luck with the rest of your travels. Ps look us up when next in Sydney for an authentic home dinner and look around our wonderful neighborhood 😊
Love your videos, I get to learn more about each destination and enjoy watching each of you guys have different takes! Phil you look great at 51! I’m 42 I need to hit the gym like you! Live it up! 🤙
Glad you like them! Thanks so much! 🤗
You guys in Sydney! Welcome, and I do live here too 👋
I love the Sydney vibe. Melbourne and Perth have different vibes too. Hope you can feature the other cities as well
can't believe you guys here ‼️ let's go
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As a Sydney sider, i stumbled across your video, and thoroughly enjoyed your content, i will look to see if you posted anymore in Sydney, a must=do is Manly Ferry and a walk along the Corso to Manly beach , and picnic icecream etc, crossing fingers
Thanks! So happy you found our channel :) We had such a great time in Sydney
Woah, you guys in my city and were right next to my office. Maybe I’ll bump into you guys and the Ocampos when i’m in BGC
Say hi if you do 👋
As a Sydney-Sider, this was definitely a great video but you should really go around Sydney as there a lot of national parks especially the Blue Mountains
Some suggestions for travelers to Sydney (1) Use public transport, including the train from the airport, rather than a cab or Uber and pay fares with an Opal card which covers all modes of public transport, including ferries (2) spend time outside the central business district - so many beautiful beaches and forested areas are accessible around the harbour by ferry and walking (3) in my opinion, Manly Beach (20 mins by ferry from Circular Quay) is a better option than the more famous Bondi Beach (4) if you have time, take the 2 hour train ride to the Blue Mountains.
Cabs are cheaper than the train from the airport for a family or group of people.
As above. Great advice for a single or couple. But for a family of 4 a taxi will likely be cheaper given the airport surcharges on the train line.
Oh, you're all inside Queen VIctoria Building where all the famous shops are and below it is the Sydney rail station. I stayed down under for a short 5 years 1989 to 1993 in Homebush.
Rất ngưỡng mộ các bạn. Bạn thuyết trình như 1 MC chuyên nghiệp vậy, cảm ơn bạn đã truyền đến tôi nguồn cảm hứng, cảnh rất đẹp ... Tôi rất thích video này
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I'm pretty sure that arcades were around for a thousand years before video arcades.
Slight correction, a "Mall" isn't an "Arcade". We call a mall a Shopping Centre. An Arcade means it's a long single strip of shops indoors and normally the arcade has an entrance just at either end of the strip, typically joining two streets at either end. You would have seen a few of them in the city centre in the old Victorian buildings.
Some quirky trivia for u guys. Australia's coat of arms is also on a menu! haha. Emu and kangaroo because they don't move backwards
Oh interesting. Thanks for the tidbit 😊
Hi Guy's. I came across your vid. You need to find and try a chocolate desert pizza. Yummy.
12:23 when I was in China a “pink panther” themed cafe served me blueberry, sweetcorn & cheese pizza. It was delicious
Those are some crazy toppings.
tip about sydney - Dont be afraid to travel out west. So much food and culture out there, the city is only half of what sydney has to offer 👍
They did travel out west. They went to Doonside. LOL
Guys enjoy australia ❤😮❤
Thanks! 🙏🤗
Oceania?? Just an FYI that Australia is its own continent- we do not use that term Oceania here lol. That is a region grouping that only geographers use. We are both a country and a continent- a continent is a single uninterrupted land mass. Cheers! ❤
Someday you can come to visit New Zealand.
We would LOVE to visit New Zealand 🤗
I'm back, There's also the one on the Harbour Bridge. That's much better.
What u Called A Train is The Light Rail Welcome to Sydney 😊
Or a tram.
Also try to climb the Harbour Bridge it's open for tourists.
We would have loved to have done that but they don’t allow filming. It was a tough decision but we decided to skip it for this trip.
hi welcome to aussie down under l live in melbourne great what you have l never been to sydney
Thank you for welcoming us! :)
I missed guys videos
🤗 we’re happy you’re here for this video
Would love to meet you guyssss. I'm from Sydney!
Hopefully we’ll bump into you sometime on our travels 🤗
@@AlwaysBeChanging Hopefully! Big fan of yours and the Mom Duty channel.
Nice vlog👌👌👌 love from india👍👍❤️❤️
Thanks for the love 🤗
Welcome to Australia! Are you guys coming to brissy!?😊
Thank you 🤗
Try to visit Sydney Fish market at Pyrmont ,if you try to enjoy to eat fresh seafood.
Sounds good!
Welcome to Australia...dont 4get to visit Olympic Park at homebush.Power museum and China town.
Let me know if you are coming to Brisbane!
take the manly ferry, travel to katoomba and Jenolan caves, go to Rooty Hill to experience filo restaurants
Thanks for the recommendations 👍🏻
12:58 More trivia: Location of the Woman with the red dress scene from the first Matrix film
Actually the Opera House was not inspired by sails. Utzon said he was inspired when peeling an orange - presumably a cut up orange, and arranging the pieces of peel.
Thanks for that tidbit bit 🤩
I want to try some marsupial, so Phil I'll take your leftovers in your "pouch."
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G'day from a true blue Aussie I'm not sure if you're still in Sydney and looking for things to do, but if you haven't been to the Blue Mountains yet, I would be happy to run you out there as I live in Sydney as well and have taken tourists there before. Just reply here if you're still here and keen and we can get it organised for this week. Enjoying your content so far, cheers.
#2 Definitely, Pineapple belongs on a pizza along with Canadian bacon. The only one I will order if I can.
💯 I agree! Sweet with salty can’t go wrong.
Welcome to my home town.
No, we don't call malls arcades. Arcades are alleyways where you will find small stores or businesses.
Malls in Australia are called Shopping Centres.
Also, wharf is called QUAY. Where you were at is Circular Quay. 😛
By law all taxis must be metered and must be activated.
We have a couple of apartments in Castlereagh street.
Arcades is the correct word Malls are differen trust met
No local calls it a stack of dishes I can assure you.
You guys should go to China town if you have a chance. I heard they have really authentic Chinese food.
john you here
Since you already mentioned the 1st/3rd world phrase. It seems like Brooklyn is more hyped up and energetic when you're traveling to 1st world countries. Maybe you should stick to those places so that she'll also enjoy traveling more?
That’s a very interesting insight! We noticed that she came out of her shell again on this trip but since she really struggles with heat and humidity, we theorized that it may have been more about a new city and cool weather? ❤️
Could be. But she also perked up during your short trip to Dubai, that's why i theorized it may have been because of the type of country/place you travel to. Anyway I hope she gets to find what's interesting for her. More travels! ☺
It's always been Pitt Street in my lifetime, never Pitt Road.
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Wow, now your in Australia. I just watch your ILO-ILO episode 2 days ago, and now you all there. I though I saw your older daughter in your room tour. was that her or hotel baby sitter. lol 😅, I forgot her name, was it Megan. and now your in PASAY. This vlog is a week or 2 behind time. lol
Hi 👋 yes, our episodes take a few days to publish. Our oldest daughter is with us in Manila now. She just arrived today 🤗
ALOHA... One big happy family again yeheyyyy. enjoy life to the fullest, life is too fast for all of us. Mahalo for the response back.
You should go on vivid show @ night
Looks so beautiful 🤩 we left the day it launched but we saw them setup and trying the lights out.
Thanks Yanks
"You can go to a coffee shop in the US at midnight, you cant do that here"..........what go drink a terrible coffee at midnight in the US? No thanks, it does not compare, seriously.
But you can get a coffee at a 24hr Maccas, from the McCafe (an Australian innovation) at midnight here.
@@aussieragdoll4840 All the servos have half decent coffee all night now also...but the yanks think Starbuks is the best in the worlddddd! Haha
@@TalkingPoint773 That just goes to prove that they have zero idea what taste actually is…
Also Starbucks is open til late
@@rawpowerinmotion There are very few Starbucks in Australia. They are crap vompared to real coffee shops.
Google says "Kangaroo is a lean meat with less than 2% fat, making it a healthier red meat option. It is also high in protein, essential B vitamins, minerals such as zinc, iron and omega 3 fats and omega 6 fatty acids. Compared to beef, kangaroo contains double the amount of iron and triple that of chicken and pork."
Love these facts. Healthy choice 🤗
Kangaroo meat carries a high parasite load unlike domestically produced stock which is inoculated.The risk of salmonella, E coli, toxoplasmosis, listeria and coxiella contamination is also high.
because they are not ruminants they produce very little methane, low impact red meat, Tasmanian pademelon taste better tho
Im an aussie 100% should have gone to a afl game
What a waste of time
What a waste of time that would be
@@damianmcwilliams2371 have you even seen one
@@GarFish-ue6mr yeah it's just guys running around fumbling the ball and then someone kicks it.
@@damianmcwilliams2371 youre smoking somthing
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Thanks again!
i'm sure one day one of us aussies will actually say G'DAY MATE .
lol 😆 I’m sorry, just having fun with the stereotype of phrases
@@AlwaysBeChanging don't be sorry , enjoy your travels and all the new cultures and just be yourselves.
You wont have that problem in Melbourne
Can’t get a coffee after 3pm? Seriously? What a load of rubbish.
You were in the CBD and most of the coffee shops and food halls in the city centre are there to feed and fuel all the workers that flow into the city for a day of work, and by around 5pm most of those workers flow out of the city to go back home.
You also need to remember that the majority of those places for food and coffee are independently owned (eg, not a chain), they go home at the end of the work day too.
But...
There are still plenty of places in the CBD to get a coffee after 3pm, well after 3pm, including independents and chains such as Macca’s, etc.
Also, out of the CBD I can get a coffee very late into the night too, if I want. (I can also go to the nearby supermarket anywhere from 7am-10pm, no problem at all, and yes there are 24/7 places open, mostly petrol stations).
We don’t have the Merican mentality of everything being open 24/7, people have a life other than work, work, work.
Cheers,
There is no such continent as ‘Oceania’. That is an American (incorrect) term. Australia is the Continent.
So, does CC need to always shoot logo 3's? why not just off the three-line?
This forces the defense to spread out because she's a threat from the time she steps over the half-court line. If the defense has to worry about Caitlin from 40 feet away from the hoop, it leaves Boston and Fagbenle with wide-open passing lanes to the basket; it's even better if she hits the first one or two.
It also puts pressure on the defense if the shot clock runs down; they can kick it out to Caitlin or Kelsey Mitchell and the defense can't close out on them in time. She only needs to shoot 34% for her Estimated Shot Value to surpass the need for taking 2-point shots. It's all post-Paul Westhead/Mike D'Antoni theory;
Sides is still operating on a mid-90s paradigm... she better learn or be shown the door.
Based on my research, Australia is considered a Western country due to the strong influence of British empire and culture.
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Yes, while Australia is technically and physically in the Eastern Hemisphere, out culture is implanted from the British Western Hemisphere and more recently the United States, also the Western Hemisphere.
It also created a culture that is quasi-Northern Hemisphere, with traditions of Snow scenes on Christmas cards, etc.
But the last 30 years has seen a reassessment of our position near South East Asia, and our trade relationship with Asia, including Japan, then Taiwan, China, India and other Asian countries like Pakistan.
Guys, I want to meet you 😢😢
I am currently in Australia.
You guys are funny, yes we are definitely a Western Country