Today I want to share my guide to spending Christmas in Sydney with you. This city in Australia is a fun place to celebrate Christmas, especially if you love winter sun.
Christmas in Sydney
Spending Christmas in Sydney was part of a round-the-world trip my boyfriend and I planned for the holidays. We were off to Paris, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Tokyo, and I couldn’t wait.
Our adventure started on Friday morning when my boyfriend and I took the train to Paris for the weekend.
It was less expensive to originate our round-the-world flights from the French capital than from London, so we decided to incorporate it into our trip.
As soon as we arrived, we got upgraded to an amazing suite at the Prince de Galles hotel. It set a great tone for our stay.
Once we settled in, we went out and had fun exploring Christmas markets and farmers’ markets, spending time with a local friend, and eating good food.
Traveling to Sydney
We traveled to Sydney yesterday morning after a harrowing journey from Paris to Australia via London. Fog in the UK capital caused all flights from Paris to be canceled except for two.
We got re-booked on one of them, but it was delayed for four hours. We sat in CDG airport for seven hours and missed our London-Singapore-Sydney flight by five minutes.
We begged our way onto another flight from London to Singapore (they repeatedly refused to let us on but my boyfriend wouldn’t take no for an answer).
We got to Singapore in time to catch our original flight to Sydney, but by then they had canceled our tickets since we “no showed” for the London-Singapore portion.
We were finally able to get re-booked and barely made it to the gate in time for boarding. It was a complete nightmare, but we were so glad to get to Australia in time to spend Christmas in Sydney.
Christmas at Taronga Zoo in Sydney
We settled into our hotel, the Sydney Harbour Marriott at Circular Quay, then met up with a friend from San Francisco and spent the afternoon at the Taronga Zoo.
There we saw red pandas, penguins, kangaroos, wallabies, dingoes, and even a wombat. A wombat!
Manly Beach and Sydney Harbor
After the zoo we went to Manly Beach. We ate lunch there, then walked around Sydney Harbour and saw the famous Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, and surrounding area.
Sydney for Christmas
We were so tired by 8pm that we had a beer for Christmas dinner in Sydney and fell asleep at 8:30pm. We slept for almost 12 hours.
It was sunny outside when we woke up, and we couldn’t wait to get out and watch the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, hit up Bondi Beach, and enjoy Boxing Day in Sydney.
It was great to have spent Christmas in Sydney, and I can’t wait to see more of Australia as our round-the-world trip continues. We’re off to the Great Barrier Reef for New Year’s Eve next, so stay tuned.
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