Australia Day 2

Day-2 in Sydney, we attended the conference which location thankfully we could go there by walking (eh, ini saya lupa sih jalan atau apa. lol).

The conference, called Leading The Product, exceeded my expectation. It was awesome, with excellent speakers conveying meaningful insights. and the level of material was varied, from how to manage a product, to manage the product management.

My friend @bayuadipersada has written about the takeaways from the conference on his blog @ medium. Check it out!

The conference was held nearby the Darling Harbor. So after the event was finished, we could just and then we walk ans walk to get into the ferry.

Thankfully the sky was clear and the weather was so nice, and we could enjoy the sightseeing pleasantly. .

TIL that Sydney Opera House is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Well, this is the view of the house when we're in the ferry ride. Yes, our next destination would be that opera house.

The opera house's architecure from the outside is very exotic indeed, no wonder that it becomes one of the most famous landmark in the world.

We decided to spend the dawn at the opera house's surrounding. No, we didn't enter the opera house, didn't buy any food, and didn't spend anything. lol. Oya, we bought some souvenirs actually. We mostly just wandered around, looking at the sea, birds, observing things.

Actually, we waited for the lighting performance (I forget what it's called), but apparently it took us quite a long time. It's always dilemma between whether we should leave right away, or stay a little longer. We decided to stay.

Thankfully the golden ray of light was astounding.

It's said that the performance was best seen from the Monumental Steps. In my mind, I thought it was a kind of tall structure that we needed to climb up. Perhaps in my brain, the term monument/monumental was already sticked with The National Monument in Jakarta aka Monas.

Apparently, Monumental Steps are the steps aka undakan2 leading to The Opera House. O wa lah.

FINALLY, after waiting for quite long, and trying to ignore our hunger, the show commenced. It's called Badu Gili (I have to look at the internet for this).

Badu Gili — meaning ‘water light’ in the language of the traditional owners of Bennelong Point, the Gadigal people — is a free daily experience that explores ancient First Nations stories in a spectacular seven-minute projection. They illuminate the Opera House’s eastern Bennelong sail year-round at sunset, 8:30pm, 9pm and 9:30pm*.

I should say that it's quite a show, happy to see that.

It's no way that we went back to our accommodation by our feet. I was so tired, and super hungry. So we took the train to bring us.

Norak me was so excited to see double decker trains. It's my first time! Wait, I though I saw few in Japan. But it was my first time trying one.