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Welcome to our blog, Genzano iy story
and this post, next stop Sydney
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Next stop Sydney
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The Harbour Bridge Sydney, and a ship docked nearby, very much the same picture when I arrived in Sydney by ship.
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Next stop Sydney
My next stop of this first journey to
Australia is at Sydney
Dear readers, this post is the continuation
of our last post, first positive impression. Now, before I tell you my life
story about what happened when I reached Sydney, I want to tell you my
impressions of Sydney. Because I believe that Sydney is one of the few towns in
the whole world, or perhaps the only town in the world that make people feel
welcomed at once, because this has also happened to me. Anyhow, now let me tell
you my life story.
We docked in Sydney a short walking distance
from the harbor bridge, and soon we were aware that some people were already
there on the dock waiting for us, so, I went to look to see if my family
friends were there also to greet me and collect their presents; and sure enough
they were there on the dock waving at me and I knew then that I could take
their present to them. But what should I do to do that, because in Australia
everything that comes in has got to go through the custom to be checked out?
This procedure was something new to me, although I had heard people talk about
it on the ship. Anyhow I got their large parcel and took it down the ship under
the direction of some people that directed all people carrying anything to a
large building on the dock, and here I learned for the first time that the
custom can look at everything you bring in Australia and if they find anything
forbidden you can get in trouble. Anyhow there was nothing forbidden to enter
Australia, as the people that had made the parcel knew what would be allowed
in. After that I delivered the parcel to my waiting friends.
In Sydney I had good time with my family
friends and exchanged all the news that we had, besides going to a restaurant
to eat and then went to see Sydney Harbor Bridge together, as it worked out,
they had to leave early because they came to meet me from another town, so I
was left on my own in Sydney looking at the tall building around the harbor and
walking around, where I saw the site of the future Sydney Opera House, at that
time construction had stopped and there was plenty of steel bars stacked on the
site, so, I guessed that this was going to be some large and important
building, I also visited a garden nearby, and by the time we left, I knew that
those sights of Sydney harbor and everything else around could even last a
lifetime, they are very impressive to anyone that is lucky enough to see them.
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Journey ends at Brisbane
My journey to Australia ends at Brisbane
We left Sydney and next stop would be
Brisbane my port of destination; I was looking forward for this journey to end,
because to stay on a ship for a month is a very long time for anybody that has
never been to sea or gone on a boat before. And to tell you the truth I really
wanted to see my relatives and see how they were doing, so that I could have a
better idea if my coming to Australia was a good thing for me. You see, one can
never be sure what it is going to be like and whether your decision was the
right decision until you are there and see it for yourself. Of course what I
had seen already in Australia seemed very well, but that does not really mean
much until one finds out what sort of living an unqualified manual worker can
earn and other things. Of course I knew that whatever job I had to do I was
going to work hard, because that is the only way to earn your living for
yourself and whoever was going to give you a job. These were the thoughts that
most times would come to my mind during the journey and more so towards the end
of it. On reflection I have to say now that to migrate to a country that you
have never been is a very hard thing to do, so, lucky are those people that
during their lives do not need to migrate anywhere. Anyhow I will come back to
these discussions later on, because now I want to tell you about the end of my
journey at Brisbane.
We reached Brisbane early in the morning and
our ship was slowly navigating at the entrance of Brisbane River when some
sailors told us to look in the river for a rare sight, because this event was
too rare to miss as it happens rarely so far south of the equator, we looked
and we saw hundreds and hundreds of jelly fish that early morning, for us that
had never seen them before we thought that the jelly fish are strange creatures
they look like a large mushroom or a very small umbrella, they have tentacles
attached at the edges and swim slowly by pulsating their entire body, what a
sight it was indeed that early morning in March, at the mouth of Brisbane
River.
Finally, we docked at Brisbane at this
merchants dock to disembark, thanks God I had reached Brisbane my destination
and was eager to see my brother and other relative and friends.
We disembarked and I went through customs
with all my belongings and presents that I was bringing to my relative and
friends. And here is when I got caught and learned something that all
travelers should know; anyone of us that goes to a different country should
make sure that what they take into that country is allowed; anyhow I was caught
just because I had bought a small toy at Port Said that toy could contain some
forbidden substance and it had to be treated to enter Australia, so it cost me
a fair amount of money. The demijohn of wine and all other stuff that I had
with me was all right; after all I had dumped my wild anions in the Indian
Ocean, when I found that they were not allowed. After going through customs, I
was free to go with my brother and friends. The friends of course were there
not only to welcome me to Australia, but also to collect their presents that
their families had sent them and to hear news of their families and their
native town. I believe that I have said enough in this post. So, see you soon
in my next post where I am going to talk about my first impressions of Brisbane
Australia.
See you soon.
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Genzano it story
Next stop Sydney
IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED;
Next time with, first impression of Brisbane
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Next stop Sydney
IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED;
Next time with, first impression of Brisbane
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