Sydney Train Types

Places to visit in New South Wales, Australia

• Macquarie chair
• Opera house
• Wharf rides
• bondi beach
• Northern beaches lighthouse
• Bluemountains
• kiama
• Entrance central coast
• somersby falls
• Wedding cake rock
• royal national park
• Figure 8 pool
• Jelly bean pool national park
• Wentworth falls
• Empress national park
• Kiama blowhole
• jenolan caves
• Wiseman ferry
• Wombeyan caves
• Cessnock iskcon temple
• Port stephens
• Nelson’s bay
• 5 hrs drive 370kms Montaguyigue island.
• Sydney to narooma then catch ferries to Montague island to watch seals
• Grand Canyon walk
• Eagle rock royal national park
• cattai national park
• Lane cove national park
• Warrangamba dam
• Illawarra beach
• Watson bay
• Jarvis beach kiama berry nowra
• La Peru's
• Nelson bay
• Wattamola beach
• Caves beach
• Lake Macquarie
• Carrington falls
• New castle
• The entrance
• Hunter valley
• Wollongong

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Distance from Parramatta

Blaxland park – 10 Kms
Featherdale park (touch koalas and feed kangaroos.) - 15 kms
Cockattoo island 30 min journey - 19 kms
Fagan park -26 Kms
Ku-ri-nggagai national park Bobin head – 30 Kms
Luna park - 33 kms
Drive to blue point reserve - 35 kms
Taronga zoo -35 kms
Cranula – 38 Kms
Berowara ferries - 38 kms
Le peruse beach - 40 Kms
Cronulla beach - 40 kms
Coogie beach – 42 Kms
Bondi beach - 42 kms
Collins beach - 42 kms
Bronte beach - 42 kms
Royal national park - 42 kms
Hawksberry river - 45 kms
Long Reef beach – 50 Kms
Symbio park - 55 kms
Wottamolla beach - 55 kms
palm beach ( awesome) - 56 kms
Garie beach - 60 Kms
Wiseman ferry - 61 kms
Wentworth falls - 70 kms
Central coast – 70 Kms
Gosford – 70 Kms
Umina beach (near to patong) - 80 Kms
Blue Mountains – 80 Kms
Avoca beach - 85 Kms
Killcare beach - 90 kms
The entrance - 95 kms
Morriset park(kangaroo feeding)-115 Kms
Caves beach -125 Kms
Fitzroy Falls - 130 kms
Jenolan Caves - 150 Kms
Lucas cave - 150 Kms
Kangaroo valley - 150 kms
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Jervis Bay (white sand beach) - 220 Kms
Famous berry donut van
Hyams beach ( white sand) - 215 Kms
Huskisson pub in huskisson town-210 km
Army area
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Jervis bay - 220 kms
Katoomba winter festival
Port Macquarie - 380 kms
Hunter valley(wine tasting tour) - 238 Kms
Snowy Mountains – 480 Kms
Canberra – 280 Kms
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Kiama: 145 Kms
1. Helensburg temple – 56 Kms
2. Stanwell park lookout – 60 Kms
3. Sea cliff bridge (GRAND PACIFIC DRIVE) – 65 Kms
4. Austinmire beach – 75 Kms
5. Wollongong city – 114 Kms
6. Port kembla – 120 Kms
7. Minnamurra falls – 142 Kms
8. Kiama blow hole – 144 Kms
9. Little blow hole – 148 Kms
10. Nantein buddhist temple - 120 Kms
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Port stephen: 200 Kms
1. Whale & Dolhin watching
2. Parasailing
3. Gangan lookout – 201 Kms
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Gold coast – 840 Kms
Sand Dunes – 960 Kms
Philip island – 1,015 Kms
Tasmania – 1400 K

Day 1:
Sea world, madame tussades, wildlife during the day &
Opera house, darling harbour during evening time.
walk through botanical gardens to Mrs Macquarie’s chair and see ongoing Jacaranda bloom
There'll be vivid light show at Opera house at 7 pm (or my be later since its summer time). Easy to commute using public transport.
Day 2:
Trip to the Blue Mountains, which will take an hour from Parramatta. Visit three sisters, and scenic world train ride little bit of trekking if you like to and back home
Day 3:
Beaches and peaches, visit Bondi, Manly beaches.
Easy to commute using public transport.
Day 4:
Visit to the city, market Street, shopping, food, going around enjoying the city vibes during Christmas time. Come back and rest.
add Hyde park(Archibald fountain),
St Mary’s cathedral,
Sydney Tower( visit in evening near sunset time to get day and night view of the city)
Sydney the Full List
1) The Harbour / Circular Quay / the Rocks (self guided walking tour - google one) / Lady MacQuaries Chair: the classic vista of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, with the nearby Botanic Gardens and Taronga Zoo.
2) Watsons Bay via ferry from Circular Quay: the Light house and the views of Sydney from the Eastern Suburbs
3) Coogee to B

Excerpts from 101 Essays that will change the way you think...

1. You believe that creating your best life is a matter of deciding what you want and then going after it, but in reality, you are psychologically incapable of being able to predict what will make you happy.

Your brain can only perceive what it’s known, so when you choose what you want for the future, you’re actually just recreating a solution or an ideal of the past. When things don’t work out the way you want them to, you think you’ve failed only because you didn’t re-create something you perceived as desirable. In reality, you likely created something better, but foreign, and your brain misinterpreted it as “bad” because of that. (Moral of the story: Living in the moment isn’t a lofty ideal reserved for the Zen and enlightened; it’s the only way to live a life that isn’t infiltrated with illusions. It’s the only thing your brain can actually comprehend.)

2. You extrapolate the present moment because you believe that success is somewhere you “arrive,” so you are constantly trying to take a snapshot of your life and see if you can be happy yet. You convince yourself that any given moment is representative of your life as a whole. Because we’re wired to believe that success is somewhere we get to—when goals are accomplished and things are completed—we’re constantly measuring our present moments by how “finished” they are, how good the story sounds, how someone else would judge the elevator speech. We find ourselves thinking: “Is this all there is?” because we forget that everything is transitory, and no one single instance can summarise the whole. There is nowhere to “arrive” to. The only thing you’re rushing toward is death. Accomplishing goals is not success. How much you expand in the process is.

3. Bad feelings should not always be interpreted as deterrents. They are also indicators that you are doing something challenging and worthwhile. You learn the most when you put yourself into uncomfortable situations that let you grow, bring out the best, and nudge you to adapt yourself.

4. To change your beliefs, new line of thinking is not enough. To make real changes, seek experiences that will cause you to make changes to your belief and thus change you! A belief is what you know to be true because experience has made it evident to you.

5. Problems are not roadblocks to achieve something. They are in fact catalysts to make your life better by forcing you to take action to resolve, behave differently, and actualise the life you wanted. They push you from your comfort zone.

6. You think your past defines you, and worse, you think that it is an unchangeable reality, when really, your perception of it changes as you do.

Because experience is always multi-dimensional, there are a variety of memories, experiences, feelings, “gists” you can choose to recall… and what you choose is indicative of your present state of mind. So many people get caught up in allowing the past to define them or haunt them simply because they have not evolved to the place of seeing how the past did not prevent them from achieving the life they want, it facilitated it. This doesn’t mean to disregard or gloss over painful or traumatic events, but simply to be able to recall them with acceptance and to be able to place them in the storyline of your personal evolution.

7. Most negative emotional reactions are you identifying a dissociated aspect of yourself. (As in my case when I react sharply on seeing my daughter regurgitating a "forced' feed, I am reminded of my own childhood... and about similar ways I fed myself and puked).

Eskimos

Blond Eskimos

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/topic/235136-eskimo-missing-puzzle/

Good to remember...

1. The past cannot be changed
2. Other's opinion don't define your reality
3. Everyone's journey is different
4. Judgements are not about you
5. Overthinking will lead you to sadness

Confident Talk

• 1. Think before you talk.
• 2. Talk as you exhale
• 3. Move your mouth to prevent slurring
• 4. Make all sounds -- Emphasize the last sound of each word
• 5. Focus on voice and pitch
• 6. Talk slow -- no more than 6 words at a a time

Rules of Life - Richard Templar

Part I Rules for You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

1 Keep It Under Your Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2 You’ll Get Older But Not Necessarily Wiser . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
3 Accept What Is Done Is Done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
4 Accept Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
5 Know What Counts and What Doesn’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
6 Dedicate Your Life to Something . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
7 Be Flexible in Your Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
8 Take an Interest in the Outside World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
9 Be on the Side of the Angels, Not the Beasts . . . . . . . . . . .20
10 Only Dead Fish Swim with the Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
11 Be the Last to Raise Your Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
12 Be Your Own Adviser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
13 No Fear, No Surprise, No Hesitation, No Doubt . . . . . . . . .28
14 I Wish I’d Done That—and I Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
15 It’s OK to Give Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
16 Count to Ten—or Recite “Baa Baa Black Sheep” . . . . . . . .34
17 Change What You Can Change; Let Go of the Rest . . . . .36
18 Aim to Be the Very Best at Everything You Do—
Not Second Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
19 Don’t Expect to Be Perfect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
20 Don’t Be Afraid to Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
21 If You’re Going to Jump Off a Bridge, Make Sure
You Know How Deep the Water Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
22 Don’t Dwell on the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
23 Don’t Live in the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
24 Get on With Life—It’s Whooshing Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
25 Be Consistent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
26 Dress Like Today Is Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
27 Have a Belief System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

28 Leave a Little Space for Yourself Each Day . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
29 Have a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
30 Have a Sense of Humor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
31 Choose How You Make Your Bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
32 Life Can Be a Bit Like Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
33 Get Used to Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone . . . . . . .68
34 Learn to Ask Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
35 Have Dignity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
36 It’s OK to Feel Big Emotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
37 Keep the Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
38 You’ll Never Understand Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
39 Know Where True Happiness Comes From . . . . . . . . . . . .80
40 Life Is a Pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
41 Know When to Let Go—When to Walk Away . . . . . . . . . . . .84
42 Retaliation Leads to Escalation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
43 Look After Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
44 Maintain Good Manners in All Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
45 Prune Your Stuff Frequently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
46 Remember to Touch Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
47 Draw the Lines Around Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
48 Shop for Quality, Not Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
49 It’s OK to Worry, or to Know How Not To . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
50 Stay Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
51 Throwing Money at a Problem Doesn’t Always Work . . . .104
52 Think for Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
53 You Are Not in Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
54 Have Something in Your Life That Takes You
Out of Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
55 Only the Good Feel Guilty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
56 If You Can’t Say Anything Nice, Don’t Say
Anything at All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Part II Partnership Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

57 Accept the Differences, Embrace What You Have in
Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
58 Allow Your Partner the Space to Be Themselves . . . . . . .122
59 Be Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

60 You Want to Do What? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
61 Be the First to Say Sorry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
62 Go That Extra Step in Trying to Please Them . . . . . . . . . .130
63 Always Have Someone—or Something—That Is
Pleased to See You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
64 Know When to Listen and When to Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
65 Have a Passion for Your Life Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
66 Make Sure Your Love Making Is Making Love . . . . . . . . . .138
67 Keep Talking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
68 Respect Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
69 Check You Both Have the Same Shared Goals . . . . . . . . .144
70 Treat Your Partner Better Than Your Best Friend . . . . . . .146
71 Contentment Is a High Aim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
72 You Don’t Both Have to Have the Same Rules . . . . . . . . .150

Part III Family and Friends Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

73 If You Are Going to Be a Friend, Be a Good Friend . . . . . .156
74 Never Be Too Busy for Loved Ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
75 Let Your Kids Mess Up for Themselves—They Don’t
Need Any Help from You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
76 Have a Little Respect and Forgiveness for
Your Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
77 Give Your Kids a Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
78 Never Lend Money Unless You Are Prepared to
Write It Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
79 Keep Quiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
80 There Are No Bad Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
81 Be Up Around People You Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
82 Give Your Kids Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
83 Your Children Need to Fall Out with You to
Leave Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
84 Your Kids Will Have Friends You Don’t Like . . . . . . . . . . .178
85 Your Role as a Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
86 Your Role as a Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Part IV Social Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

87 We’re All Closer Than You Think . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
88 It Doesn’t Hurt to Forgive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
89 It Doesn’t Hurt to Be Helpful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
90 What’s in It for Them? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
91 Hang Out with Positive People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
92 Be Generous with Your Time and Information . . . . . . . . .198
93 Get Involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
94 Keep the Moral High Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
95 Just Because You Have, Dosen’t Mean They
Have Too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
96 Do Compare Yourself with Other People . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
97 Have a Plan for Your Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
98 Look at the Long-Term Ramifications of What You
Do for a Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
99 Be Good at Your Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
100 Be Aware of the Damage You Are Doing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
101 Be for the Glory, Not the Degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
102 Be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
103 Check What History Would Say About You . . . . . . . . . . . .220
104 Not Everything Can Be Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
105 Put Something Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
106 Find a New Rule Every Day—or Occasionally
at Least . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Lament

Lament is a bad word. I wish it were never there in the dictionary. Bad, because it signifies a state of mind where we knot ourselves to a past and don’t will to come out. There is a choice I would say, not of effecting miracles, but of trying to put ourselves in a context with the present, in preference to a subjective past or an unknown future. How much of that you will will, is in direct correlation to your maturity of thought.

On Freedom to Choose

Freedom and “freedom to choose” are two completely different things, and Sadhguru, in my opinion got this fundamentally wrong or may not have picked up the other thread. There is absolutely no question about the absoluteness of freedom, nobody has to provide it – it is a fundamental right of a living thing, not to be got nor does a parent endow it, or bequeath it to its progeny. 

The real question was should kids be allowed (free to) to make decisions (that have far reaching consequences in their lives). For most Indians this will mean at a basic level – freedom to choose a career / subjects of their choice (intermediate, graduation, PG etc.), freedom to pick up a mate of their choice. And in both these cases, we Indians tend to be imposing. Perhaps we believe we have seen live enough, or have experienced it enough to make the choices on behalf of our children. Most hilariously we seem to know what chemistry will work between a girl and boy and choose, rather ignorantly, a mate with whom they are supposed to spend rest of their lives. This happens because there is no concept of love in the Indian belief. Love happens, just like that – we tie a north and south pole and believe attraction will happen just like that.

The definition of success in India is fundamentally wrong. It is so much tied to material success. Qualifications, earnings, and acquisition of material wealth alone means a person is successful. Whereas it should not be about prestige, power, or possession, it is.

Not questioning authority needs a certain level of pig headedness

Business acumen is no substitute for morality - Vijay

Übermensch

Übermensch

The ideal superior man of the future who could rise above conventional Christian morality to create and impose his own values, originally described by Nietzsche in Thus Spake Zarathustra (1883–5).