Chinese newyear in Sydney

Hi, today is the Chinese Newyear celebration here in Sydney. We are now entering the year of the rat and because of that there was a parade through town. It is organised by the Chinese community, but it seemed that a large part of the population came to watch. The parade had carts with all kinds of animals, dragons, marching bands and a lot of dressed up Chinese people.

After watching the parade we went for lunch in the park and then went see the Chinese garden. This was a very feng shui like thing with nice ponds and waterfalls in it. The garden was larger then I expected and had a lot of tourists in it.

To finallize my sightseeing I went for a walk along the harbour bridge. This is the largest bridge in Sydney and was quite impressive and nicely built. From it I had my first view of the famous Sydney Opera House, which was about time as I've already been here for three days.

Tomorrow the introduction at UTS will start. I hope that it wont last to long, because I would like to go to the beach.