This morning, sebagaimana halnya yang selaku kami lakukan di tempat yang baru adalah menelusuri jalan yang visible untuk jogging.
Dan Sydney itu surga banget buat jogging yaaaa…jeaolus, dari apt, lokasi jog yang pertama kami temui adalah Hyde Park.
Awalnya saya mengira taman yang kami temui adalah dua taman yang berbeda, rupanya ini adalah satu taman berbentuk segi empat yang memang seolah-olah terbagi dua karena ada jalan yang membelahnya (park st) hampir sama rata. Setiap bagian dari taman ada penanda, di bagian selatan ditandai dengan Anzac War Memorial dan di bagian utara ditandai dengan Archibald fountain.
Anzac War Memorial ini semacam monumen yang selesai dibangun tahun 1934, merupakan tanda penghormatan militer terhadap kekuatan perang Aussie pada zaman Perang Dunia I. Archibald fountain adalah kolam air mancur publik terbaik yang ada di Australia, dibuat oleh seniman Perancis selesai tahun 1926 dan dibuka di taman tersebut pada tahun 1932. Archibald atau J.F. Archibald adalah pemilik dan editor majalah the Bulletin yang mendanai pembuatan patung tersebut, pemilihan ahli seni perancis karena kesukaannya terhadap kebudayaan Perancis dan untuk memperingati kerja sama Aussie dengan Perancis pada Perang Dunia I. Jika kita menghadap ke Barat, maka akan terlihat Sydney Tower yang menjadi latar belakang dari fountain tersebut.
Lebih lanjut tentang Hyde Park, sesuai kutipan Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park,_Sydney
Hyde Park, the oldest public parkland in Australia is a 16.2-hectare (40-acre) park in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales. Hyde Park is on the eastern side of the Sydney city centre. It is the southernmost of a chain of parkland that extends north to the shore of Sydney Harbour via The Domain and Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens. Hyde Park is approximately rectangular in shape, being squared at the southern end and rounded at the northern end. It is bordered on the west by Elizabeth Street, on the east by College Street, on the north by St. James Road and Prince Albert Road and on the south by Liverpool Street.
Around the park's boundaries lie the Supreme Court of New South Wales, St. James Church, Hyde Park Barracks and Sydney Hospital to the north, St Mary's Cathedral, the Australian Museum and Sydney Grammar School to the east, the Downing Centre to the south, the David Jones Limited flagship store and the CBD to the west. It is divided in two by the east-west running Park Street. Hyde Park contains well-kept gardens and approximately 580 trees; a mixture of Hills Figs, palms, and other varieties. It is famed for its magnificent fig tree lined avenues. Sandringham Gardens sit on the eastern side of the park, close to the intersection of Park Street and College Street.
Hyde Park was named after the original Hyde Park in London. The park is pock marked with drain lids, many of which lead down to Busby's Bore, the first large-scale attempt at a water source system after backing-up the Tank Stream, the Sydney colony's primary water source. Busby's Bore was built between 1827 and 1837 using convict labour and fresh water from Lachlan Swamp (later known as Centennial Park) to the city.
From the very early days of the colony, the open area to the south east of the settlement was a favorite place for sport and recreation. It was known variously as 'The Common', the 'Exercising Ground', the 'Cricket Ground' and the 'Race Course. On 13 October 1810, Governor Macquarie separated the area from the Domain to the north, named it Hyde Park and dedicated it for the "recreation and amusement of the inhabitants of the town and a field of exercises for the troops". He kept the Domain for his own exclusive use.
Many sports were played at Hyde Park, including cricket, rugby, horse racing, quoits and hurling; however, sports people using Hyde Park had to share it with both the military, who trained on it and practised drill work, the public, who cut paths across the playing fields, stray dogs, cattle, goats, sheep and other animals, as well as sports people, whose activities sometimes clashed. The quoit players, in particular, used an area close to the cricket pitch and often damaged it.
Seperti yang digambarkan Wiki, dari Hyde Park, kami melewati St Mary’s Cathedral, lalu the Australian Museum masuk ke The Domain yang notabene sampai akhirnya masuk ke Royal Botanical Garden dan terus jalan sampai ke Macquaries points.
Sungguh-sungguh rute yang menyenangkan untuk jogging, terlebih lagi di tengah park ada toilet dan free drink water, haduhhhh Jakartaahhh kapan punya beginiaaan….
… sampai di mc quairie lookout, kita punya dua pilihan, belok kiri masuk ke Victoria park dan menyusuri bay sampai ke Opera house, atau ke arah sebaliknya menyusuri bay ke arah kanan melewati Wooloomoloo bay… kami memutuskan untuk ke kanan dan menemukan pemandangan pagi yang luar biasa, dari hijau hijau pohon tinggi, tiba-tiba saja bertemu dermaga dengan kapal-kapal yacht tersandar disitu …. saya berhenti sejenak mengabadikan view pagi itu, sampai-sampai seorang local people menegur saya dengan ramah “Hi!!! Beautiful morning, isnt it?” … couldnot agree more Mam!
Dari situ kami memutuskan untuk kembali ke apt,Telusur punya telusur joging pagi itu hampir 6 KM … lumayaannn…
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