intrepid APRIL 2020
ADVENTURE MAGAZINE
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Sunday Funday
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Beacon
A definition of life Through a lighthouse
UP AND BEYOND IN SWEET SYD
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ranks as one of the world’s top tourists destinations. Rich in culture, finance, wildlife, you name it. It dons simplicity yet iconic at its best. The city received 10.67 million domestic visitors and 4.05 million international visitors in year ending September 2018. Obviously, the Sydney Opera House and the Coathanger also know as Sydney Harbour Bridge are it’s most famous attraction, but little do you know that there is more in this city.
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For a person that’s been nomadic for the last year and doesn’t really know if “home” will ever be one place, this is a rare sentence I’m about to utter. Sydney is a city
I would live in.
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The most scenic coastal walks, a brunch culture to die for, top pick instagrammable pools, variety of art and most of all the charm of architecture in the city. It’s a city that specializes it all. Hop on with the kangaroos, run with the emus, and sleep like koalas. intrepidmagazine intrepidmagazineofficial
Editor
Editorial Editor Vince Daniel Papa / Deputy Director Ana Althea Virata / Art Director Franczezca Mae Espinoza / Chief Sub-Editor Raver Aeron Bedonia / Sub Editor Anne Czarina Martin / Photo Editor Lareeze Galvez Advertising Group Publisher Ashley Austria, maryashley@gmail.com / Associate Publisher Althea Jocson Abalahin / Senior Brand Manager Mic Fariscal / Brand Managers Enzo Gutierrrez and Kristen Gutierrez / Production Production Manager Enzio Villanueva Ink Chief Executives Rhuizdave Aranas / Chief Operating Officer Carlos Louise Valenzuela / Managing Director Kurt Nevin Carrido
C o n t e n t s
Brought about by cousins from Australia, Alleandra Therese Papa discovers there is more than just family in Australia awaiting. The former Caviteno took time off to visit the wonders of Sydney. She earns popularity as she finds the path and tracks of its suburbs through her social media accounts especially in Instagram. Find her top 5 destinations.
C o n t e n t s The iconic duo of Sydney, famous for its arch and wave-like structures, know about the Sydney Opera House origin and its partner
With AUD 2.50, get the most rides on trains, buses and ferries during Sundays
With AUD 2.50, get the most rides on trains, buses and ferries during Sundays
Witness the beauty of Sydney through Alleandra Therese Papa’s Instagram
Guiding the coastlines of Sydney, know more about 2 of the famous lighthouses in New South Wales.
Hunter Valley Balloon Fiesta
Oranges & Hangers
Jorn Utzon was a relatively unknown Danish architect in the 1950s, until he won the competition to design the National Opera House in Sydney Australia, in 1956. He was born in 1918, the son of a naval engineer. He studied architecture at the Copenhagen Royal Academy of Arts and much of his early work was in Sweden. He travelled widely and met many of the best known designers of the era. These included Mies van der Rohe and Charles Eames. In 1950 he opened his own Architectural business. The design of the Sydney Opera House was inspired by nature, its forms, functions and colours. Utzon was influenced in his designs by bird wings, the shape and form of clouds, shells, walnuts and palm trees. He looked upon nature for guidance when designing, as nature over time combined both efficiency and beauty, hand in hand. The roof structures of the Opera House are called ‘shells’. The design of the ‘shells’ was one of the most difficult aspects of the building’s design. Jorn Utzon claimed that the final design of the shells, was inspired by
peeling an orange. It is said that the shells of the 14 separate roofs, form a sphere if combined. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is an Australian heritagelisted steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. The view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is widely regarded as an iconic image of Sydney, and of Australia itself. The bridge is nicknamed "The
Vivid Sydney is an annual festival of light, music and ideas, held in Sydney. It includes outdoor immersive light installations and projections, performances by local and international musicians, and an ideas exchange forum featuring public talks and debates with leading creative thinkers.
This event takes place over the course of three weeks in May and June. The centrepiece of Vivid Sydney is the light sculptures, multimedia interactive work and building projections that transform various buildings and landmarks such as the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in and around the Sydney central business district into an outdoor night time canvas of art. During the 2015 festival, sites of interest were Central Park, Chatswood and the University of Sydney as well as around the CBD, Darling Harbour and The Rocks.
Schedule your visits during May to June where Vivid Sydney opens.
Funday Sunday!
From the suburbs, take a ride to Bondi Beach through a train going North Bondi, then take a bus to visit the Beach, little do you know that Sydney’s beaches features instagrammable rock pools. These are pools stationed next to the ocean, wherein some athletes compete. Bondi beach is one of the most visited, plus watch out for Lechon Restaurants nearby the beach front. Visit this by the morning while the sun is still out. Take a bus from any station to Central Park. It is where you’ll encounter the city starting with the famous St. Mary Cathedral. Also, you can visit the city’s tallest building, Sydney Eye Tower, standing 305 meters from the ground. Plus you can see the shopping areas. With a bus or a train, visit the. Circular Quay where you can witness the main dock for ferries beside the popular Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Ready your cameras and hear the musical performances of Aboriginal Tribes around. Before the next ride, visit the town hall across the Circular Train Station to see the birds’ eye view of the city. Take a ferry going to Milson’s Point. Be surprised by Luna Park’s smile. Luna park is Sydney’s top amusement park, giving that old-school style of carnivals. It would be fun to enter and be lost in mazes in Coney island. A tip: it would be a good spot to take a picture in front of the Luna Park to capture both the harbor bridge and the Opera House. Else, take a walk under the bridge! Have you ever watched the movie, Bad Genius? One of the scenes where taken there. Before leaving the city, take a train to Darling Harbour and find Paddy’s market. TI sells very cheap products and souvenirs. Nearby, you can take your lunch, there are a lot of good Chinese restaurants around. Also, witness the tight rail in front of the market. Take a walk to Tumabalong park that has one of the best parks around. Lastly take a fairy in farling harbor to Taronga Zoo ferry. These zoo has the best place to witness both Kangaroos, Koalas and Giraffes while looking at a bigger picture of the City. HAVE FUN!
At some point in our lives, we’ve all cracked out an obnoxious ‘g’day mate!’ when someone mentions Australia. But stereotypes aside, the ‘lucky country’ is an incredibly special place that offers any traveller, professional or international student a spate of experiences they can’t hope to find elsewhere. So, what is it that draws these thousands of visitors in from across the globe? Whilst this short overview can’t hope to cover it, we’ve touched upon
You can’t argue with facts. Geographically speaking, Australia is a global anomaly. The Aussie mainland is the world’s largest island, and is the only continent to also double as an island. With some of the world’s oldest geological features, Australia is also the world’s driest continent. Approximately 70% of total land mass receives less than 500 millimetres of rain per year, classing it as arid or semi- arid. It is hardly surprising then that 40% of the land is uninhabitable, with roughly 84% of the total population living within 50 kilometres from the coast.
Splashed across countless postcards, the Australian landscape is definitely one of the nation’s most distinctive features. Dry, flat and bakingly hot, experiencing the sheer red-and-blue expanse of the Australian outback is a sensation you won’t soon forget. Visit Uluru at the nation’s dead centre, or take a tour around the stunning Kakadu National Park: Australia’s largest terrestrial national park. Or, if that weren’t enough to tickle your inner explorer, Australia also boasts one of the world’s longest coastlines, a number of tropical rainforests at the nation’s tip and spades of rolling green
/ˈlītˌhous/
Noun a tower or other structure containing a beacon light to warn or guide ships at sea.
It is more than a tower. It means more than an edifice standing at the edge of the cliff, alone and bare. It’s a beacon, worthy to be look up to, not only by ships, boats, cruises but by me. It’s been 3 years since I’ve recognized the lighthouse as my symbol of life. A burning desire to treasure it’s vertical beauty has led me to different success, got m out of different problems, took me to the best of life. Virginia Woolf is an author who has written the book “to the Lighthouse,” and the story is quite blant up to end. But it symbolizes what they aim for existence. Australia brought me to this mentality. Sydney found me with it’s beacon. It’s been 2 years since I’ve visited the city with my family and visiting these two lighthouses of my choice has been my bucket list. Hornby Lighthouse of Watsons Bay, face to face with the Pacific Ocean, brought goosebumps as sea breeze touches my skin. The crashing sound of waves beneath the cliffs was music to my ears while my eyes reflect the fire of beacon light. Watsons Bay is a must visit, a scenery called the Gap, an odd beach for nudists called Lady bay Beach, the remains of military weapons and this lighthouse made it so unique; it was my favorite among all Sydney. Next to this is the Kiama Harbour Light. A plain white tower upright to an distinctive spot in the South Coast of New South Wales called Kiama Blowhole is a must visit. It isn't easy to describe at all. Kiama translate to “where the sea makes a noise. Basically this point is a a sight to see as water blows out of the hole due to the push of waves from the ocean. What’s special with lighthouse, is the fusion of warmth and cool. A beacon light making a difference in the dark leads the path onto my feet whilst letting go of what is holding back catches the wind, and literal wind. Take time, find desire and travel for it. It’s an image my eyes can’t forget.