What I'll miss about Sydney, Australia, in no particular order
- Prices with taxes included
- No tipping
- No pennies
- Inexpensive Aussie wine and a 25% discount if you buy six at Liquorland
- Screw caps on most wine
- Being allowed to drink responsibly
- Being able to bring beer or wine to a hole-in-the wall food place
- Ads for cars with drive-away pricing
- The old architecture
- Sandstone buildings
- Terrace houses
- The golden sand beaches
- The smell of the ocean
- Cooling sea breezes
- Catching glimpses of the Sydney Harbour Bridge from most places in Sydney and as far away as Bondi
- Snorkeling with the gropers at Clovelly
- The coastal and cliff walks
- The efficient transportation system
- Friendly bus drivers happy to let you know when you are at your stop
- Thanking bus drivers on set down
- People on buses giving their seats to the elderly
- The Aussie accent
- Exploring the city of villages on foot
- The beautiful trees, bark and vegetation and their scent
- Body surfing and bobbing in the waves at Bondi
- Delicious fish and chips especially at Mongers, Bondi
- Fish shops with a great variety of fresh fish and prawns
- Great tasting beef
- Kangaroo meat
- Butcher shops
- The variety of great tasting fruit
- The weather
- The history and museums
- The Royal Botanic Gardens, Hyde Park, Cooper Park
- The diligent efforts to continuously clean the streets, sidewalks, and parks/gardens/reserves/beaches
- The fabulous birds (cockatoos, rainbow lorikeets, magpies, Ibis etc.)
- The relaxed humour on TV
- Taking the ferry to Manly and swimming/snorkeling at Shelly Beach
- If it's sold by weight, it's priced per kilogram, no exceptions
- Ten-ride bus passes
- Seven day bus, train, and ferry passes
- Long blacks (coffee)
- Meat pies with sauce
- The cultural diversity
- No daily shootings
- Aussie expressions and slang
- Multi-cultural quick food
- Chinese dumplings at 'Sizzling and Hot Pot' on George St.
- Walking everywhere with no worries
- Rugby (both)
- Cricket
- The Sydney Opera House
- The Fish Market
- MKR, My Kitchen Rules on channel Seven
- The 7 pm Project on channel Ten
- Never running out of things to do
- 240V electrical power = coffee in seconds
- Wettex
- Reading the Sydney Morning Herald every morning
- Spending everyday with my baby
Things I won't miss about Sydney, Australia
- Graffiti
- Train and bus windows scratched with graffiti
- Drunken violence
- P-platers killing themselves, their friends and others on the roads due to excessive speed
- Students that don't clean up after themselves in fast food restaurants
- 50 cent coins
- Impatient drivers
