River Cats

Parramatta to Circular Quay, there is a very big river called the Parramatta River. Along the river carries the cat of the river, a ferry that connects Parramatta and Circular Quay.

The most common way to get from Parramatta to Circular Quay is the train. The train is faster and more regular than the cat in the river, but at the end of the day there is a train.

I had some time on my hands, so I was not in a race to get to Circular Quay and then I thought why not take the cat in the river? So I walked to the ferry terminal and of course the first problem is the timing.

The cat in the river leaves approximately every hour on the hour, unlike the train that runs between 3 and 5 per hour. But I had little time on my hands and I was not too far from the river when the cat was going on. So I waited around and jumped on it.

It is relatively cheap, it cost me $ 7 70 for the trip, which is pretty standard and not too expensive at all. So I waited around, I'm on this chat of the river, the first thing I was shocked by is that it is very small.

It was a very personal experience, there were two types of work on the Cat River. They pull up to the ferry, close to the drawbridge across and you go. And then you do not have to pay until the cat takes off the river, then they come around and collect money for tickets this time.

I have around five hours, which is winter now in Australia, so it's dark early, it was dark when I got it. The trip takes just over an hour, you can do now about 35-40 minutes depending on the train.

There are some very interesting sites to see along the road for about 6 or 7 stops between Parramatta is one end of the runway and Circular Quay, which is where it ends.

The judgments are all little docks, they are little suburban Riverside where he earns more, the strings in place, put the drawbridge and one or two people up and down, very small, very quiet indeed and some quiet pleasant suburb and there.

So you can take in these platforms and you have these little people who get this little river Cat at work and everyday life. You can also see some suburbs bordering the river, got his bushes and weeds on both sides, so that you can not really take too much, but during breaks, there are many parks, many neat and quiet suburbs.

Certainly the highlight of which is the arrival at Circular Quay. You enter Circular Quay in front of Sydney Harbour, the mouth of the Parramatta River, swing under the Harbour Bridge, turn right to the Opera House and turn right on Circular Quay, near the CBD. It is truly spectacular.

Sydney Harbour is one of the icons, it is the Harbour Bridge and Opera, but in reality the point of view can not do better than to go under him on the cat in the river, then just have there directly in front of you when you're in the river Cat.

So the Parramatta River Cat, of course, if you are in Parramatta and pressed, the cat of the river is probably not the mode of transport for you. It is a little slower and it is not so regular, but if you are not rushed, it is certainly much more picturesque and beautiful way to make this trip.