After landing at Sydney airport and taking the train downtown, we climbed the stairs up from metro tunnels at the Circular Quay Station to a bit of a culture shock. There appeared to be more people out enjoying the beautiful Saturday afternoon in Sydney Harbour than we likely encountered in all of our time in NZ. We stayed at the Pier 1 Hotel, a restored 20th Century warehouse on the wharf right beneath the iconic Sydney Harbor Bridge – an ideal location with the best breakfast buffet ever, a…