Sydney

Arrived in Sydney on Friday 22nd after an awful trip down the Gold Coast (terrible rain, too much high rise and horrendous traffic due to some car race that we weren't aware was on), a great night with Kerrie and Daniel, a half day house cleaning, another trip to Redcliffe and a short flight from Brisbane.

We met up with John (twin) after his work and repaired to Darling Harbour for some food. As the sky darkened I realised, to my surprise, that the high towers actually look lovely at night. We then went to see the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge - absolutely spectacular by night and much much bigger than I had anticipated!

Yesterday, as the weather was beautiful in the morning, we took the ferry to Manly Beach. Now we had the chance to see the Opera House and the bridge by daylight - equally impressive! After a lovely walk at Manly beach, back on the ferry for a fantastic journey through all the sailing vessels. Sailing looks real hard work! Then we did a trip to the Vaucluse for a cliff walk, to Bondi Beach for a coastal walk as far as Bronte Beach. John couldn't tempt us to surf! After all the walking we had to repair to Darling Harbour for more food and a great display of fireworks over the water - really enjoyable! John gave us a great time but he has a strange penchant for zig-zagging through carparks! He's off to a wedding today and we are looking out at the rain trying to persuade ourselves to go out and get wet!