Day 148: Sydney - Darwin

A frantic last dash around Sydney before Rob dropped us off at the airport.

Oh well, back to the roof tent.

We loved Sydney...

Emelie

Day 147: Sydney

Sydney is just too fabulous for words, it was also very, very cold.

We walked along the beautiful Darling Harbour

We were amazed at how small Bondi Beach was.

Saw Shrek on the big screen and Dinosaurs, with Tom, on an even bigger iMax screen. Sydney has the worlds largest screening system. We were ducking and diving

Visited the Opera House. I always imagined the Opera House was one building but in reality it is a collection of buildings.

Fearless Oly did a Bridge Walk on the Sydney Harbour Bridge...

...and I took a picture of it from the apartment we were staying in.

We saw creatures from the deep at the Aquarium (not a patch on Aqwa in Perth)

And we watched the sun set over the Harbour Bridge

2007-06-21 Sydney Aquarium, Australia PHOTO ALBUM

2007-06-20 Sydney, Australia PHOTO ALBUM

Day 143: Darwin - Sydney

We caught the 1:30AM Qantas red eye to Sydney and arrived really refreshed with our red eyes hanging out of our head around 6AM. We were not sure if we would make it as Sydney had "cyclonic" weather and it was touch and go that the flight may be cancelled.

Upon arrival we hoped into a cab which buzzed us across the city in the wind and rain to Darling Point which would be our home for the next 5 days. We hadn't seen this much traffic since leaving London.

We're staying with friends of Oly's family (he knows more people in Australia than I do!) and lucky for us they have a spare apartment we can use while we are here. We are in heaven.

Resisting sleep we set off into the morning like true tourists... I just know this is going to be fab!

Em

Day 107: Tugun

It is very nice here. Beautiful beaches and none of the commercialisation of Surfers Paradise. Not that Surfers Paradise is a bad place, there is a need for that kind of escapism as well as the idyllic, quiet, remote beach type. We all need a bit of bright neon lights and skyscrapers every once in a while.

We drove south for about 5 minutes looking for a supermarket and ended up crossing the border to New South Wales. That wasn't part of the plan, we shouldn't be there for a long time yet!

Em