Sydney

Sydney Bridge!

The QE2

The Bridge climb!!

We arrived in Sydney after intermitent sleep, despite having four seats each to spread our wings the train made plenty of strange bangs in the night and we're sure we ran over several aminals!

The hostel seemed clean, modern and well organised - we assume all accommodation in Sydney to be like this anyway after our last visit! The only difference being that instead of the harbour only 5 minutes away we were now 30-40 minutes walk away! Still, this gave us the opportunity to check out some of the surrounding suburbs! The city looked a little different from last time, it was very sunny - nope that wasn't it...we were allowed in places not previously because of New Year's security...umm nope. Ahh, that was it, a big ass massive ship in the harbour the QE2!! She was beautiful.. a nice reminder of home!!

After a touch of sightseeing the day of judgement was upon us - Bridge Climb day! We hadn't avioded the bridge up to this point, we just hadn't got very close - we were saving it! In the evening of the 23rd we donned on our safety equipment, head torches and sexy overalls ready to tackle the heights! The way up was butt quenching. You could see through the corragated floor down to the water and also see the little people walking below. The temp was still 24 degrees, humidity at 100% and even with the wind picking up, nervous sweat started to appear as we started to walk up the exposed, near vertical ladders!! We eventually made it to the top with breathtaking views of the city, all lit up - all we had to do now was get down! This involved crossing from one side to the other, over 8 lanes of traffic and two train lines... squelch!

We've enjoyed our time in Sydney and glad we came back to see the Botanical Gardens, the Bridge, the market at The Rocks and more of the surrounds... would we come back - Ah hum for sure!