On our last day in Sydney, Monday 5th of January we visited the largest Chinese garden outside of China. It was very peaceful, you can easily forget you are in the centre of a large city. There were many animals enjoying the garden also, including lizards keeping an eye on us, ducks with ducklings and lots of Koy Carp glistening in the water. A couple of days later we saw the Chinese gardens on T.V! A morning show called Kerri-ann were interviewing Rolf Harris ...

On Friday 2nd of Jan we arrived at Sydney Opera House for a short tour. We began by having our photo taken in front of what we thought was a bland artistic backdrop, that didn't have any relevance to the Opera House. In the 1940's the Director of the NSW State Conservatorium of Music suggested that an opera house should be built, as the old venue was not large enough. This was later agreed by NSW Premier Joseph Cahill and in 1956 the NSW Government declared an ...

Saturday 3rd of January we went on a coach tour to see the Blue Mountains. We set off at 7:15am, it was a cloudy day, so we wore our warmer clothing, as we knew it would be colder there. Our drivers name was Scott, he was in his 30's and had only been doing his job for 5 weeks. He informed us that because of New Year etc tourist trips were at there peak week for the year in Sydney, so we expected it to be very busy. On route we passed Anzac bridge also known as...

Everyone should know how long I have been wanting to go to Australia and see the New Year celebrations in Sydney! Infact I have been going on about it for around 10 years! Sorry guys:) Well, now I have completed that mission and believe me it was a MISSION! lol We had been informed of a good viewing point to see the fireworks ' Mrs Macquaries Point' and had to start queueing early to stand a chance of getting a spot. I never thought I could be patient enough to ...

Remember Sydney 2000 Olympics? Well we went to see where it was all held on Monday 29th Dec! Our tour started at 11:45am and around 12 of us got onto a small bus. We circled the area in front of the ANZ stadium entrance. There were some speakers on the bus and a male Australian voice could be heard. It was quite amusing really, rather dramatic, a voice you would expect to hear when a movie at the cinema is being advertised. The bus was squeaking too! Quite ricke...