Week 9Recovery Still in recovery from the heavy Saturday night/day of my birthday the week started off pretty quietly. A walk around the city during the day was followed by a visit to the cinema to watch Blood Diamond. The following day was England’s next one day game against New Zealand, me and Dal plotted up in the Star Bar whilst Johno & Jacko went to do the OZ trek up Sydney tower, the highest point in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s a need...

Week 8 Sydney Harbour Today we awoke to start our day of sightseeing and exploring. We headed off to the Sydney Opera House and had a good walk around several times, admiring the spectacular architect of it and taking many photos. It took 14 years and cost $102 million to complete but was worth every penny as it’s one of the must-see sights in the world. In Australia they have a few nicknames for things, the Bridge being called the coat hanger an...

Week 7 Bridge Climb So the time had come for us to do what I think I can safely say has been the best experience since we’ve been away – the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb. I must say that I would recommend anyone who ever visits Sydney to definitely do this.We made sure we limited the alcohol intake the night before as you had to do a breathalyser test before you were allowed to get ready for the climb. We all got kitted up in our suits and went through...

Week 6 Kiwi Army As we had booked a trip to go up to the Blue Mountains the next day we thought we’d relax a bit today and not go too mad. Sydney FC were playing the New Zealand Knights so we thought we’d go and watch that in the evening. Plus it was another chance to tick a ground off of the list. We weren’t expecting too much after the last Aussie football match we saw but at least we thought there would be goals as Sydney were current Champio...

Week 5 New Years Eve Another early start as we had to make our way to the Airport to catch our flight to Sydney. Probably didn’t help that we had a long night in the Casino (well financially it did) but we were all pretty excited at the night ahead. We arrived at the airport nice and early, well very early in fact as our flight time had been put back an hour. The flight was ok, it only took just over an hour so it wasn’t long before we saw Hemmings an...