Helen and Carl got up early to do the Sydney bridge climb saw some amazing views but you have to be less than 75 years old ! Met for lunch in darling harbour then back to the hotel to check out and Get a taxi to the airport. Fly to New Zealand for our next part of the trip. Got To the airport at 4 o’clock flight should’ve been 645 but it was delayed till about 745 due to thunderstorms the flight was only 2 1/2 hours time we got into New Zealand was nearing mi...

Had breakfast then booked our flight from New Zealand to Hawaii couldn’t go to Fiji as it’s raining there and the weather isn’t good. Got taxi to circlar key. It’s Australia Day today. Busy near the opera house watched fighter jets go over and a large Qantas plane. Managed to find a seat in the shade and had drinks and lunch. Walked to the botanic gardens and had a ride on a cho cho train ! Took 20 minutes around the garden. Had an ice lolly and a doze i...

Had breakfast then walked down to the quay side in darling harbour to get a ferry to Manly beach. Lovely going past the opera house and Sydney bridge lots to see. Got to Manly a lovely sAndy beach and good for surfing. Hired an umbrella and two deckchairs sat on the beach called Michael and Helen went in the sea for a swim the waves were quite rough. Walked back to ferry terminal got a couple of beers then the 230 ferry back to darling harbour. Had lunch in darli...

Got up early to catch a flight from the airport at 8 o’clock to Sydney arrived in Sydney around 12 and in our hotel the hotel at 1 o’clock checked in and then went down to darling harbour for a snack pizza and a couple of beers then got a ferry to central Quay had a walk round near the Opera house and Sydney bridge, Taxi back to darling harbour and had an evening meal by the harbour. Sydney time was one hour ahead of the time in Cairns. The temperature has sl...