Today we went across to Taronga zoo, and even the journey there was amazing! We left circular quay early in the morning and as the ferry left the harbour behind, we passed right alongside the opera house and then out towards some of the nicest houses and apartments in the area that faced directly onto the waterfront. As we arced around to the left, we could see the top of the zoo coming into view and before long we were ready to spend the day with the animals. T...

After our brief liaison with the heights of the pylon lookout on Friday, we decided to go a little higher today with a trip up to the top of the AMP tower. From here we could see all the way out towards Circular Quay with the Harbour Bridge and Opera House in one direction, Darling Harbour in another and the Olympic Park way out in yet another direction. Even mum made it to the top, although there was no way we were going to get her any nearer the edge of the gla...

On Thursday we experienced firsthand the joys of Bondi beach! We arrived around lunchtime and were surprised at just how dingy Bondi actually is. Despite this, we took a walk down to the beach front and had a little look around and got a photo of the school penguin at Bondi. Even though it was nowhere near as busy as we feared it might have been, we decided to move on and head over to Coogee beach. Coogee has obviously started to go the same way as Bondi, but lu...

After Alan and Lorna arrived and got over their jetlag, we have spent the last few days wandering around the city trying to get used to where everything is and the one thing that has surprised us is just how compact everything in the city is. On Monday, we completed a round trip on the monorail just to see where it goes to (back where it started, obviously) and spent a couple of hours walking around Hyde Park, The Domain and the Botanical Gardens until we came o...

We arrived in Sydney yesterday afternoon after a long drive from Myall Lakes National Park, and it is just as amazing as we thought it would be!! We arrived at Myall Lakes in the early evening after leaving Nambucca Heads behind us and cruising along the coast. Our first stop was Freddo's Pie Shop, where their Crocodile pies have become quite famous, but unfortunately they were all out of Croc so we had to settle for apricot chicken and Thai chicken instead. The...