What a busy day! We set off this morning and walked to the Opera House. About 40 minutes walk. We then had a tour and the tour guide was brilliant. So funny and so much useful information. There are five auditoriums and we were able to look in three. The main one where concerts take place was spectacular with an enormous organ. There has been a wide variety of acts here including Pavrotti, Sting and WWF. It was really interesting listening to the history of the ...

This is the view from our window now we have upgraded our room. It is a very grey day and it is raining. We went to the tourist information place and booked a couple of trips and other things which will keep us occupied for most of the week. At 12:30 my cousin who lives in Newcastle North of Sydney came to collect us and took us out for a drive. We left the city and it took us ages to get out of the city through the suburbs because of the traffic. This part of t...

It was very grey again today but dry and ideal for walking around exploring. We set off towards the bridge which was about 1 mile away. We passed a large cruise ship in Circular Quay and watched the Manley ferries. When you reach the bridge it towers above you and is quite spectacular. We could see lots of people walking over the top which we did consider doing but it really is expensive. We looked at the Opera House across the water but didn't go round to it t...

Goodbye camper van hello civilisation!! We have arrived in Sydney. It was very cloudy when we left Alice but still warm and very grey and cloudy when we arrived in Sydney. In fact it was raining on the way to the hotel. I decided that Alice perhaps wasn't a dump when we toured the town on the airport shuttle bus. But Sydney is something else. We are staying in the Ibis hotel at Darling Harbour but we look out onto the road at the moment. So we have asked to be up...