Day 54 Sydney Our last full day in Sydney and as we missed a day of sightseeing yesterday we have a lot to do today. Had a bit of lie in this morning though after the very early start yesterday and consequently missed the ferry to Taronga Zoo by about thirty seconds. The ferries are really anal about their time keeping and although there were only five of us trying to catch it they closed the doors and we had to wait for the next one which has put us behind, d...

Day 53 - Sydney to Sanctuary Point A very early start today as we had to catch the train so alarm was set for 6am, and this is a holiday! Actually the first ones to breakfast at 6:30; that's not going to happen very often but it wasn't more than ten minutes before all the business people started arriving; I'm so glad I've retired! We had to get a train from Circular Geoff were going to meet us at 10:26; these are not exactly express trains. We had managed to get...

Day 52 - Sydney What a difference a day makes or so the song says - today in spite of forecasts to the contrary the day is sunny with a few high clouds, perfect for the beach. We had decided that unless it was absolutely horrid that we would do Manly and Bondi Beaches today. Not great to have to fit both in one day but no option really if we are to fit in all the things we want to do. Caught the "famous" Manly ferry just after breakfast; while we were waiting...

Day 51 - Sydney It's grey outside and windy, that's not allowed especially as the temperature last week was in the 30's. Oh well nothing for it; we're only here for four days and one of those we are travelling down to meet Lynda and Geoff so the sightseeing has to go in spite of the lack of sun. Started the day after breakfast by walking back to The Rocks area and onwards to the Harbour Bridge; I'd hoped that I might have the courage to do the climb but afte...

Day 50 - Auckland to Sydney Goodbye New Zealand and G'day Australia and Sydney; the start of yet another adventure. A very sad farewell to Auckland. I really loved that city, in fact if it hadn't been for the fact that it is on a active volcanic fault I could quite happily live there (would miss the family though): it has a wonderful mix of city, boating & beaches etc that "float my boat". Good bus link to the airport where we got talking to a couple fro...