Back in Sydney. Second leg of flight was actually ok and I managed to get some sleep. Took a ridiculous amount of time to get off the plane, and get through baggage, customs and quarantine but at least everyone was friendly. Weather has been very hot but I think jet lag had the better of me and I kept falling asleep in the afternoon and then waking up at silly times in the morning. Slept properly last night for first time (as refused to fall asleep in the after...

Back in Sydney. Second leg of flight was actually ok and I managed to get some sleep. Took a ridiculous amount of time to get off the plane, and get through baggage, customs and quarantine but at least everyone was friendly. Weather has been very hot but I think jet lag had the better of me and I kept falling asleep in the afternoon and then waking up at silly times in the morning. Slept properly last night for first time (as refused to fall asleep in the after...

Went to see Turandot at the Opera House. The performance was really good, and the singer who played Calaf had such a good voice, he got a really good reception at the end. The opera house itself is really disappointing. It looks half-finished and tired inside, with cement block walls and lots of brown and grey. The stage was tiny, which was a shame because it looked like the performers were really cramped, and the sets weren't as good as they could ha...

Drove to Canberra. Hideous. The journey is about three hours down a dead straight, boring, ugly road. When we got there we wondered why we had bothered. It is possibly one of the ugliest and most boring places I have ever been. Although the town was constructed in the early twentieth century, it looks like it was built in the 70s. Horrible boxy buildings, everything flat and symetrical. Although the town was completely planned, and you'd th...

We drove to the Blue Mountains, which is about a an hour and half drive to get into the region and then another hour plus to get to places within the region. We drove initially to Katoomba, to have a look at the Three Sisters view. The weather was awful though, and all you could see was a grey mist and a sheet of rain covering everything! So we decided to go to the Jenolan Caves, as they were sheltered and it didn't look like rain was going to stop. W...