20/1/10-24/1/10

Flew from Heathrow to Sydney, flight was fairly smooth and free from any unexpected events! On our 1st day in Sydney we spent a few hours in the sweltering heat trying to find our hotel! We had to give in and hail a taxi....once there we checked in our bags and explored Darling Harbour which is a waterfront with bars etc. We then really felt the jet lag so went back to hotel at 2pm and fell asleep for 14 hours! Woke at 430am feeling very hungry! We then headed out to Central Sydney and had breakfast in an area called The Rocks and looked around the markets. We then went to look at the Sydney Opera House which was really surreal after seeing it on the TV a few days ago! Then we spent a few hours walking around Botanic Gardens. We must have walked about 7 miles yesterday and the temperature got up to 42.9 degrees! And again the jet lag got to us so we went back to the hotel room at 430pm and fell asleep until 430am! We are now waiting to check out of our hotel and make our way to Sydney airport for our flight to Auckland (NZ).