Just before we mention the day’s activities you’ll see from the first picture that we had an unexpected visitor in our room this morning, anyway we got a man in to deal with it.
Lovely bright sunny day in Sydney. To see a bit of the city and hear of its history we had decided to take an open top bus tour. The city is full of modern buildings, but interspersed amongst them are preserved older buildings dating back to the early days of the colony. We spent a lot of time at the harbour for the views of the bridge and a walk round the opera house where we also had lunch. We watched some of the people doing the walk along the top of the bridge. Later on we moved on to the Sydney Tower for a 360 degree panoramic view of the city. We had to miss out on a nearby attraction – the world’s largest Lego store, but there’s time yet! One of the many historical buildings we saw was the Sydney Rum Hospital, named because the builders were paid in a tax free allowance of barrels of rum. Rum at the time was a practical form of currency and we were told of one of the roads which was financed in the same way. After the bus trip it was time for tea. Unfortunately we chose a restaurant next to an ice cream shop so we had to investigate and would recommend the cherry brandy ice cream. An early start tomorrow………
