Sydney

So day 2 in sydney had some up/downs- one down: it poured in the am- and my umbrella broke- but that was the worst. Today started Sunday at 9am with a tour of the opera house. apparently, clubs in sydney stay open till 6a that plus rain allowed me to have a personal opera house tour. took some great pictures of the house- both inside and out.

Then explored the Rocks and Macquarie street- the oldest and first settled area of Sydney. It rained a bit, but learned some cool facts about those convicts- Bligh (of bounty fame was here as a governor). Macquarie was a governor in the early 1800s that built alot of the first infrastructure- I got a picture of the barracks, but hope to get more pictures of those old building (they are by the botanic garden) at another time.

After that it was time for Bridge climb- expensive, and was I glad it stopped raining. The wind was bad enough- the worst part is from the pylon to the main arch. the walk up the arch is not that bad. After that ate some great food at a fish place at circular quay- barimundi anyone? And topped it all off by watching the youtube orchestra. And for the 2nd time ever, the opera house had projections on the side as the music played.