Sydney goods and bads

In Sydney at the moment, was great meeting up with Lisa and Terrence and getting shown around the city by them.

So far we have done most of the touristy things here:

been to the opera house - a big whitish building,
the harbour bridge - a big metal bridge,
the fish market - amazing sushi,
sydney aquarium - loads of cool sharks, turtles, fairy penguins etc
australian museum - learn about poisonous spiders and snakes (so that i recognise them if i see anything in the bathroom)
blue mountain - pretty view of mountains that isnt that much like grand canyon (tho i think it is a bit) and the mountains aren't really that blue
jenolan caves - wandering about some caves where it is dark and wet.

Otherwise sydney is like a big mish mash of other cities i have been to. it has the names of london (e.g. we're staying in kings cross and it is every bit as dodgy with hookers roaming the streets!), the parks of new york (though smaller), apartments like the Docklands, the road signs of the US, some buildings and roads like Hong Kong. I could go on and on (and usually do) but you get the idea.

We're heading back to Cairns tomorrow, and tbh I'm quite keen in the idea of heading back to warmer climes. It's been mid-20's here but cloudy and really windy. Cos it's on the coast it's really cold when the wind blows. Cairns is a much more tropical climate, Syndey is good if you're working cos you can wear a suit and not be too hot. Hopefully Thailand is warm too, for we are heading there the day after to meet up with Anita.

Thanks again to Lisa and Terrence for taking time out to show us around.