With the Pacific Island of Rarotonga behind us, we make the route East across the International Dateline to get to sunny Australia. Well it stayed sunny for 20 hrs and then in the true tradition it started to rain. On day one in Sydney, we decided to take our own walking tour, visiting the major sites:- 1. Sydney opera house (whilst there we decided to improve our cultural experience and go to an opera - our first real one. Lucia di Lammermoor (based in Scotland but sang in Italian. It was very good - the singing was excellent, the story line bizarre and the acting terrible - just as any good opera should be - a great time had by all ). We took the cheap option and paid A$40 to stand at the back. Great
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