Sun, sea, sand in Sydney

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Hoorah! Orla has arrived in Sydney and we have hardly stopped for breath in between catching up and wandering round this fine city. We have been staying with friends/ex-colleagues of hers in Pyrmont, very close to Darling Harbour, and we have been out living it up in true Sydney fashion. Drinks at the outside Opera Bar on Friday evening mixing with the great and the beautiful after work (Opera House/Sydney Harbour and Bridge as backdrop; rather spectacular as the sun goes down); food in The Rocks - Sydney's colonial corner: you feel like you are back in the 1790s, and expect groups of convicts to wander round the corner at any moment; more drinks and food in Darling Harbour in the evening over the weekend and hanging out at Bondi and Manly Beaches during the day. I think I'll have to go to Fiji for a rest!

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Photos

Bondi Beach
Ubiquitous lifeguard and surfer

Obligatory pic of Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge
Taken from the Royal Botanical Gardens

Up the Sydney Skytower
Me and Orls having dinner

The Coxwain's Cottage in The Rocks
He was in charge of the fleet moored in the harbour

Comments

[Team Southey]

More cracking snaps ..
By golly your tan looks positively mahogonay coloured now ...or was Orls nearer the flash than you ? ...Love the beach shots ,not many MANlys on the beach though . Dadsy likes the arch: shots of the Opera House..must have been a bugga climbing up that close to get them ! glad you and Orls had a great time .Lots of love xxxxUs and Marms xxxxx