Day 126

03/11/2009

A good night's sleep in a normal bed and off to climb the Harbour Bridge that I booked last week. The guy who bought the 20 year franchise for this must be laughing as there were the maximum number of 14 in my group, each paying AU$198 (about £114) to be there, and groups were leaving every 10 minutes from 8:45 throughout the day.

Not all groups had 14 people but it's still a very nice earner.
It's actually a great experience and I only wish I had the franchise.

Took a harbour tour in the afternoon taking us around the outer harbour and back under the Harbour Bridge then up an observation tower to see the city from above. Watched a large cruise ship (Dawn Princess) pass under the bridge and leave the harbour bound for . . . we don't know where.

Claire's flat mate Michelle (a Kiwi) tells us the population of Sydney is the same as the entire population of New Zealand (about 4 million) which explains why we could only see buildings from the tower. Seems a bit crowded compared to the northern parts of Australia.

Town Sydney