Sydney - 15th January 26

After a failed attempt at breakfast at the hotel, we started the day with a tour of the Opera House at 9am. The tour lasted an hour and we learnt about the history of construction, the controversy with the architect and ultimately the success.

After the tour, and some more photos, we walked back around Circular Quay and up to the Sydney Observatory for yet another viewing angle of the bridge and harbour.

From here we walked about 25 minutes to the Queen Victoria Building (QVB), mainly to see the clock which on the hour has a number of scenes, including Charles I getting his head chopped off. After waiting for the hour we discovered that the clock wasn't working! We had a snack here and spent a bit of time looking around the arcade.

Next we caught a tram back to Circular Quay to do some souvenir shopping and after another quick drink we headed back to the hotel to drop some things off. The weather was better than promised and by now it was mid afternoon so we had a beer on our veranda before going out again on The Rocks. We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing and taking in the sun before going to The Australian for some food and drinks for our last meal in Sydney on this trip. We ended up back in the room before 11 and had a night cap before bed.Read more