The pic to your right is Nadia and I atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge this afternoon. The 2hr climb over narrow walkways anywhere between 50 - 150 metres above the earth indeed confirmed that I still do have a massive fear of heights, however it was well worth it. Spectacular views on a spectacularly sunny day made me put fear of death to the back of my mind and enjoy the experience. Note the nice grey star trek style jumpsuits...these are apparently to make you blend in with the bridge so as not to distract drivers below...tres fashionable I'm sure you'll agree - oh, and that's the Sydney Opera House in the background of course. Anyway, we got into Sydney last Thursday after a mammoth 13hr overnight bus trek (complete with crying babies) from Byron Bay. It is a bit strange being back in a city after hugging small coastal towns and islands for the last 5 weeks but a cool change nonetheless.
Top 5 highlights so far:
1. Obviously seeing our excellent host Karen Wells and her awesome (and massive) flat, complete with swimming pool, spa and sauna, in Pyrmont
2. Visiting the Palms on Saturday night, Sydneys premier gay nightspot, for one of Karen's friends birthdays. The evening was spent being served by men in their underpants at the bar and generally trying to avoid eye contact with any man in the place, especially the topless ones. I even got Nadia to accompany me to the toilet (I'd like to point out this was my first gay bar experience and, after a beer or two, i was obviously assuming i was irresistable to members of the same sex)
3. The ferry to manly to eat fish and chips on the beach and have beers with some old friendly faces
4. Sydney Harbour - the bridge (and climb obviously), the opera house etc. a cliche, but as specacular as it looks on the telly
5. A visit to Cooje and Bondi Beaches...which we will be surfing/drowning at later in the week
So considering the trip so far had mostly consisted of early nights and active days, Sydney has swayed back towards boozy nights and leisurely sightseeing. We even managed to stay up past 10.30 on more than one occasion.
Busy week ahead - Hunter Valley, Surf lessons and the Blue Mountains to come. Expect plenty more posts from Sydney.
2 comments:
Ahem...it's COOGEE - I thought we practised this phonetically James!?
Well, as ever James, you have a certain Alan Partridge look about you in the pic...."I'm on top the Sydney Harbour Bridge and nothing's going stop me"...."Whose this cool customer? Ice white shoes, David Niven sunglasses and a chewing gum grey jump suit!"
The trip looks incredible though and delighted it's going so well. I'm sure our insular world of PR (we save lives everyday!) feels miles away.
Keep on truckin' and give my regards to Joe Mangle (not well travelled?....moi?)
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