3/28/2014-3/30/2014

We left port Douglas at 3:20am and headed to the airport in Cairns. Stopping for gas we got there just in time to catch our flight to Sydney. We got to Sydney a bit before we were able to check into our apartment so we dropped off our baggage and went out to breakfast. Sydney is currently doing a wildlife and art exhibit like Melbourne did last year. This one has 120 Rhino statues in the greater Sydney area. They come complete with an app. I started collecting them. We had a nice wonder around the city, settled into our hotel and then did the Sydney bridge climb at 6pm. It was really cool to climb at night. I wasn't going to climb the bridge but my friends were nervous and forced me to do it with them. It was a nice experience but really I think I'm done. After the bridge climb my friends headed back to the apartment while I went out in search of food. I went to the Glenmore which overlooks the opera house. It was amazing.

Saturday we took the Ferry to Manly beach and had a relaxing day of looking at the water and sleeping on the sand. Bruce had wanted to go to a footy game while he was here so we had planned to go to the Sydney-Collingwood game tonight at Sydney's olympic stadium. Bruce changed his mind and stayed in Manly but I went to the game and it was brilliant. I stopped for Korean on the way which was amazing. Then, I sat right between the two sides and made some new friends. It was great fun.

Sunday we had to be out of the apartment by noon so I went out for coffee and then wandered the area a bit.  I took my friends to the botanical gardens and then lost them while I was looking for Rhinos. By the time we left Sydney I had found 15.  I met back up with them at 5:30 to get chocolate and Messina gelato. Messina is some of the most amazing gelato I've seen. Mmmmm. Then we collected our baggage and headed to the airport. In a surprise turn of events we got on an earlier flight so that we were back to my place by 10pm. I actually got some work done and cleaned a bit. I have so much to catch up on but I'm not motivated to do any of it.