Sydneysiders

On Friday Maxine & I jetted off to Sydney for four days to have a spot of R&R. We stayed at the Four Seasons down on Circular Quay and we couldn't of picked a better
hotel.
The view of Sydney Harbour from our room on the 30th floor was amazing. The night time picture here is taken from our room (!!) The first two days we actually had
dodgy weather but we did some shopping in the city and did the Opera House tour which was good. It seemed a bit surreal being inside what you'd seen on TV so many
times. On Sunday the weather got back to being summer and we headed to Manly beach on the ferry. Manly is Bondi's northern cousin and is considered the better beach. There were loads of surfers doing their stuff out in the huge waves but we opted for the 'bask in the sun' approach to beach life. These are proper Aussie beaches just as you'd imagine them.

We headed back to Sydney (after more afternoon beers looking over the beach!) in time to get ready for dinner. We ate in two seriously good resturants in our time there, on recommendations from others. So if anyone reading this is heading to Sydney soon (that's you Helen!), two very good resturants are ARIA and QUAY. Unreal views over the Opera House and Harbour Bridge while you eat.

On Monday we did loads more walking around the city before heading back to the hotel pool and then catching our flight back (just as the Aussies nailed the coffin down on English Cricket). Nuff said on that subject.

Sydney is a great city to visit and there's so much to see, we've only just scratched the surface. We'll definately go back soon. All in all, a nice way to build up to Christmas !!