Sydney

Sydney was a whirlwind of a weekend, starting when Dom
collected me from the airport after a bit of a nap in
the car, due to my flight being delayed. We went back
to her gorgeous house in Mosman, overlooking Mosman
Bay for catch up goss, relaxation and food.

Later Dom took me to meet the two other girls Katie and
Rani for dinner to celebrate their 27th birthdays, one
on Friday and one on Saturday. Dom surprised the
three of us with very thoughtful birthday presents,
which included some great necessities for our travels
- small torch (lucky I didn't bring the head torch
Pete, although the girls thought that would have been
a benefit to bring along), travel towel, travel
cutlery, tinned tuna, vegemite, travel mugs, cup o soup...and the
list goes on.

We went to a great Italian restaurant in Cockle Bay on
Darling Harbour, where we ate the most delicious
Octopus dish - so good we had to order more. After a
few bottles of wine we moved on to the bar, Pier 26,
for more wine and more friends. We met plenty of
people that night, have many laughs, many bottles of
wine and found ourselves in a cab home many hours after midnight.

On Sunday, after peeling myself out of bed with a very
sore head, I headed back to Darling Harbour for a
jetboat cruise around the harbour and beyond. It was
a great ride and about half way through the driver
took off and ripped up the water. We all got soaked
but had an awesome, thrilling ride. Later I met Kt for
food, then the other girls and a few others for a
cocktail catamaran cruise, which was another birthday
present for the girls. It was a relaxing cruise with
fantastic views of the opera house and bridge, but
no-one was in the mood for too many cocktails after
our previous nights effort. Home for some tv, and I
was asleep very early.