Day 2 in Sydney

Hey Blogaroni Friends,

It's about 9:00 P.M. Saturday, March 14th.

Day 2 in Sydney: With only 2 days in Sydney, and so much to see, we tried to do as much as humanly possible. We woke up, had a great breakfast at the Vibe Hotel, then took a little walk as we waited for our tour guide to scoop us up. We then took the drive to The Rocks - The oldest area of Sydney. We toured the area and did some boomerang shopping. The tour guide was great, but a little too boring for these NYC chicks...so we ditched the tour and headed to the Sydney Opera House. See pics below...We walked all around Sydney Harbour and then made our way to the nerve-wracking Sydney Bridge Climb...

So who chickened out? NO ONE! We got our crash course in bridge climbing, got harnessed in and headed up the Sydney Bridge for the climb of our lives. We climbed many a steep step, walked over countlesss steel grates with passing car and train traffic beneath us and overcame the countless thoughts of "what would happen if I slipped and fell?" while being hundreds of feet above the 100 foot-deep waters of Sydney Harbour.

So why no pictures of us on the bridge you ask? WELL, as we reached the summit of the bridge, we were hit with an electrical storm! Unfortunately, we had to head back down the bridge (to avoid getting struck by lightning on an ALL STEEL bridge) without having reached the top. But we did make it pretty far up there!!! The view of the city of Sydney from atop the bridge was heavenly. And the entire experience was an incredible RUSH!

So as we say farewell to Sydney, we say hello to the Australian Outback. We head to Ayer's Rock at 6:30 A.M. Here are some pics from today's travels....Stay tuned for more!

Brian, the Tour Guide from The Rocks (tour that we ditched...I hope he didn't take offense to us leaving)

Hanging with an Aborigines man at Sydney Harbour

Us at the Sydney Opera House