I LOVE Sydney!

 Tadd & I were REALLY excited about our holiday in Sydney. A chance to escape from our island paradise in Fiji and get back to civilization for a few days. 

I had hoped to finally take advantage of couchsurfing.org, as we had heard loads of fantastic reviews from travellers coming through Ratu Kini, but I think Sydney was a tricky location as most travellers consider Australia very expensive, so I wasn't able to find us a spare bed to crash on in downtown Sydney, and we opted for the very pleasant Big Hostel (about $100 USD a night for a private room).

As soon as we arrived in the city we changed into more clothes - we had been advised by friends that we might need a pair of trousers and a long-sleeve shirt for our trip in the autumn... well compared to Fiji it was pretty cool!

We went for a wander through the streets of the city, happily beginning our food-fest of a holiday straight away with some Malaysian dumplings and fast-food sushi in a food court.

We then continued our wander and along the way we passed Hyde Park and saw the local "pigeons" scavenging for garbage...

After we headed to the Sydney Tower to indulge the need to go up the big, tall building in any city and check out the view.

As it was close to sunset we got some amazing lighting of Sydney.

It just got better and better!

And here is us with the view!!

Well, actually this what they did ... one of those green screen photos... not bad though!

The express lifts up to the observation deck had cool indicators... looked like something out of Dr. Who!

I took a moment on the way down for a photo op with the giant lego man

On our way off to enjoy happy hour, I grabbed a pic of the multi-million dollar walkway they had put up - for my skyway book in the future!

After several rounds of cheap bubbly, we had the best foodcourt food you can imagine - in China town ... all made fresh and spicy, and there was even a bar to get a carafe of wine with dinner... I LOVE Sydney!! Then during our preamble to another bar, we came across some crazy water feature outside an office building. 

	We thought it was cool already and then it began to change colours!! What a fun first night in Sydney!!