After lots of relaxing in Melbourne we were ready for the big party action of Sydney.
The day we arrived was spent strolling around taking it all in and visiting the Opera House as well as admiring the Harbour Bridge. Both are truly spectacular (as most of you know), but you can't really appreciate it until you are standing in front of them. In the daytime the Opera house does look like it could do with a good scrub though (sorry but it does!) Good job for some 'community service' boys and girls maybe?!
Being in Sydney we visited the famous Bondi Beach. Thankfully there were no riots. We met up with Hobbo and the boys 'babe' watched all day whilst we all soaked up some good Aussie sun! (plenty plenty sunblock!) That night we met up with Amanda Wiley and her absolutely awesome fella Joe for a few beers and some great Seafood in Woolloomooloo. After a really lovely evening we went off the rails a bit and ended up in a local Kings X club called Moulin Rouge, as well as a few dodgy strip clubs for a giggle (soooooo ropey, don't anyone bother).
NYE was perfect, we spent the evening sipping champagne in this gorgeous park on Elizabeth Bay watching the fireworks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge with Amanda, Joe and Jackie. NYE in Australia was far less stressfull than at home so we could just sit back and enjoy the atmosphere. We didn't go too mad on NYE as we were saving ourselves for new years day... Quite right too.
OBVIOUSLY....the above picture doesn't do the fireworks justice. We're not even sure why it's there really..... They were fantastic though and we had the best vantage point well away from those pesky tourists!
The 1st day of 2006 was an absolute scorcher at over 45 degrees and we had tickets to Field Day (out door dance festival) - ouch! We arrived at about 3pm and found what little shade was left and sweated our arses off for a few hours drinking gallons of water. We couldn't actually start boogying until the sun started to go down - that was when it all really kicked off! The main stage was rammed and there was some amazing DJs rocking the place (wont bore you with the list) - everyone was really up for it. At one point a storm came over and they thought they would have to stop the festival for a short time due to high winds - luckily they never actually arrived so we partied until the end. As you can imagine we got up to all the usual outdoor event shinanigans minus the mud and dodgy portaloo disasters. It really was a fantastic day we even forgot about the ridiculous tempreatures (as well as almost everything else!) after a while.
Amanda & Joe thank you both so much for some great laughs and looking after us whilst we were in Sydney - you guys are legends ;o) We cant wait to see you again soon!
A lot of our time in Sydney was spent partying and recovering so we didn't get to do all the things we had planned, like go to Manly or do the Bridge Climb (closed because of setting up fireworks - not just us being lazy!!). Our time there was wicked and we can't wait to go back. Quality. In fact double strengh Ker-wality just for good measure!