A walk on a bridge

We left Melbourne late on the night of my birthday eve for Sydney. After arriving at a very small local avalon airport (the smaller of the two airports) 3 hours early. It reminded me of a trip to huddlesfield airport where the same person checks you in, checks you through security and is at the boarding gate. After what felt like a very short 1 hour flight we arrived in sydney at 10.30pm. We just couldn’t resist staying on the train a couple more stops to visit the harbour area. Which was still very busy with tourists trying to take a snap of the harbour bridge and opera house, us included. We then retreated to our hotel in anticipation of someones birthday the next day.

Alas, it was my birthday, so after waking up to cards and gifts and munching our way through breakfast we went to explore the city. After seeing the hustle and bussel of the new south wales capital we headed once more to the harbour. This was for us to walk on top of a bridge. It may sound boring but it was the sydney harbour bridge. When we arrived we were greeted by famous faces who had done the ‘Climb of your life’ before including Hugh Jackman and Prince Harry. We were then giving a safety talk and a bridge similuator. I was fretting slightly about the unflattering suit and quite what I had decided to do to mark my 22 year on the planet. However after well over 1000 steps we had reached the top of the bridge and had a spectacular view of Sydney. After a very sqwinty couple photo at the summit, we began our decent to solid ground.

One highlight was when we were passed on the stairs by workmen wearing high visability jackets and boots while we were all wearing full body harnesses, attached to a reinforced cable. After finishing the bridge climb we went for a celebaratory lunch round the harbour we went for a walk around the botanical gardens.

After a delicious italian meal for my birthday supper and a downpour on the way to the hotel we called it a day. Indeed such a fab 22nd birthday!

The next day we awoke with bondi beach on our minds. Made famous by films and my recent addiction to Bondi Rescue on Australian tv. We hopped on the 20 minute bus journey to go and visit the iconic place. When I got up off the bus I said to Will that the beach looked like Scarborough. It also resemembled scarborough half an hour later when we were caught in a torrental downpour. After seeking shelter in a cafe and watching the lifeguards jump into action we were pleased that we had seen most that bondi had to offer.

To finish off our time in sydney we headed again to the iconic harbour to have one more look at the fantastic opera house and the iconic bridge which we had summitted the day before.

Amy xx