Sydney day 2 and 3

Internet connectivity in the Outback hasn't been great so I will try to catch up to date quickly before it goes out again!

On our second day in Sydney, we had breakfast down in Circular Quay by the opera house.  You can't beat this view from our table.

We did an hour long tour of the opera house and got to see some performance rooms that aren't usually seen on the tour.  We ran through one of their main rooms quickly, as they were holding rehearsal for a new opera but didn't want people coming through.  It really is amazing in person and unbelievable how many tiles make up the outside of the house. 

We walked for a couple hours through the harbor, along the botanical gardens and back through Circular Quay and The Rocks (first English settlement).  The views from everywhere were amazing.  The harbour bridge is prominent in all the pictures along with the opera house.  We had lunch outside along the water.  I had to sample some Australian wine--very good.

After lunch we did the Sydney Bridge Pylon climb.  We walked on the bridge to the Pylon and went up several levels to the top.  Amazing views of the whole city.  Glenn didn't like being up that high but the views were unbelievable.

On day 3, we got down to circular quay early to take a ferry over to the zoo.  We grabbed breakfast at another outdoor cafe while we waited for the next ferry.  The ride over to the zoo was quick and the views from the ferry were amazing.  The views from the zoo were even more amazing!  The zoo was wonderful and we spent most of the day there.

Views from the zoo:

Koalas weren't very active:

After the zoo, even though we were beat, we walked to Sydney Tower to see the views of the city from there.  We didn't really know where we were going; we just kept looking up and walked toward the tower.  Eventually we found it.  We were pretty DONE at this point--I needed food and I really didn't want to deal with the crowds.  So we did a quick visit up top but it was worth it.  We could see all the way out to the mountains--perfect day to view from there.

Darling Harbour from the Sydney Tower (where our hotel was)

Time to move on to the outback but we loved Sydney!!!