The Botanical Gardens provided a long and interesting walk. Many beautiful flowers and trees as well as lots of different birds - cockatoos, parrots, ibis etc. and not forgetting the numerous fruit bats hanging from the trees! At the end of the botanical gardens is a lookout called Macquarie's point which has spectacular views over towards the Opera House and Harbour Bridge as well as a stone feature called Mrs. Macquarie's chair.

The Australian Museum - celebrating its 175th anniversary -  seemed like a good opportunity to have a look around for free - might as well save a few pennies where I can. Was very busy, but worth a look. Lots of stuffed animals and birds in there as well as aboriginal artifacts and yucky insect type things!

The Anzac Memorial - located in Hyde Park of all places! Anzac meaning "Australia New Zealand Army Corps". Anzac day is like remembrance day only it's in April not November!!!

Aquarium - saw crocs, platypus, seals, sharks, lots of fish, sea horses, etc etc before having a wander around Darling Harbour where is it situated.

Cruise around Port Jackson - From Circular Quay (where the Opera House is) we went east and saw the area where I am working, then north towards the northern beaches, back west under the Harbour Bridge and into Darling Harbour and then back to Circular Quay.

Darling Harbour - experienced a free "Sounds of the Outback" show, which basically involved an aborigine demonstrating how to play the didgeridoo (yidaki)- he was very good it must be said! Circular breathing looks pretty hard!

Paddy's market - had to go there for Paddy, but it was a bit of a disappointment - just a cheap and nasty indoor market - nothing special and no bargains to be had - more tat than anything else! Still... at least we looked!

Bondi - for an evening drink and some relaxation. Not a good place to try and park on a Sunday afternoon when it is an incredibly hot day. Most of the places to park you need to pay for, but even those were all taken. I did manage to find somewhere to leave the 'tank' but not as close to the beach as I'd have liked, but even so, a 5 minute walk isn't too bad!

The Rocks - place where the convicts first landed in Sydney. Had a look around the market there - managed to pick up a cheap opal necklace for $20. Just a small kangaroo with an opal on it - a bit tacky, but it'll do me - I didn't bring any jewelry with me as I didn't want to have it stolen, so now I have something to wear when I go out!

Sydney Olympic Site - stopped for a quick 10 minute look as we were passing on the way to the Blue Mountains.

Went to a park and saw some beautiful rhododendrons which are all ready for the rhododendron festival the following weekend - beautiful colours and masses of them!

The Three Sisters rock formation was quite impressive, but probably not as impressive as the means of getting down into the valley for a better view. There were two options, so I chose one to go down, and one to come back up. The scenic railway is supposed to be the worlds steepest incline funicular railway with a slope of 52 degrees! Felt like we were going pretty much vertical - very bizarre experience! Coming back up the Scenisender is supposed to be the worlds steepest cable car - not so impressive, but still worth the ride!

Final stop was to see some impressive waterfalls - probably even more impressive when the place isn't suffering from a drought, but there was still water so I can't complain!

Topped the day off with an ice-cream. Couldn't resist trying the sherbet covered one - was actually pretty good, and I would have one again if I ever saw them!