Day 22. 25000 steps.......

We had a few different plans in store for the day, however in the end, we all just managed to play it by ear.

With a late departure we figured we would skip breakfast at the van and just head out to the city for brunch.

We found a nice little spot in darling harbour and settled in for a meal, from there on we decided we would wander through town and see what the city shopping had on offer, needles to say the boys got quite sick of it quickly.

We took a walk along the historic rocks and decided to take a walk across the impressive Harbour Bridge and visit the museum at the eastern Tower.

WOW, simply WOW, what a great place to see the city and enjoy the view, the steps leading up to the top not necessarily as much.

Unfortunately Blond and Boo stayed behind due to Oskie being asleep in the pram and there was no way of getting them to the top.




































For years, blond and I have been coming to Sydney for some adult time, yet we have never walked down to the Opera House. SO we all decided it was time to finally see the Jorn Utzon creation up close. To our surprise, it's not actually white, the exterior is gold/blue depending on the hue of the sky above. 

We highly recommend a visit to this great building, far ahead of its time and certainly an architectural and engineering marvel. 













We returned back to darling harbour for the kids to have a decent play at the kids playground and the water park, but not before blond and I took the kids out for dinner at the best Thai Restaurant in Sydney called "Spice I Am", great value, amazing food, simply fantastic. 

This is such a great place to be for kids whcih allows the adults just to relax for a little while. 















A great day was had by all, but we would love for the humidity to bugger off.


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