Birthday BridgeClimb

Well up and at em' this morning! I walked to the BridgeClimb office and got kitted up in those lovely jumpsuits! Eugh! We had a little safety briefing and we all introduced ourselves - it turned out that 4 of us had birthday's today!

We started the bridgeclimb and had to climb up these nasty ladder/step things, there were four sets of them so it was pretty scary! When we got on to the Bridge itself it was easy. We walked up fairly slowly with our guide telling us all about the bridge and Sydney harbour. We had photos taken at various points including that all important group one - cheese! The group sang happy birthday at the top which was sweet!

When we got back I chose to buy a single photo as the group one was a bit cheesy - the single photo was only 7 quid!

I then went down to the waterfront and to Doyles Restaurant for my birthday lunch - apparently the best fish and chips with the best view in Sydney. Well the view was amazing, right between the harbour bridge and the opera house. The food was okay but I've had better fish and chips - it was a bit pricy as well!

I then walked around the Rocks area which was lovely! It's one of the oldest parts of Sydney and at weekends it has a street market.

Included in my BridgeClimb was a ticket to the Pylon LookOut on the Bridge - This was brilliant too! The stairs up the pylon were worse than the BridgeClimb! Oh well I worked off that lunch!

When I got back to the hostel I updated the journal and Allison an Irish girl I met yesterday came up and invited me for a drink. We went over to Darling Harbour which was all lit up and all the day cruise boats were coming in.

Very stiffly I walked back to the hostel and packed! I broke my bag as it is getting a bit full! I wish I had bought a bigger bag!

Off to Melbourne tomorrow!