Sydney, Australia!!

Wednesday 9th September 2009

Apologies for doing this a day early, but we only have random internet connection - there is a lot of news this week so far though so should be quite a busy blog anyway.

Well the week started out in Singapore with playgroup again. I had a great time and did loads of painting and made lots of mess - luckily mummy is so clever and dressed me in yellow and purple and the paints we were using at playgroup were yellow and purple!! Think it was a coincidence but mummy claims not!!

Then in the afternoon we had to rush over to the shops to pick up my shoes for the wedding and a quick stop to have a ride on Bob the Builder and Barney!! Then we finished packing the bags and daddy came home and we rushed off to the airport - we were heading off to Sydney!!

The journey was nice and not too long (only 8 hours!) the food was a bit poor although we did have yoghurt which was nice. We arrived in Sydney at 5 in the morning, so we spent the rest of the day quite tired and once we had settled in to the room, had breakfast and a nap we were ready to head out and explore!!!

Stop 1 - we went up to the rocks and circular quay and stood under the harbour bridge and saw the Sydney Opera House, we then headed for lunch - yummy pizza (you will see that food seems to occupy a large portion of what we have got up to so far!!)

Stop 2 - Sunday - we headed down to the shops and looked around some lovely buildings and had coffee, headed off to the John Lewis of Australia and had lunch and wandered around the CBD before heading home and collapsing!!

Stop 3 - Monday - we headed down to Kings Wharf and went to the Maritime Museum, where we went in a submarine (i nearly was not big enough to be allowed on but I stood on my tiptoes!) it was great fun getting through the holes into the different areas - poor mummy and daddy struggled to get through the holes but they were the perfect size for me!!! Then we headed for lunch at the waterfront!

Stop 4 - Monday pm - we took a ride on the monorail and headed back to the CBD and went for a walk in Hyde Park, where i had a quick go at playing Chess. We then wandered up to the Parliament and the Domain Park and headed home again. We then had an amazing rainstorm which we headed outside into on our way to dinner - Chinese (western style) - yummy!!

Stop 5 - Tuesday. We had a huge walk today! We started out at the Rocks, then went to circular quay, along to Sydney Opera House, Mrs MacQuaries chair, the Botanical Gardens before heading off for lunch again!! Daddy took some great pictures of the bridge and Opera House and I got to play in the park with my ball - yeah! Then at night we headed off to Cockle Bay and walked around the waterfront before heading off for a yummy dinner which involved loads of meat - my fave!!!

Stop 6 - Wednesday - after yesterday's walking we decided to go on a bus tour today, so after breakfast we headed out on to the Hop-on, Hop off bus - we hopped off at the railway station and caught another bus which took us off to Bondi Beach for a spot of surfing!! Well paddling in our case as the water was so cold!!

So we have seen lots and lots of new and exciting things so far. Next week we have to finish our sights of Sydney, go to a wedding and then we are heading into the countryside. Will catch up with you all then,

Lots of love from Down Under!

Eleanor xx