The City of Sydney

We headed out from Hayman on the large boat that took about an hour to get to the airport.  Pretty cool to arrive at an airport by boat.  Joan and I spent most the time on the top so we could see the scenery.  It was a little windy, but beautiful.  We had the whole upper deck to our selves.  We landed in Sydney in the early evening and went directly to a wonderful dinner place that was right on the water overlooking the Opera House.  Pretty nice indeed!!   The sun set right on the Opera House.  It then turned a bright red (I think with a little help by mankind, but beautiful just the same!) 

 The next morning we went to a koala zoo.  It was a really nice zoo that had all kinds of Australian animals.  The Koala's were our favorite!  OMG... JUST ADORABLE!  Everyone had a chance to pet one and have their picture taken.  Joan and I were last and when we went to "stike a pose" the little guy decided to walk down the railing.  It was hysterical with us following him all the way across the exhibit.  He finally stopped at the corner and decided to take a pee right on my shoe.  Too funny. I was told it was good luck.  :-) 

We also were able to pet and hang out with the Kangaroo's.  There was a Momma with a little Joey in her pouch.  It was so cute!

After the zoo we went on a tour of the Opera House.  Spectacular building and history.  The sails are not white by the way - they are covered in ceramic tiles.  It's a more on the light tan color.  We got lucky when the tour guide took us in one of the theatres and there was a rehearsal going on.  We watched a ballerina practice her moves.

We ended our evening with a nice boat tour through Sydney Harbor.  It was a large boat and our tour group of 39 had the whole thing to ourselves. 

Unfortunately, half way through it began to rain...no, it poured (seems like a theme for us) but still we managed to see a lot of the harbor in the sunshine.