Told you the wind would change...

Trying on latex masks in the Rock market.

A good day today, we rode the open topped tour bus around Sydney, hopping on and off at various points. We've oggled the Opera house, mooched around the market, and chowed-down in Chinatown. Finished the day with carols sung in front of a giant neon Christmas tree in Darling Harbour, which felt surreal not only because we were sitting in T-shirts but because of the flying-fox bats circling the tree overhead.
Sydney still feels very relaxed, especially as this is the peak shopping/party time. If only Oxford St in London was this quiet 3 Saturdays before Christmas.
Annie succinctly summed up Sydney's mix of modern and quaint architecture, chilled vibe and nautical flavour by describing it as "like Bristol, but with sunshine".

Round Six

Kangaroo Poo

Close encounter

Eyeballing a python

Bondi

Had to have a day at Bondi beach, it'd be rude not to. Made the typical Brits in Oz error of under-estimating the sun (or the effect of the ozone hole hovering overhead).
Final result:
Whinging Poms=0
Sunburn=4.

Sydney

Arrived in Sydney at 6.30am, but as it's 4 hours ahead of Bangkok that made it 2.30am by the body clock. Ouch.
Found a comparatively cheap room with 4 bunkbeds (class!), and set off for a quick explore of the area. First impressions of Sydney are that it's quiet, spacious and, for a big city, calm - especially after SE Asia. The biggest surprise was the weather: cold winds and rain, not at all what we ordered!
The pic above was taken from the Sydney Tower - we're at the top of the long shadow on the far right.

Sydney Aquarium.