Sydney day 2 ...

So we had a great nights sleep at Macleay lodge and awoke at 9am.

There was a free tour that we wanted to do at 10.30am but we still needed to go to an internet cafe to print our free ticket to the zoo. We asked reception how much it would be for aticket to the zoo and she said $36 , i had looked online and it had only been $28 so we decided we would buy at an internet cafe. There are loads of internet cafes in Sydney and we found one for a good price, $0.50 for 10 mins or $1.50 10- 30 mins . We printed our stuff out then decided to walk into town.

We were told to walk up road until we see a huge coca cola sign and turn right and carry on walking. It took around 20 mins and was an interesting walk. We stopped at a pub along the way for a drink, the woman said the orange juice had run out and didnt make a full glass so we could have it for free, bonus!!

We then walked straight up to Darling harbour , where Sydney zoo is, it started to rain so we ran into the zoo and joined the que for 10 minutes. The rain got really bad and it was thunder and lightening, which was cool to watch from indoors. However the wind blew the free ticket out of Luke's hand and into the Koala enclosure in the foyer!! So we had to wait for a keeper to rescue it so we were allowed in!!

Anyway once in, everything was undercover with only the minimal amount of rain coming through. There was a load to see , when reaching the cafe , you can buy a photo pack with the koala for 2 people its $25, you get two main photos , two certificates and 6 small photos. It's a great deal, you can't hold the koala but you're pretty close.

We saw the huge croc, Rex along with Kangaroos, wallabies etc. We had a great time and spent around 2 hours in here, there was a great gift shop at the end where there were t shirts on sale , so we got two :)

After this , we were really hungry and tried to find a Mcdonalds, we ended up walking the seafront up to Circular Quay , right up through the rocks - which were lovely but soo quiet - i guess because of the time of year.

After our Mcdonalds at Circular Quay, we got the free bus - the 555 up to the Westfield centre , where the skytower is. Once your up the lift, it has a lovely foyer with plenty of shops. The experience includes information on the tower and other high towers around the world, then you are taken into a cinema room to see a 4D film of sydney. This was actually filmed by people from the UK and was really interesting, you get splattered with water with the water scenes and wind blows your hair.

We went up the tower from around 5pm and waited until the sun set like we did at the Burj, so we saw Sydney in the day and night. There was a cafe and gift shop and plenty of telescopes with great info to keep us amused.

After the skytower, we did a bit of souvenir shopping in their shop downstairs and had to buy a teddy !! Then we looked at a few shops before walking back to the hotel to sort bags out ready for check out in the morning.

We were very fortunate and had a woolworths next door to us so we got pumpkin soup and bread to have as dinner when we got in as we had a microwave.

The next morning, we went out to get Luke's hair cut and i used some free wifi at a travel agency to update our blog and add the photos. We were there a few hours as Luke was checking the football news whilst i was hurridly typing away. WE only had until 1.45pm so we quickly went to cafe to get hot dog and chips to use up the rest of our dollars and then was picked up by the shuttle to go the airport. The airport was easy with Air New Zealands self check in. We could check in as soon as we got there even though we were 3.5hours early.

When we got through , there was plenty of shops and i went straight in pandora and Luke bought me a Sydney opera house charm as my birthday present. (He still owed me one)

Our flight to NZ was great , food and drink orders from your tv !! The food was good too, there wasn't that many good films in our opinion but we found some - i watched Mrs Browns boys - which i don't recommend but i had to watch it all.

We arrived in NZ at 12am , as our flight was slightly delayed.

Having THEE best time - loving every second !!!

Sophie & Luke

xxx