20th February 2009

It is the end of our first day here in a very hot and sunny Sydney. We spent the day on the Hop-on,Hop-Off bus tour which was very good. We got off at the Queen Victoria Building which is a magnificent shopping mall with equally magnificent shops and prices, but our main stop was at the Botanical Gardens where the views were simply breathtaking. We also found ourselves a good spot to watch the cruise liner Queen Victoria sail out of the harbour. She is one very big ship! The ship came out of Circular Quay emerging from between the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. It was nice to have a reasonably quiet day after the long day of travelling yesterday.