Thurs, 23rd July
Greetings from Sydney. What a fab city! So much to do here. We’re staying in the Ibis hotel which is really central and within walking distance of everything we want to see. We spent Tuesday just getting to know the city and taking in the sites – Sydney harbour bridge, Opera house and got the ferry out to Manly. We also visited Darling harbour and the Sydney Aquarium where we saw some pretty impressive sharks and stingrays, while resisting the urge to throw the throngs of school holiday kids into the tanks. 
We headed for Palm Beach yesterday where Home and Away is filmed. Unfortunately Alf Stewart and flathead were on vacation in Yabby Creek and we didn’t get to meet them, but the beach is really fab and we had fun chilling out near the surf club waiting for the next drama to unfold…
photo credit: Cre@tivity
We are just back from a day of wine tasting in the hunter valley wine region. We visited Waloombi, Stonehurst and Savannah Estate wineries where we sampled lots of their wines and champagnes – mmm! I think we have slept off the effects on the bus back though! May venture out for a few this evening just to compare wines, now that we are connoisseurs! We are here until Saturday, when we fly to Melbourne for 5 days. Looking forward to that but getting sad that the Oz leg of the trip is nearly over 
You sure Alf didn’t go to the city to look for Damo? Oz leg nearly over, it’s flying in! Lucky u got the wine tasting in for the practice in preparation for meeting Ger the Sparrow in Melbourne!!!! You can tell him I said you need it!!!