On to Sydney

After a day relaxing after the wedding it was time to move on. Sally and I waved goodbye to Age and Tracy at Perth Airport and boarded flight QF642 to Sydney. The flight took 3 hours and 45 minutes and despite the lack of legroom and the regular 'Another Bucks Fizz Mr Collis?' that I was used to on the trip to Australia, it was quite bearable.

The weather in Sydney came as a bit of a shock though - a bit of deja vu for June in the UK. Despite there being the worst drought in living memory here there seems to be more than enough rain to me - and the temperature of 16C wasn't what we're used to either.

However, we're here, and we have a brilliant room in the Four Points Sheraton with a panoramic view over Darling Harbour. It's also next door to a pub - where we spent the first downpour.

We did manage to have a walk around Darling Harbour and have a really good meal sitting outside a restaurant with a stunning view over the harbour to the city. It was also entertaining to see loads of locals, dressed up to the nines and drunk as skunks, at the end of Melbourne Cup day ('the race that stops the nation' as they call it here).