Hi all lovely readers!
Today we came back to Sydney after two absolutely fantastic days at the Great Barrier Reef. It was really insane how amazing it was, completely awesome!!!
This last day in Sydney AK and I got the crazy idea to climb the Harbour Bridge. We were looking at it when we were here the first time, but thought that the building was so great that we decided to climb it, I mean why not? Of course we had a guide with us, so you can exhale now, we haven’t lost our mind ;)
Today we came back to Sydney after two absolutely fantastic days at the Great Barrier Reef. It was really insane how amazing it was, completely awesome!!!
This last day in Sydney AK and I got the crazy idea to climb the Harbour Bridge. We were looking at it when we were here the first time, but thought that the building was so great that we decided to climb it, I mean why not? Of course we had a guide with us, so you can exhale now, we haven’t lost our mind ;)
Together with 13 others we climb to the top of the technical miracle along the outer arc. We had a view of the water from 134 meters, and it was something that we probably never will experience again. Now you might think that AK and I are risk-taking people who like heights, given to past experiences on our trip, but that's really not the case. If I'm going to be hot honest I'm pretty scared when it comes to hights, but it gives such a rush of adrenaline, so we can’t help it... We could both see the Sydney Opera House and the Blue Mountains from the top of the bridge. The whole trip took about 4 hours so you can of course understand how tired we were afterwards because we had stretched so much during the trip up.
It was actually a girl who couldn’t handle the altitude and panicked. I felt a bit sorry for her because she was really excited before the trip and she really wanted to see the view from the top of the bridge, but she couldn’t handle her nerves. She managed to climb down again, but they had to help her.
It was actually a girl who couldn’t handle the altitude and panicked. I felt a bit sorry for her because she was really excited before the trip and she really wanted to see the view from the top of the bridge, but she couldn’t handle her nerves. She managed to climb down again, but they had to help her.
After a lovely lunch at a small cafe next to the hotel, we took a taxi to The Powerhouse Museum, located near Darling Harbour. It's a public museum and its unique and diverse collection spans history, science, technology, industry, music, transportation, design and space exploration. It's also home to the world heritage and stories of Australian culture and lifestyle.
At the Powerhouse Museum we saw many cool things and the museum Consist of a number of unique exhibits including the oldest operational rotative steam engine in the world, the Whitbread engine. Another important exhibit that we saw was the Locomotive No. We also walked around and looked at the transport exhibition where we could look at different transports through the ages, from horse-drawn carts through the steam engines, cars and planes. Of course we watched the space exhibition where they have a cockpit in natural size.
At the Powerhouse Museum we saw many cool things and the museum Consist of a number of unique exhibits including the oldest operational rotative steam engine in the world, the Whitbread engine. Another important exhibit that we saw was the Locomotive No. We also walked around and looked at the transport exhibition where we could look at different transports through the ages, from horse-drawn carts through the steam engines, cars and planes. Of course we watched the space exhibition where they have a cockpit in natural size.
The day in Sydney ended with a fabulous meal at the restaurant near the hotel. They had a very good vegetarian stew with rice which we ate. We also ordered a really good chocolate dessert. It really has been an amazing time in Australia and Sydney, so it feels a little bit sad that we have to leave this amazing country tomorrow. Tomorrow morning we will fly to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, where we will stay from noon to later in the evening when we take the flight to the last country on this fantastic journey, Guam.// Emma