Australia - Sydney

From Auckland to Sydney is about a three-and-a-half hour flight, but for us it was an even larger change: from a campervan back into the world of hotels. And to spoil ourselves a little bit, we had made a reservation in a very nice hotel right in the centre of town, about ten minutes walk from Darling Harbour.

Both of us having been to Sydney before, it felt like re-acquainting with an old friend: easy and comfortable. Which was exactly what we were hoping for, after the sensory overload in New Zealand. So, we went to have dinner in Darling Harbour, to see the flying foxes in the Botanical Gardens, to admire (and photograph from every possible angle) the Sydney Opera House, to be impressed by the size and grandeur of the Harbour Bridge, to follow the coming and going of ferries in Circular Quay, to wander through China Town and to have dinner in the Rocks. All very relaxed and nice, whilst wondering how it comes that Sydney has it completely right, seemingly. What a great city!