After the emotional last week in Toowoomba, Jess and I headed off to Sydney late on Friday night. We had an extra long weekend planned before Jess had to fly home, and I had to attend a conference. Having never been to Sydney before, I excited to finally get the chance.
We stayed at Rydges World Square, which was a little expensive, but was very very nice. It's nice to pretend that you're rich, every now and then! The hotel is located a 10 min walk from the city centre, and is on the border between the city and Chinatown, so there's lots to see and do within close walking distance.
We had spectacular weather for the weekend, with clear skies and warm temps (hitting around 20 degrees most days). During the day we did a lot of walking, visiting as many of the touristy places as we could. Down to the Opera House, across the Bridge to Kiribilly and Luna Park, through The Rocks, and around Darling Harbour. One of the highlights was on Saturday night, as we had tickets to see The Phantom of the Opera at the Lyric Theatre at Star City casino. It is meant to be Anthony Warlow's last season, and it was absolutely spectacular.
The short story is we had a great time. There's plenty of photos in our Picasa album here 2008-09-06, Sydney & TechEd 08. Here's brief selection of some favourites.
