I climbed it!

First of all, I realized I forgot to mention that eardrum did NOT perforate on our flight from Cairns. Both of my sisters asked about that, so I thought I should let you know.

Today we started off with the Sydney Bridge Climb. We did the discovery climb which gave us a little more information about the building of the bridge and the structure while we climbed it. We all had to put on gray jumpsuits so we wouldn't distract drivers on the bridge, and we also had to leave everything behind. No cameras, watches, wallets, jewelry, etc, were allowed. Anything that could be thrown from the top had to be put in a locker. We were secured in the entire 2.5 hours it took us to climb up and back. We were very fortunate to have a small group of only 5 climbers compared to the usual group of 14. Also, we saw a wedding take place at the top which made it a little more exciting. Overall, we really enjoyed it, and we came back in one piece.

The weather was pretty good up to that point, we only had a slight drizzle on our way down the bridge, but by the time we reached the bottom it was a steady rain again. We went to Manly Beach despite the forecast and walked around the beach and shops for a while. The beach isn't the most fun when you're carrying an umbrella, but we enjoyed the views. Hopefully we'll go back to Manly beach on Tuesday before we leave for the States.

This evening we had dinner with one of my Dad's friends from work. We went to a little Moroccan restaurant and had their Valentine's Day menu. It was a six course meal including scallops, chicken, salmon, veggies and dessert. We enjoyed every bit of it. We're heading to bed now so we are nice and rested for our Hunter Valley Wine tour tomorrow, and then only one day left :(

Have a wonderful Valentines Day.