Saturday 29th March Day One for the Connections Tour: After meeting the crew on our tour, Adam the guide/cook and Alan the driver, we jumped on the Connections Bus. There are 18 of us on the tour. One missing, Lawrence, as he's comatosed in bed!! We stopped off at Blues Point for our last sight of Sydney before heading to Hunters Valley. We arrived at the Hunter Valley Gardens, where we partaked in a spot of wine tasting. I aint much of a wine drinker, but hey,...

Thursday 27 March After checking into the WakeUp Hostel, and being upgraded to a family room, we went down to the Hostel Bar called Side Bar for our 2for1 drinks. After this, we decided to jump in a taxi and head for Darling Harbour. One word describes this place - WOW! The Opera House is huge. Slightly bigger than the one in Jersey! The Harbour Bridge is massive. I can only imagine what the views are gonna be like when i do the BridgeClimb tomorrow, never mind ...