Two days one night to go 😢, lots to do before I go. Taronga Zoo is on the Agenda today, late start, we are booked for Sails restaurant for this evening, another Christina, my daughter, organised event with a lovely voucher from them all, my Christmas presents 🎁 will be hard to beat in the future that’s for sure!

We decide to pack our clothes for later just in case we run behind and end up being very glad we did.

First things first, brunch….on the Quay.

On to the water bus to the zoo. NB There are two zoo’s in Sydney, so be careful to book the one you want! Yes, I know I am repeating myself from a previous blog! My core aim is to see the giraffe’s, I love that the back ground behind them is the bridge and opera house plus I just love them.

Oh my goodness today is so humid and there is a lot of walking, we are literally melting!🫠

We need to transfer back to circular quay then get back on another water bus to Lavender Bay where Sails restaurant is, I am sure we will find somewhere to change!

Oopsie! There is literally no-where and the restaurant is not open yet, there is a tiny beach so we go paddling and much to Andrea’s bemusement I decide to change there following my paddle! As I explained ahead clearly hasn’t done summer’s in Donegal, she gets into the swing of things and demands evidence pics that we did this 😂 …..I told you I was classy!

We go into Sails, which is rather fancy, with our rucksacks and explain we need to get our faces in before sitting down, I don’t think they are quite used to this, however, the service from start to finish was impeccable, the food, the best of my whole trip….INCREDIBLE!

What a way to finish and such a joy to share it with Andrea, the icing on the cake.

I’m a bit tired and emotional tonight, Andrea was showing me a video of Budapest, which sets me off, it is near her original home town, she feels it is more beautiful than Vienna and I’m inclined to agree, through her clear pride n passion for it. I so hope we can meet up there in the future. Andrea has lived and worked in Canada (not far from Toronto) for over 30 yrs. Maybe another holiday destination on my bucket list too?!

Some pics of the journey back – Sydney by night!

It’s time to pack up, I’m so lucky that Andrea is here tonight which means I can leave my things in the room, go out for brunch/lunch etc and then be able to have a shower and go to the airport, my flight leaves Sydney at 21.45 pm.

We potter about and eventually hop on the train to Central Quay, we walk towards the Rocks and choose a very old Cafe for lunch.

After lunch we do a bit of shopping and the say our goodbyes as Andrea is doing a tour of the Opera House, I head back to the hotel, shower, sit on my case to get it closed and now have 2 pieces of hand luggage! I am well within my weight restrictions so not worried! Off to the airport……homeward bound, it’s hard to believe that 6 weeks have passed and I have absolutely no regrets about doing this trip. It was everything I had hoped Australia to be and more. ✅ off the bucket list!

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