Rodney & Sheryl's Travels: 2/9 & 2/15-16 Sydney, Australia

We were scheduled to do some scenic sailing through Milford/Doubtful Sound on 2/7 and then arrive in Tasmania (Hobart), Australia on the 2/10. Unfortunately, there was a scheduled Pilot’s strike due to happen on the 10^th. Viking tried to get us in earlier in order to miss the strike but had no luck in doing so. Therefore, they re-routed us to Sydney, arriving on the 9^th, as we needed to arrive at a port in Australia where we could have a face-to-face interview with the Australian authorities. While it was a disappointment to miss the Milfort/Doubtful Sound and Hobart, we love Sydney and it was great to get to spend extra time there.

On the 9^th, Viking set up a wonderful, and very informative, water cruise around Sydney Harbour. After the tour, we had a delicious lunch at Lotus Barangaroo in Darling Harbour and did a little shopping.

On the 15^th, we enjoyed a very nice bus tour around the city that stopped for close-up views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (which we walked across the top of in 2008) and Opera House, Mrs. MacQuaries Chair and spent time at beautiful Bondi Beach.

The 16^th, we took the local ferry down to The Rocks and walked back to Darling Harbour, where we enjoyed yummy fish and chips for lunch at love.fish.