Tag: Sydney

Easter show

Hi guys it’s me Grace again. On Wednesday we went to the Royal Easter Show in the Sydney Olympic Park. It was really good. We went into the Spotless Stadium first and watched motorbikes do stunts like the superman.

After that we went to look at show bags. Basically they are promotional gift bags you buy with lots of stuff in. There were loads of different ones. I bought a chocolate bag and an Oreo bag. I also bought a sprinkles unicorn bag that had a pink fluffy backpack, pencil case, scented book markers, gel pens, highlighters and a secret diary with lock and key for just $28 (about £15) – bargain!!

There was so much stuff to see. There was a dog show, wood chopping (Haiah), food stalls, cake decorating competitions – just too much to list even.

After that we went to the fair. It was amazing and had loads of rides. We went on the log flume, swings, paragliding ride sort of thing (I’ll explain later), pirates of the Caribbean adventure fun house, break dance (like a twister but better), big Ferris wheel and a crazy coaster. The paragliding ride was my favourite. I went on with my Dad first and it was amazing so I took my Mum on it so I could have another go.

It was really really fun – I hope we can go back to the Easter Show one day.

Bye guys, see you soon.

Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

Hi guys it’s me Grace again. The one thing I really wanted to do if we visited Sydney was climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge – all 1332 steps!!

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the largest single span arch bridge in the world – 503 metres long, 134 metres high and 49 metres wide.

It was so long, so exhausting and so exiting let me tell you about it. It was a lovely morning in Sydney not too windy not too hot but just right. We went in and got ready – our group was all from the UK which was really funny. The others were all from London way and we were the only ones from Wales. Anyway we got our gear on and I was right at the front – it was amazing. Our instructor/guide was Sean. He was very nice and I would like to go up again with him. When you climb up you don’t go all the way over the arch, you climb up the right side of the road, cross the middle at the very top and then come back down the left side of the road if that makes sense. It took 3 1/2 hours just to climb over the bridge and about 40mins to put on and take off everything like a jump suit, head set, unclip the hat, the handkerchiefs and people’s sunnies/sunglasses/glasses. Once we’d finished with all the equipment we put it down a chute and had a well earned ice cream. Here’s our video from the top!

After that we went to build-a-bear in Sydney it was amazing – it was in a shopping centre called Myers. I bought Cookies a pair of ripped jeans, a top with Australia stuff on it and a wallabies kit. I got Cookies’ pawsport stamped to show he’s visited Sydney, Australia.

In the evening, we went to a chocolate cafe and met up with my Dads school friend Nicola who now lives in Sydney.

Bye guys see you soon.