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.