Sydney - Round 2!!

Waking up on the first morning back in Sydney was a sad sight. Rain and dark skies over the city made our prospects of a nice day at the beach look grim. However, as optimistic as ever we push on and take the bus to Coogee, south east of the city. To our surprise and delight the sun had put his hat on had come out to play (inland was dark grey still). We took a 4 mile walk north along the coast past picturesque coves and bays until we hit Bondi Beach in full sun. Within minutes we were on the beach and in the surf, riding some pretty huge waves. After much fun and a snooze on the sand we took the bus back to the city and scrubbed up for a posh dinner at the Sydney Sky Tower, tallest building in the city. The circular deck of the tower rotates giving 360 views of the city, and as our booking was just before dusk, we got to see it all by day and night.
The next morning much to Matts delight (note sarcasm), Sam talked him into the Park Run of Sydney, as some on you will know this is a 5k run in a local park which started in the UK and has made it (just) to Oz, in fact it was just the 4th week of the Sydney run and starts at 8am due to the heat! Ouch! We both completed the run in respectable times (all things considered) and decided to walk the 3 miles back to prevent our (Matt's) muscles ceasing up!! The rest of the day was spent perusing the weekend markets at 'The Rocks' starting out hot and sunny, turning torrential and stormy, then back to some of the best sunshine yet. After lunch we wandered over to the Sydney Observatory for amazing views of Darling Harbour and the Harbour bridge. Incidentally this also seemed to be the place to go for wedding photos, we saw at least 6 different newly weds posing for the cameras-they may have us in the background (lucky them!). As the weather was so good we went back to the Opera House for a second round of photos, this time with blue sky backgrounds. Once back we'd clocked 16 miles of walking/running in one day!
For Our last day in Sydney we headed over for the Northern beach town of Manly, recommended by many friends who have been before. We got more than we bargained for, as it happened to be the Australian Open Surfing competition and a blistering hot day. We picked up tips from the pros (from the beach side), soaked up the sun and had a play about in the waves, but by 4pm a storm hit so we headed back to Sydney - exhausted!
In a nutshell thats Sydney ticked off the list, so now southwards to our final Aussie destination, Melbourne in the state of Victoria for city sights, the Great Ocean Road and of course our 1st wedding of the year :)