Get Brewed With The Lord!

The last part of our Australian adventure ended in Sydney.  I'm going to keep the post relatively short and add as many pictures as I can so you can see the sites of Sydney.  It is an amazing town and we'd definitely venture back there again if we can.

We stayed at The Lord Nelson Brewery which is claimed to be the oldest continually licensed hotel in Sydney.  The t-shirt slogans are "Get Brewed With The Lord" and we certainly enjoyed The Lord's beer!!!

We went on a bike tour our first full day in Sydney to get a lay of the land.  On the tour we were able to bike across the Sydney Harbour Bridge twice which was really unique.
 First trip over the bridge!

We saw the Opera House (didn't go inside) but all around the outside.  It was windy!  We had to walk our bikes through the Botanical Gardens which were really nice.

We saw Captain Cook's ship.   James Cook was a British explorer who made 3 voyages and founded Australia.

 View of the city from Darling Harbour where Captain Cook's ship is docked.

We enjoyed some freshly shucked Oysters at the Sydney Oyster Bar.  (Oyster Shots as well.)

 Here is our view of the sun going down on the bridge and opera house while we enjoyed our oysters.

We also managed to eat Kangaroo sliders that day however we didn't get a picture of them.  They tasted like venison/bison (a gamey type meat), so not too bad.

On Saturday (our last day) we took a day trip to Bondi Beach where we walked along the water, watched surfers, and then did a 6K trek to a southern beach town Coogee.

The beach patrols station listed the air temperature being 20C (68F) and the water temperature being 21C(70F).  We dipped our toes in the sand as we hadn't brought our suits and it actually felt pretty nice!

Eventually we took the bus back to Sydney and stopped at the famous Harry's Cafe de Wheels food cart for a famous Tiger meat pie topped with mushy peas, mash and gravy.

Now it's back to reality.