Sydney is very scenic, especially the Botanic gardens

One Japanese photo	See, here's another, Leslie and JoAnn this time	These are the best! Yummy Sydney Rock Oysters	Yes, these tiny dots are people	Sorry Jo-Ann
It costs $96 to do this - you couldn't pay me enough!	The Manly ferry is very fast!	Leslie really likes Norfolk pines	Nice warm water but poor body-surfing at Manly beach (big waves though)	Pretty big umbrella tree, eh?
Anyone know what this tree is?	The ficus trees (figs) have airborne roots	Ficuses are humongous!	Cypress trees aren't small either	Another weird tropical tree
The Queensland Bottle tree is even fatter than me!	Noisy buggers, the Cockatoos, cute though (about $10,000 here!)	Resting after a plod through the gardens	This is where Eric the Fruit Bat lives	No Leslie, we can't take it home!

It rained for 2 of the 4 days we were there, it often rains in summer but this time it was caused by Cyclone Steve off Karratha, 3,000 miles away!! Sydney is quite humid during summer and the drought has just broken. The Botanic Gardens are right next to the Opera House and shouldn't be missed if you go there (you can miss the downtown area (CBD) though, it's as bad as London! The Flying Foxes cause a fair amount of damage and are moved along regularly (although I wouldn't go near the smelly, nosiy blighters).
We stayed at the Habour Rocks Hotel, right in the rocks area. We highly recommend it (but it has no A/C).