We’ve cheekily extended our stay here in Sydney by a couple of nights (why come this far and not make the most of it!), but this did mean we needed to unfortunately change hotels. So, while I took a taxi ride across the CBD with all our bags, Mel and Wills set off for the kiddies park in Darling Harbour again. After an hour or so we met up again and trotted over to the maritime museum where  we had a clamber over HMAS Vampire (a decommissioned war ship) and HMAS Onslow (a submarine). Wills was very good and on best behaviour – he had great fun pressing all the buttons and counting how many beds there were in the submarine!

The weather forecast had said all week that  it was going to rain so we had always planned to go to the aquarium. We’ve quickly learnt here in Sydney though that you shouldn’t believe the forecasters and it was probably one of the sunniest and hottest days we’ve had! After a bite to eat we still went to the aquarium but to cool down! It’s a very good one and has recently been fully refurbished… We think Wills enjoyed it but he spent most of the time running through it from room to room!

We started our last full day here by having breakfast in a lovely little French Patisserie in the middle of The Rocks, the oldest part of Sydney. After a bit of shopping we then took a trip up the Sydney Tower to get some amazing panoramic views of the city and Port Jackson followed by a ferry ride back out to Manly for a wander around and a final trip to the beach. Unfortunately due to a tired boy and an early start the next day, our final meal ended up being room service!