Road trip to the Blue Moutains

As a birthday present, my jolly good friend Jack hired a car for the weekend and planned a day out to the Blue mountains for us all. Ekkkkk!!
I think after many occasions of me saying 'i wanna go to the blue mountains i wanna gooooo' finally got stuck into someones brain, so i was very HAPPY when he had put it all together. Well done, i say well done!
Now i will be honest and i might be the only one buttt i did think the mountains were actually going to be blue... but there not... its just the blue mist that covers it. (If you didn't know already)

We all wanted to make use of having the car, so we thought we would make a day of it, stopping off at a few look out points and lagoons.

The brown water doesn't do it just justice but the lagoon was beautiful... and hot! 
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Sydney harbour bridge climb

One word... AMAZING!!! We knew coming to Sydney that the bridge climb was one of the things that we definitely wanted to do. It is a must! If your coming to Sydney and this isn't on your bucket list, then grab that list, screw it up, chuck it out and write a new one with this at the very top!
We was so excited to do this, like beyond excitement, imagine excitement then times that by 200 that was our excitement level. I think you get the gist.  Bobby being the best boyfriend ever surprised me with this two days before we was doing it. Little cutie! As Sydney is throwing us some seriously bad weather, the only day it was sunny was the day we did this so he had picked the perfect day.

Once you get there you have to fill out some paper work and whilst your there, you stand in a circle (i felt 10 again) to get to know the group of 14 your doing the climb with and also your climb instructor.  From there you get given jumpsuit that is basically a onesie to wear, then get given a belt with a harness on, a jumper in case it gets chilly, a hat, a handkerchief if you get all emotional from the sights, safety string for your glasses and finally a headset to hear your guide. After you get everything you need you finally get started on the walk. 
The walk up is breath taking, one side is the opera house, circular quay, the rocks, Taronga zoo, etc. The other side is Luna park, darling harbour, cockatoo island and behind is the city. They tell you the facts about Sydney and also tell you about the heritage about the bridge, how it was made, how long it took, how many people died making it, how much it cost etc. Its all interesting but your main focus is the views. On the way up you stop a few times for pictures and take in the view. You don't get to walk completely across it to the other side, you only walk to the top then back down again.

  

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The stuff you wanna to know:
The price:  Adult $198-$358 Children $148- $228  Dawn, day, twilight or night depends on the price of climb you get. We did the day so it cost $248 per person. Its quite expensive but its a once in a life time thing to do so the choice is yours.
Photo's: Ah the money makers, there's always one where ever you go. For safety reasons you aren't allowed to take your own cameras up there, they will take their camera and take the pictures for you. You can buy picture packages or single when you book online, or after your climb. Bobby the smart nugget booked us a 10 picture package for $49.99 i believe so whilst we were up there we got to have all of the pictures they took of us.
The complete package- what you get for your money: Well of course you get the climb, a certificate of achievement, a bridge climb hat, free entry to the pylon lookout and a group photograph.  ______________________________________________
Our review
Overall we loved the climb. It is one of those things you will never forgot so you can't put a price on memories... but they had a good crack at it.  The only thing i would say they could improve on was the price. For a couple its $500 dollars but if your a family of 4 that's nearly $1000 dollars and of course you want pictures of it so that's an extra cost. You wouldn't want a group photo as your keep sake, you would want a personal photo to take back home.
If your interested in doing the climb or want to have a look at the website CLICK HERE

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Do we need a Go Pro?

We have been humming and awing over whether to get a Go Pro since we arrived. Some of my favourite travel bloggers say its a must have when your travelling but with the price as it is I'm just not sure if it's worth spending all that money on.

We have looked at some of the pictures people have taken with it and they look   A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The shots it can get that a normal a camera can't, baffles me. 

Bobby has looked at the different GoPro's out there and they say the new Go Pro HERO+3 Black Edition  is the best one so far. The price at the moment is $529 dollars, I'll repeat that again its $529 yes you heard me and in my eyes that's a lot of money. But as we are going to be here for a year and then whether the travelling air takes us, should i see it as an investment?

This morning we received a Groupon voucher and its on offer at $429 dollars, we have 6 days to decide whether we want it so the question is... Do we need to get one? 

Anyone that has a GoPro or has any advice on it please comment below or get in contact with me? We beg of you!

Image taken from Google

If you have time take a look at Bored Panda's photography using the Go Pro   Click Here

Darling Harbour

For our first week we stayed in a hotel to get ourselves settled in, the perks of staying in a hotel was that it was perfect location. 

One side of us was china town and the other was darling harbour.

Darling Harbour is basically laid out like a big 'U', with restaurants either side and many attractions to keep you busy. 

There is a HUGE playground, its meant to be for children but it most definitely doesn't look like a child's playground! It was like a mini go ape! 

All of the restaurants are on Cockle Bay Wharf, King Street Wharf and Harbour side. 

There was a selection to choose from like:

Hard rock cafe, Guylian Belgian chocolate cafe (a dream come true), Nicks seafood bar and grill, I'm Angus- a steak house and Cargo's. To make a long story short, there is lot to choose from!

On this particular day we grabbed a burger, sat by the harbour and tried not to get attacked by seagulls.

Danielle & Bobby Xx

Vivid Festival

We were lucky enough to come to Sydney when the vivid festival was on. They lit up all the buildings over the city, such as the harbour bridge, Opera house, hotels, boats, floors, etc. 

It ran from may 23rd- 9th June so we got to see the finale with a big firework show.

 If you have Instagram, hashtag: vividsydney or vividfestival there are endless amount of pictures. Or look at there website with even more pictures Click here

It was quite busy but it was worth being packed like sardines!

Beautiful is the only word i can think of that summed it all up and a site we won't forget for a while! 

These are just a few we took whilst we were there. I went into full tourist mode with my phone out at all times but excuse the poor quality they were taken from my IPhone.

Danielle & Bobby Xx