Friday, July 27, 2007
JJ and Looby loose in Sydney
Well hello all, JJ and Loobs had brekkie at the capri cafe round the corner from the hotel - big breakfast to set us up for the day. Cath was getting ready for her trip to Adelaide and unfortunately was going to miss the whale watching we booked the day before. We all wanted to do the Sydney harbour bridge climb but unfortunately Cath wouldn't be able to fit it in before her flight. To be honest, we didn't think we'd fit it in either.
Whe we'd scoffed a big breakfast, we went back to the hotel to ask the concierge if he would be able to book us on a bridge climb... by now it was 8.55am and we were pushing our luck. The climb took 3 hours so we had to be on it by 9.30 at the latest. Andrew said we could get on the 9.30 if we ran.. we booked it and took a cab... much quicker! So we managed to blag our way on to the 9.15 climb and no sooner were we there than we were in our nifty jump suits and doing our safety checks. Lou was the model (there's a first time for everything!) to show the others how to buckle up and strap ourselves in. Mum, you'll be pleased to know that absolutely EVERYTHING was clipped on to our jump suit just incase we dropped anything... didn't drop a thing.. highly unusual! We had a quick training run with the equipment and apparently I pull some odd faces when I concentrate!!!
The climb was truly AWESOME! Spectacular views on a clear day with temps reaching 21 degrees.. (By the way, is it still raining in England???) What a fantastic winter in Sydney we're experiencing. An aeroplane did a 'wing wave' at us while we were at the top and some people in helicopters were waving too. Stephanie was our climb leader and we had a good laugh. Got some great pics. Show you when we get back.
12.30 back at base - quick lunch then off whale watching...
By this point Cath was getting ready to get to the airport for her flight to Adelaide (hope you had a safe journey) and we were in a rush to get to Captain Cooks boat!
1.30 and we were sailing out across the harbour again.. this time out onto the ocean to hunt down some whales! We were told we weren't allowed to take our harpoons.. apparently that's not acceptable these days???? What will I do for the bones in my courset now eh?
It was fabulous.. we saw the back of 1 whale a couple of times and thought... IS THIS IT? Luckily though, we saw something that was truly unexpected.. the whale breached barely 5 yards from the boat... we were all so excited nobody got a picture.. while they were explaining how unusual that was, it did it again... and guess what... nobody took a picture to captur its true beauty... just a big splash... I'll show you the pics when we get back :-)
The whale however knew it was going to have to do a bit more to keep our interest.. after another hour of showing us its dorsal fin we were all getting a bit blase.. oooh look..there it is.. until finally we started eating cookies and showing more interest in whether they were ginger or apricot. As if to say"Look, I'm here.. watch me!" the whale embarked on a series of breaches... 1..2...3....4..wow.. never seen before... how lucky! By the 25th jump from the water in front of us, I think everyone managed to get thye perfect shot (except me and JJ with our comedy fun cameras... a 24 exposure film that takes 37 snaps... do you reckon we got ther perfect shot? NO, neither do we! We did manage to get some video on our mobiles though. After the 50th leap from the water we waved the whale off with a thaks but... we're a bit bored and cold now! There's only so much of a good thing you can take! No, only joking, it was truly awesome once more. The trip took about 4 hours.. we were shattered.
No time to waste.. 25th July is Amy's birthday.. we had some partying to do. By Jove we partied! Once again, an awesome time was had by all, thanks to some guys from reading, and middlesborough... funky dancing galore! It was just like being in Scholars but the songs were played in a different oprder~! By 5am it was time for a keeeeebab and home.. A fabulous day never to be forgotten.Happy Birthday Amers and hopefully meet up with you in Christchurch xxxx
Lou and Jordana xxxx
Whe we'd scoffed a big breakfast, we went back to the hotel to ask the concierge if he would be able to book us on a bridge climb... by now it was 8.55am and we were pushing our luck. The climb took 3 hours so we had to be on it by 9.30 at the latest. Andrew said we could get on the 9.30 if we ran.. we booked it and took a cab... much quicker! So we managed to blag our way on to the 9.15 climb and no sooner were we there than we were in our nifty jump suits and doing our safety checks. Lou was the model (there's a first time for everything!) to show the others how to buckle up and strap ourselves in. Mum, you'll be pleased to know that absolutely EVERYTHING was clipped on to our jump suit just incase we dropped anything... didn't drop a thing.. highly unusual! We had a quick training run with the equipment and apparently I pull some odd faces when I concentrate!!!
The climb was truly AWESOME! Spectacular views on a clear day with temps reaching 21 degrees.. (By the way, is it still raining in England???) What a fantastic winter in Sydney we're experiencing. An aeroplane did a 'wing wave' at us while we were at the top and some people in helicopters were waving too. Stephanie was our climb leader and we had a good laugh. Got some great pics. Show you when we get back.
12.30 back at base - quick lunch then off whale watching...
By this point Cath was getting ready to get to the airport for her flight to Adelaide (hope you had a safe journey) and we were in a rush to get to Captain Cooks boat!
1.30 and we were sailing out across the harbour again.. this time out onto the ocean to hunt down some whales! We were told we weren't allowed to take our harpoons.. apparently that's not acceptable these days???? What will I do for the bones in my courset now eh?
It was fabulous.. we saw the back of 1 whale a couple of times and thought... IS THIS IT? Luckily though, we saw something that was truly unexpected.. the whale breached barely 5 yards from the boat... we were all so excited nobody got a picture.. while they were explaining how unusual that was, it did it again... and guess what... nobody took a picture to captur its true beauty... just a big splash... I'll show you the pics when we get back :-)
The whale however knew it was going to have to do a bit more to keep our interest.. after another hour of showing us its dorsal fin we were all getting a bit blase.. oooh look..there it is.. until finally we started eating cookies and showing more interest in whether they were ginger or apricot. As if to say"Look, I'm here.. watch me!" the whale embarked on a series of breaches... 1..2...3....4..wow.. never seen before... how lucky! By the 25th jump from the water in front of us, I think everyone managed to get thye perfect shot (except me and JJ with our comedy fun cameras... a 24 exposure film that takes 37 snaps... do you reckon we got ther perfect shot? NO, neither do we! We did manage to get some video on our mobiles though. After the 50th leap from the water we waved the whale off with a thaks but... we're a bit bored and cold now! There's only so much of a good thing you can take! No, only joking, it was truly awesome once more. The trip took about 4 hours.. we were shattered.
No time to waste.. 25th July is Amy's birthday.. we had some partying to do. By Jove we partied! Once again, an awesome time was had by all, thanks to some guys from reading, and middlesborough... funky dancing galore! It was just like being in Scholars but the songs were played in a different oprder~! By 5am it was time for a keeeeebab and home.. A fabulous day never to be forgotten.Happy Birthday Amers and hopefully meet up with you in Christchurch xxxx
Lou and Jordana xxxx
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Lou and JJ here -- gollygumdrops! why was robson in the paper? not in the courts again I hope?
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I stole mum's paper to save for you. He was recruiting odd people for his hotel and had won an award for it, or something like that. I don't know, I didn't read it, I was just so taken by his tie I couldn't concentrate!
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