New Year's Eve in Sydney

By The Chronicles of Williams -
Bringing in 2011 in Sydney was great.  We jumped on the train and found a nice spot at Bradfield Park (under the harbor bridge opposite the Opera House).  The bridge gave us shade during the day and we had an excellent view of the show.  It was awesome! 

Here's some of our pics of the day and then the fireworks show at the bottom.  The public transportation is so organized that getting on a couple of trains right away was no problem....although the crowds were amazing!    We got home around 3am... but it was well worth it! 
Hanging out, reading waiting for the show!

Trying out the new hammocks  under the Sydney bridge.

Austen and Nikki hanging out in Sydney.

Behind us at the park.



Happy New Year!
Tanner, Jessica and Cullen are holding our spot... middle of the pic per Nikki and Austen's view from the bridge above.

Tons of people waiting in the sun and holding their spot near the Opera House.

Our view of the boat light parade.

Happy New Year!



Getting on the train... we were in FRONT of all of these people!  Trains were moving so fast it was not too bad.
A pretty good video of the show... not sure if it is the entire show but most of it.  Looking at the bridge, we were on the right side next to the water in the Bradfield Park.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7NqIJZ47mg&feature=fvw

We got up to a hot day in Springwood so we loaded up the cooler and headed to Katoomba for a day at the pool.  Great cooling off and sitting in the shade reading....  perfect way to bring in the New Year... and we are so lucky to have our kids and Jessica and Nikki join us!

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