Sydney Christmas and New Year !!!

We arrived in Sydney went to see Christina, one of Nat's ex London flatmate in who's flat we stayed for a couple of weeks! (amazing, thank you so much Christina!) and that same night went to one of Sophie's friend's house party which was a great start as we ended up with several tips on where to head!

We therefore discovered Sydney at our own pace, area by area, meeting up with several friends and spending a lot of time with them. Here are a few highlights.

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Des notre arrivee a Sydney, nous somme allees voir Christina, une ancienne colloc de Nat qui nous a prete son appartement pour 2 semaines ! (Trop de chance !!!). La meme apres-midi nous avons rejoint une amie de Sophie pour sa pendaison de cremaillere.

Pendant nos 2 semaines a Sydney, nous avons decouvert la ville quartier par quartier et passe du temps avec nos amis.

Voici quelques photos de nos aventures a Sydney:

Us in front of a few landmarks

The Harbour Bridge

London's one is much bigger though!

2 Umpa Lumpas infront of the Opera House LOL

No explanation needed

Xmas eve on Shark island indulging in lovely food and singing carols with candle light!

Secret Santa Style!

My secret santa present! a floating tea strainer! =)

A few furry ozzie friends..

Enjoying seafood @ Doyles take away Watson Bay & Manly Beach

An afternoon out sailing with friends...

Time spent @ The Colo River - in the Bush!

Cheese wine & crackers

Preparing to jump in the water at 7.30am

 

Sophie: cold, Nat: too lazy to dress!

Preparing for NY 2014 - getting our spot and waiting for 12 hours until the final countdown! A must do and I can now say worthwhile thing to do! 

We wern't the only ones waiting from 12 noon... as you can see! 

Sophie guarding our spot!

The 3 mins rain fall created panic amongst the long waiting crowd =)

And finally, the AMAZING Sydney firework display

And a little video to sum up the above - click here

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We also went on a lovely Lunch & Jazz cruise (thank you sis) and discovered a new way of advertising, not seen before in France nor UK (we can probably guess WHY in UK!!)

On the cruise

It ended up saying! "$30M Lotto Today"