July 9 - On to Sydney

What a long day! We had room checks at 3:45, and had bus packed and were out the door by 4:15.  We were at the airport by 6 o'clock. Who would have thought that there would be that many people at the airport at that time of the morning on Sunday?  Nevertheless we got our bags checked and headed to the gate; ready for our 9 o'clock flight. And that's when the wheels fell off...

First we were delayed only a half an hour. Then they decided the delay would be until noon and they gave us vouchers for food. That was  fine until they changed their mind about when take off would be and we had to rush to get on the bus to go to our plane.  It all worked out fine though, and the rest of the flight was uneventful.

We met our new travel manager Dion  and headed off for the first event.  The students learn how to play Aussie rules football and cricket. A group from ulti-MATE Sports taught them the basics.They had a blast playing both!

For dinner, we went down to Darling Habour. It was so pretty, with everything lit up.  We're going to be to go back down again in a couple of days.

Tomorrow is pretty jam-packed with surfing lessons and the Opera House.  














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