Sydney's Harbour Bridge is no secret; in fact, it's one of the most
instantly recognisable images from Australia.
Within 20 minutes or so of me landing in Oz, Caroline and Toni were driving
me across this world-wide icon in all its glory. Since then, I've gone
OTB (over the bridge...generally referred as going over the bridge
from south to north...most of my pals live OTB) on the bus, the train
and on foot. But it wasn't until Tuesday October 30th (Toni's
birthday) that I had experienced the most exciting and spectacular way
of crossing it...
On Tuesday, Tones and I got up at 5am and watched the sunrise over the
Bridge from Mc Mahons Point. Little did she know... Later that day I
picked her up from work, and took her to BridgeClimb for a birthday
surprise. We were decked out in fetching grey one piece numbers, which
looked like giant baby suits, and kitted out in full climbing
caboodle. Everything was attached to our clothing with little hooks,
and we even had headlamps and special straps for our sunnies. For
safety reasons, you can't take anything loose (including
cameras...which is a good thing, as no one would ever make it around
if they were stopping for pics every few seconds!). After a trial
climb up some stairs, we set off up like intrepid mountaineers set to
conquer a fabulous structure...
Before long, we were in the thick of the Bridge, going through it,
admiring the engineering and watching the world go by below us. A
short while later, we were on a level with the cars, people, bikes and
trains crossing the bridge itself, and clambering up several steep
ladders, hoiking our little chains a bit like prisoners all in a
line... but feeling infinitely superior as we were doing something few
people get to do! Soon after that, we were on the curve of the famous
arch itself, being told stories about its history and people who died
during its construction...
The view was simply spectacular as we ascended to the top; we could
see right across Sydney to the Blue Mountains and out to sea at the
other side. We could see the bright lights of Lunar Park and the tall
buildings of the city beckoning in the distance. The weather was just
perfect as we stopped for pictures with icons like the Opera House in
the background, and joked around in our oh-so-sexy giant jelly bean
outfits, looking windswept at the top. We descended as twilight was
coming on, hanging back at the end to see the sunset - beautiful.
Excellent fun...a very successful birthday surprise!
instantly recognisable images from Australia.
Within 20 minutes or so of me landing in Oz, Caroline and Toni were driving
me across this world-wide icon in all its glory. Since then, I've gone
OTB (over the bridge...generally referred as going over the bridge
from south to north...most of my pals live OTB) on the bus, the train
and on foot. But it wasn't until Tuesday October 30th (Toni's
birthday) that I had experienced the most exciting and spectacular way
of crossing it...
On Tuesday, Tones and I got up at 5am and watched the sunrise over the
Bridge from Mc Mahons Point. Little did she know... Later that day I
picked her up from work, and took her to BridgeClimb for a birthday
surprise. We were decked out in fetching grey one piece numbers, which
looked like giant baby suits, and kitted out in full climbing
caboodle. Everything was attached to our clothing with little hooks,
and we even had headlamps and special straps for our sunnies. For
safety reasons, you can't take anything loose (including
cameras...which is a good thing, as no one would ever make it around
if they were stopping for pics every few seconds!). After a trial
climb up some stairs, we set off up like intrepid mountaineers set to
conquer a fabulous structure...
Before long, we were in the thick of the Bridge, going through it,
admiring the engineering and watching the world go by below us. A
short while later, we were on a level with the cars, people, bikes and
trains crossing the bridge itself, and clambering up several steep
ladders, hoiking our little chains a bit like prisoners all in a
line... but feeling infinitely superior as we were doing something few
people get to do! Soon after that, we were on the curve of the famous
arch itself, being told stories about its history and people who died
during its construction...
The view was simply spectacular as we ascended to the top; we could
see right across Sydney to the Blue Mountains and out to sea at the
other side. We could see the bright lights of Lunar Park and the tall
buildings of the city beckoning in the distance. The weather was just
perfect as we stopped for pictures with icons like the Opera House in
the background, and joked around in our oh-so-sexy giant jelly bean
outfits, looking windswept at the top. We descended as twilight was
coming on, hanging back at the end to see the sunset - beautiful.
Excellent fun...a very successful birthday surprise!
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