Sydney

We arrived in Sydney early evening on a Saturday.  The room in our hotel wasn't ready which seemed a bit odd, but they gave us a complimentary drink so we didn't mind too much.  However after 20 mins it still wasn't ready.  So rather than get changed out of sweaty rainforest clothes, we went out into the bright lights to find something to eat.  We walked up to the Circular Quay area of Sydney.  Wow, that has changed.  There are loads more buildings, and I thought that the Opera House looked dwarfed in comparison.  I had mis-remembered the walk round to the Rocks area as a lively place at night - it seemed almost deserted. We found a nice little café run by a man on his own, and had a bargain foccacia & chips.  When we got back to the hotel they gave us vouchers for 2 breakfasts for having to wait,  and the breakfast turned out to be really good, so it was a fine compensation.