Syd-a-ney

Since yesterday, we have been here in Parklea, an outer north/western suburb of Sydney. The park is nice enough - we are told that it was built for the olympics in 2000, so it all has a much newer feel to it than most caravan parks we have been to.

We went for a drive today, into the city to just have a squiz. We drove across the Sydney Harbour and Anzac Bridges (both of which are very impressive structures). The Sydney Harbour Bridge apparently has its 75th birthday this weekend - wonder if those responsible for building it envisaged it would carry a bazillion cars a day well into the 21st century?? Doubt it. Driving today reminded us of how much Sydney's traffic issues are. Driving here between 4pm and 8pm (yes, rush hour lasts for that long) sucks. There's no other way to put it, sorry. Sydney is a vibrant city - there's always something going on - but it's just crazy for us kids from Brisbane.

I am off to do a couple of days practical work for my course on Friday/Saturday in Parramatta - I am looking forward to it, but don't quite know what to expect. I will see soon enough I guess!

Grace has started clapping whenever she (or anyone else for that matter) does anything she perceives as "good" - it's so cute. She went to bed the other night, laid her teddy bear (May May bear - long story...) down, pretended to put her own dummy in its mouth, then patted its head to put it to sleep, and gave herself a clap. Another example - this morning, when Grace went for her morning nap, Anna gave her some panadol to try and stop her current teething pain, since she has been grisly all morning. After every mouthful of panadol, Grace gave herself a sleepy little clap for taking her medicine, until it was all gone and she went to sleep after a little more grumbling. Even when she's in pain, she's cute.

Tomorrow we are going to visit Anna's old workmate Shelly, who has just had a baby after going through years of infertility treatment not unlike our own. It will be great to see them.