Sydney Australia

I was invited to attend "Corroboree Europe 2009" by Tourism Australia after qualifying as an Australian Specialist. Corroboree is an aborigine word for a "noisy gathering". We were a group of eight South Africans who attended a week long Educational/Familiarisation trip in the Sydney area. Tourism New South Wales organised all the sightseeing and hotel inspections. The experience was like taking part in the "Amazing Race" which we have watch on TV recently. We visited the Sydney Opera House, Darling Harbour, Circular Quay, Harbour Bridge, Kings Cross, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Football Stadium, theatres, night clubs, Sydney Aquarium & Wildlife Park, China Town, the historic Rocks area (including a pub tour), Double Bay, the Gap (the heads of the harbour), Bondi Beach to Tamarama & Bronte Coastal Walk, Bonza Bicycle Tour, sunset cocktail cruise round Sydney Harbour, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Tower Observatory Deck for 360 degree views and dinner at the rotating Tower Restaurant. We stayed in numerous hotels and did sight inspection tours visiting many other hotels. The restaurants that we dined in were all top class restaurants. We then spent two days out in the Blue Mountains area and I got to experience the wildlife and to visit the Jenolan Caves and Scenic World. This trip to Australia was a great experience for me because my last visit was as a child. Australia is awesome; I now know why so many South Africans live there.