Clapped out camper, piglet, the monkey and a fairy

From Melbourne we headed back to Sydney for a few days ahead of Mike's dad, Ian, arriving in Oz to join us on a three week journey up the east coast from Sydney to Cairns.

The morning we met it was clear Ian had brought the bad weather with him as Sydney turned from 30 degrees sunshine to torrential rain. Not one to let the rain get us down - well we are from the North - we headed out and about in the city anyway on a whirlwind two day tour to show Ian the main sights.

First stop was of course Sydney Harbour, the Opera House and the Harbour bridge. I think its safe to say Ian had a unique experience of seeing it in the pouring rain but he didn't let that deter him as he signed us all up for the harbour bridge walk the next day.