G'day Mate from Sydney. Arrived yesterday afternoon and went out last night in an area called The Rocks.......tons of fun pubs and restaurants. Found a great little joint with some live music entertainment and hung out there most of the evening. Very fun crowd.

Going out today on a luncheon cruise in Sydney Harbor and tooling around the city. It's very beautiful and cosmopolitan here. However, I won't be going to the beaches. Not sure it is hitting the national news, but there has been a rash of shark attacks here in Sydney which is very unusual. There have been three in just the past three weeks and around a dozen in the past few months. One was just yesterday morning. I heard about it live on the news in Cairns as I was leaving for the airport. It was a young surfer.....I think around 15. He's in critical condition, but they are reporting he will recover.

I'll upload some pictures later from last night and today.