
Our tour guide role carries on for another day, showing Caroline’s parents the glitzy Sydney sights such as the Rocks market, the IBM Darling Harbour office where I used to work, and Paddy’s market – home of cheap Chinese Australian souveniers. We even managed to take a look at the Fruit Bats at the Botanical Gardens, or more accurately let them look at us from their tree top hanging positions, before the rain set in. Our excellent idea of going to a photo exhibition was a tad too popular with everyone else in Sydney, so we retreated to the hotel for room service and an in-room movie, I think we’ve taken to hotels a little too well…