Today I was turning from an individual traveler to a package tour tourist – going on a group city tour, as part of the cruise package.

The tour started after a fantastic breakfast; we boarded a flotilla of buses, first making our way through the CBD, then towards the Haymarket, along Darling Harbour to a Harbour Bridge viewpoint (all places, I had already discovered during the last two days – now with the added commentary and background).

From here we continued to the Opera House – where a tour of the inside was already booked and arranged (I had tried the same on Sunday – only to learn that the tours were booked out days and weeks ahead … well – I now understand way). The tour through the building actually was quiet good and it was great, to get a glimpse of the interior of the opera house.

From the opera house we continued for the viewpoint at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair (so a repeat for me – albeit today with blue skies). Lunch was had in a meat restaurant in Campbell’s cove.

After lunch we were heading East and towards the coast – first towards Watsons Bay – for views towards the Pacific at the Gap. A stop at Bondi beach (without the trail) and a quick foot dip into the Pacific concluded the tour – and made appetite for the things yet to come in the following weeks.