In the darkness on the way down

It is hard to put experiences like this into words that will do it justice, so all I will say is that it was breathtaking. It was hard to realise that we were on top of Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia looking out over surely one of the most magnificent harbours in the world! I can honestly say that the fact we were 134 metres above sea level on a metal bridge hardly even crossed my mind as we were too busy taking in all the views and listening to the climb guide as she told us about what we could see from various points. The most difficult part of the climb was the 4 flights of steps we had to get up in order to reach the curved arch, from then it is quite straight forward walking along a steady inclination to the top (although my calves were killing the next day!). The guide took photos along the way which was great, and at the end we could chose to buy any we wanted.