Woke up to a bright, sunny day and after breakfast we did some more exploring along the cliffs around Echo Point. On our way back to the motel we heard then saw a pair of yellow tailed black cockatoos at close quarters. Rosena was thrilled. We then packed the car and made up our lunch before setting off towards Sydney. The road down from the Blue Mountains consisted of about 30 miles of continuous roadworks until eventually becoming motorway. We diverted off this into Penrith where a very nice lady at the Tourist Information told us where we could find somewhere to vacuum the outback dust out of the car.
We had our last picnic lunch on the road in a park, which we had to ourselves before rejoining the motorway and heading into Sydney city centre. The traffic was horrendous and the fact that both of our maps were very vague in the area of our destination hotel meant that after several circuits of the one way system we gave up and went straight to the Avis depot. The car was promptly checked in and we found ourselves on the pavement with our mountain of luggage. Fortunately we got a taxi with no real difficulty and soon saw where we had been going wrong in trying to find the hotel.
After getting settled in to our rather nice 10th floor room we went out to explore the local area. We found a couple of decent pubs and plenty of 24 hour shops to provide us with the necessities of life. We decided to go to Chinatown for supper and checked out a couple of places recommended in the guide books. We settled on the Emporer's Garden BBQ and Noodle House where Dave demonstrated his lack of prowess with chopsticks.
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