Sydney, here we are!

We're in Sydney! It's about 12noon on Wednesday, Sydney time, but feels like about 7pm on some other/any other day of the week to me! Cloudy, rainy (yup, rain!) and we've been up for hours. The trip over the big pond went well. I slept some ...until the flight attendants came thru: Do YOU WANT a SANDWICH? (no. I want to sleep).
Jessie sat in a row with dancing buddies. They were piled across each other, sleeping peacefully.
Now we're checked into our rooms at the Hyde Park Inn. Very nice little boutique hotel with espresso/coffee bars on ALL sides. Lots of pastries and grilled sandwiches too. I can DO this town!
From what I've seen so far, which isn't much, I really feel like I'm in Vancouver.
We took a walk thru Hyde Park and got excited over some different looking birds (think we saw a kookaburra!!!). My little green happy spoon got very excited as it has never been out of the U.S..
What is my 'green happy spoon' you ask? It's a spoon that is green with a smiley face and it travels around with us when Minnie opts out. (Need more info? Use your imagination!).