Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
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Hi all!
I'm going to Sydney at the end of this year, just after Xmas, and I'm seriously thinking about doing the Harbour Bridge Climb, it sounds brilliant! I'm also a bit nervous though, like I'll freak out halfway up or something! :eek: I was just wondering if anyone on here has ever done the climb, and what their experiences of it are, good or bad?!
Cheers! xxxx
I'm going to Sydney at the end of this year, just after Xmas, and I'm seriously thinking about doing the Harbour Bridge Climb, it sounds brilliant! I'm also a bit nervous though, like I'll freak out halfway up or something! :eek: I was just wondering if anyone on here has ever done the climb, and what their experiences of it are, good or bad?!
Cheers! xxxx
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You are taken through the climb beforehand and shown how to use the equipment. You get kitted out from head to foot - boiler suit, hat, rain mac, gloves, hanky, torch etc.
You are, for want of a better word, 'chained' to each other (about 12 to a group, plus guide), and harnessed to a metal 'rope' on the bridge. There is no way you can fall off.
I'm not scared of heights, however, there is one bit where you are above the traffic on a 'catwalk' - that I would think would be the most scary part. When you are actually on the bridge, you can't actually see the drop.
The view you get from the top is breathtaking.
Go do it, it'll be something you never forget.
Yes me too, I prefer to sit in one of the many lovely wine bars in The Rocks and look at the view from there.
It's VERY expensive (nearly £125!) and was wondering if it really was THAT good?
Spectacular
Looks scarier that it actually is.
And it's about A$200 which at today's exchange rate is £110
Highly recommended
Also recommend, if you can afford it.
Surprisingly doesn't seem that high up when you're there.
But if it's super-windy or you really do have a massive fear of heights, re-consider!
The train I used to catch to work each day went over the Harbour bridge, I couldn't even bear to look out the window, it was way too high up for my liking
I've got some photos of me and my team doing the climb, I had to pay for them, it was expensive but worth it! Funny enough, i've just been looking through actually!
1 thing that was off putting was a story that 1 of the guides told us about 1 of the engineers when they were building it,
he fell off the road level into the water, not the highest point by any means, but still deadly, the only thing that saved him, was he unclipped his tool belt as he fell, this fell before him and broke the waters surface, but the impact was still great enough to split his work boots, he had to have the leather surgically removed from his groin area.
One thing - about ten minutes into the climb there were two blokes just standing there.
When we got back down we asked our guide who they were and he said they were for people who had cold feet and wanted to go back. It's VERY well organised - they think of just about everything. Including elasticated hankies for runny noses!
Will book today!
I did it back in 1998, when it was a relatively new thing (for instance, they weren't doing night climbs then).
It cost me AUD 120, which was about £50 at the time.
It was an excellent 3 hours, but one word of warning is don't get pissed the night before. They breathalyse you before the climb. If you fail, you don't climb and you don't get your money back.
I agree with the views up the bridge tower are great, plus you get a little museum there too. It was only $2 when I went.
The funny thing was, I was working for Optus at the time. I went to the 32nd floor of Optus Tower and there's a viewing platform there, with higher views than the bridge!
I've still got my free Bridge Climb picture somewhere.
Excellent - you won't regret it.
Then there's fish and chips at Doyles on Circular Quay - best you'll ever have
And coffee - loads of excellent coffee shops
And Chinese food - go to Chinatown - best ever
Harbour cruise is a MUST
Then the obligatory visit to Summer Bay (Palm Beach) and walk up to the old lighthouse - best views ever in the world
(Sorry - I'm getting homesick)
Ah Sydney, big deal, you've got a harbour and a bridge... so what. Melbourne's a far superior city, starting with the coffee.
...and be a total tourist and get sunburnt on Bondi...
I'm all homesick now!
Gotta admit that the concept of really excellent coffee began in Melbourne.
And all those Beef and Burgundy dinners I used to go to when I was working at Nunawading - nothing like that in Sydney
I think that Sydney is now the coffee capital now though.
There's a coffee shop just outside Richmond Station which boldly declares "Coffee here made by Sydney baristas" (or something like that)
And well - they are 2 different cities. I like Melbourne - but I love Sydney