{"id":8787,"date":"2011-01-02T01:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/barmy-army-celebrates-the-vodafone-ashes-coming-to-sydney-by-climbing-the-iconic-harbour-bridge-2\/"},"modified":"2011-01-02T01:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T01:54:00","slug":"barmy-army-celebrates-the-vodafone-ashes-coming-to-sydney-by-climbing-the-iconic-harbour-bridge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2011\/01\/barmy-army-celebrates-the-vodafone-ashes-coming-to-sydney-by-climbing-the-iconic-harbour-bridge-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Barmy Army Celebrates The Vodafone Ashes Coming To Sydney By Climbing The Iconic Harbour Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/307548.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/images\/db\/307548.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barmy Army Ltd, England&#8217;s renowned travelling supporters group has climbed the iconic Harbour Bridge to celebrate the Ashes coming to Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Climbers included infamous members \u02dcJimmy the Hat&#8221; and \u02dcBill the Trumpet&#8221;, along with other members including prize winners from the raffles the Barmy Army has held in each Test city in support of the McGrath Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting Australia is a dream for many Barmy Army members and when combined with the possibility of an England win in Sydney, the excitement in the Barmy Army camp is running high.<\/p>\n<p>As commented by Paul Burnham, the founder of the Barmy Army, &#8220;After the terrific win at the MCG, the Barmy Army couldn&#8217;t wait to come to Sydney, and how best could we celebrate our arrival but with a BridgeClimb, which I&#8217;ve heard is one of the must-do activities in the city. We thank BridgeClimb Sydney for all of their support in arranging this and our activities with the McGrath Foundation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was BridgeClimb Sydney&#8217;s pleasure to welcome the Barmy Army today to help celebrate the much anticipated Vodafone Ashes coming to Sydney&#8221;, added Kristy Enright of BridgeClimb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know how much fun the Barmy Army has and today was no exception as they enjoyed the stunning views and of course a few songs along with Bill&#8217;s infamous trumpet from the summit of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Climbers can choose from three amazing Climbs that take you to the summit of the Sydney Harbour Bridge &#8211; The Express Climb, The Discovery Climb or The Bridge Climb. Climbs are available at Dawn, Day, Twilight or Night.<\/p>\n<p>For booking enquiries call (02) 8274 7777 or book online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgeclimb.com\/\">www.bridgeclimb.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barmy Army Ltd, England&#8217;s renowned travelling supporters group has climbed the iconic Harbour Bridge to celebrate the Ashes coming to Sydney. Climbers included infamous members \u02dcJimmy the Hat&#8221; and \u02dcBill the Trumpet&#8221;, along with other members including prize winners from the raffles the Barmy Army has held in each Test city in support of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}