Up Close and Personal with the Sydney Harbour Bridge
The day starts spectacularly beautiful with clear blue skies and bright sunshine. John decides to take the train north across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and walk back to the city to experience the bridge up close and personal. We...
Cremorne Point: The Prettiest Harbourside Walks in Sydney, Australia
The weather this morning breaks cloudy with blue sky patches. It is days like this where we have to decide how to spend the day—beach, art gallery or walking tour. John has discovered a walking tour guide of Cremorne Point...
Walking Balmain and Birchgrove in Sydney, Australia
Another beautiful day – although most days you don’t know that it will be a beautiful day until mid-morning because you wake to a dark sky. By 10, the clouds have disappeared, and the weather is perfect. Walking Balmain and...
Lunching in the NSW Parliament Dining Room
Our social whirl continues unabated – Eric has arranged that Graham, Greg and I are lunching in the NSW Parliament Dining Room, where he is one of the chefs. Graham picks us up and off we go, in high style. Parking in the...
A Soaking Wet Mardi Gras Parade
We wake to threatening skies. Today is the Mardi Gras Parade. Graham is having printer problems, so we go over to his place to try to resolve them for him (success!) and then, Eric having arrived, we head to a local café for...
BridgeClimb: The Sydney Harbour Bridge
As fate and weather go hand in hand, Monday morning breaks clear, sunny and warm after a weekend of heavy constant rains. The numbers are in from the attendance at the Mardi Gras Parade and they are disappointing. Rough estimates...
A Leisurely Bondi Beach Read: Last Days in Sydney, Australia
Our time in Sydney and indeed Australia unfortunately, is coming to an end. We find it hard to believe how quickly two months has flown by. Hot = Bondi! Our last couple of days has been easy going and relaxed. On Tuesday, the...
Museum Day in Sydney, Australia
We sleep in, enjoying our Mardi Gras Recovery. After Tuesday’s intense heat, the rest of the week is turning out to be what is known in Sydney as cool, fall weather – mid-to-high 20s in the days, high teens in the evenings....
Enjoying the Blue Air in the Blue Mountains of Australia
Up early – we are heading to see the Blue Mountains, a 90-minute drive west of Sydney. Eric has lent us his car for the day, and he arrives at our place to drop it off just after 9, and of course there is a hamper for our morning...
A Panicky First Dive in Botany Bay, Australia
Through our drive from Cairns to Sydney, we had stopped in various places known for good diving and had been frustrated in our desire because of the weather. We had booked to dive upon arrival in Sydney, but these had been...