Into Trendy Balmain: Dinner and Drag Queens
We continue to be amazed by the generosity of the people of Sydney and generally of Australia. People are genuinely friendly and open here. Graham O’Keefe has organized dinner and a show for us and seven other people. The fact...
Around the Bend to Woolloomooloo Bay
The weather breaks, and we head out walking into a new part of town. We walk along Stanley Street, right behind our apartment building and reminiscent of Crescent Street in Montreal. We continue on along William Street to King’s...
The Very UN-Pub(ish) Saint John Ale House
When I began my research for our Saint John, New Brunswick overnight, pre-Princess of Acadia ferry ride to Digby, Nova Scotia, I readily admit my skepticism when the Saint John Tourism Rep sent me a list of potential dining...
Day Tripping to Watsons Bay, Sydney, Australia
The weather has turned beautiful again, and it is time to start getting to know parts of Sydney that are outside, and that are outside the downtown core. Today we head to Watsons Bay, a 15-minute ferry ride on a fast catamaran...
Intense Body Surfing at Bondi Beach, Australia
A beautiful day for the beach – we head to Bondi. We assume that it will be packed – it is a gorgeous weekend day, and that will make it more of the true experience of Bondi. When we get there, we see that it is beautiful. And...
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...