Last supper in Nimbin.
Next day, drove to Gosford for one night before going to Sydney for Australia Day. There, visited the RSL Club, thus the military displays below. Tucked in a couple shots of the Nimbin Rocks at the end of this batch.
Sites around Sydney, including a visit to Bondi Beach to find signs of the Bondi Shooting. Back to business one reckons…?
Met up with my niece Laleyna (Ron & Heather’s daughter – the first of her generation) at the Coogee Pavillion – had a great chat.
View from hotel, then a walk downtown. Caught a protest march about Iran outside the cathedral. More Sydney sites on the way to the Opera House.
Lucked into watching the entire dress rehearsal of the Australia Day show on the evening before the main event! The stage at the bse of the Opera House steps was projected on big screens around Circular Quay and floating in the middle. A choir of young people adjacent on the steps did more dancing than singing, but was part of the show, as were various boats in the harbor…
Went back to the Opera House the next day to watch all the activities in Sydney Harbour for Australia Day, including a fighter jet, helicoptors, speed boats, tug boats, a ferry race, a regatta of myriad boats, and some cannon fire.
Took a nap in the afternoon, then went back for the main event, this time on the other side of Circular Quay, at The Rocks. After scoping out some restaurants and pubs, settled on watching it from the edge of the wharf…
This batch starts with the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, includes a tall ship, synchronized yachts, and the sensational light and fireworks show that accompanied all the musical acts in the Australia Day Show. Like “Vivid Sydney” that I’d seen 10 years ago, a variety of images were projected on the Opera House…
After the main event – maybe the most spectacular fireworks show I’ve ever seen – went to the oldest pub in Sydney, Fortune of War. In addition to an interesting photo of vape storage, some images on the walk back to the hotel…
Next day, drove around different eastern suburb neighborhoods in Sydney. Then, met up with Red, a fellow traveler on an Intrepid trip in the Balkans last year. Nice lunch at the Alexandria Grounds…
A random batch from driving out of Sydney, bats & spiders in Wamberal, a “Thermomix,” and some professional photography by Ken Duncan. (Can we assess the art without judging the artist?)…
I could add more to this post, but I prefer important stuff at the beginning (the inverted pyramid of journalism?)
Will start again soon…