Back in the Swing
Good morning from Sydney. I woke up from the best sleep I have had in ages around 8:30 and have been hanging around the house this morning.
As I tend to, I hit the ground running yesterday and had a fantastic time criss-crossing the city all afternoon. I left the house after midday and walked to the Arncliffe station, just a few minutes from the girls' house. I caught the 1.17 into the city.
On the trip there were two people about my age pouring over a CityRail map and attempting to decide what station they were supposed to get off. The train was almost empty so I went over and offered my assistance. It turned out they were from Houston and Boston and were visiting the city for nine days. I helped them out on how to get to the Opera House (no, it is not at Central) and gave them other places they should hit in their trip.
I got off at Town Hall and walked through the Galleries to get to the Vodafone on Pitt Street. After getting my phone set up, I headed north through the city. I walked through Martin Place to George Street checking on a few building sites I had worked on last year. Stopped into the Museum of Contemporary Art and then out to Circular Quay to soak in the Opera House and Bridge.
I then headed up to the Bridge and crossed to North Sydney. Once there I decided to go east to Kirribilli, as in my wanderings last year, I never made it there. In Kirribilli I walked to see Admiralty House and Kirribilli House (the Sydney homes of the Governor-General and Prime Minister). I also walked down to the coast and back to the Bridge - beautiful views along the way!
I crossed back over the Bridge to Sydney and went up to Fort Street and then down to Dawes Point to look out over the Barangaroo Site (which when I was in Sydney was empty awaiting the huge development that is slated to go up. The area was now a hive of construction activity - the change is hard to believe!
It was right around 5:00 and I was wiped from the 15k+ of walking I did, so I headed to King Street Wharf and Darling Harbour to sit and people watch to wait for Candice to be done with work. I stopped for a schooner as the sun set and then headed up the street to meet Candice at her office. We stopped into the pub under her building and then caught a train from Wynyard to Wolli Creek to meet Kylie after netball. We swung by Woolies (Woolworth's - one of the main groceries here if you don't remember from last time) to pick up dinner. After eating we were all in bed by 10:30.
Now I am going to get ready for the day and go into town to meet Amanda for lunch.
As I tend to, I hit the ground running yesterday and had a fantastic time criss-crossing the city all afternoon. I left the house after midday and walked to the Arncliffe station, just a few minutes from the girls' house. I caught the 1.17 into the city.
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| Waiting on the Arncliffe station platform. |
I got off at Town Hall and walked through the Galleries to get to the Vodafone on Pitt Street. After getting my phone set up, I headed north through the city. I walked through Martin Place to George Street checking on a few building sites I had worked on last year. Stopped into the Museum of Contemporary Art and then out to Circular Quay to soak in the Opera House and Bridge.
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| The Opera House from Circular Quay |
Views from Kirribilli.
I crossed back over the Bridge to Sydney and went up to Fort Street and then down to Dawes Point to look out over the Barangaroo Site (which when I was in Sydney was empty awaiting the huge development that is slated to go up. The area was now a hive of construction activity - the change is hard to believe!
Views from Dawes Point and Millers Point.
It was right around 5:00 and I was wiped from the 15k+ of walking I did, so I headed to King Street Wharf and Darling Harbour to sit and people watch to wait for Candice to be done with work. I stopped for a schooner as the sun set and then headed up the street to meet Candice at her office. We stopped into the pub under her building and then caught a train from Wynyard to Wolli Creek to meet Kylie after netball. We swung by Woolies (Woolworth's - one of the main groceries here if you don't remember from last time) to pick up dinner. After eating we were all in bed by 10:30.
Now I am going to get ready for the day and go into town to meet Amanda for lunch.
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