Rab & Lesley's Second Big Trip
Days 33 to 38 - Sydney
Day 33 - 3rd January 2019
A day at the Sydney Maritime Museum exploring some of their ships in Darling Harbour
We started on a working replica of Captain Cook's ship the HMB Endeavour
The carving onboard is of a random seaman
This was Cook's Great Cabin
Next was an Oberon class submarine, HMAS Onslow
Torpedo tubes
Getting around wasn't easy
My daughter on the Periscope - I think she got her office in the sights
Engine room
Final stop was a destroyer, HMAS Vampire (first picture taken yesterday)
Bofors guns
The business end of the Front turret
The Ship's bell
Passing through the Museum building we saw this ghostly shark
Made up of plastic slices hung from a rotating boom - seen better below
Then headed home
Day 34 - 4th January 2019
A Ferry good day - first to Circular Quay
Then out past the Opera House
And away from the Harbour
To Manly, but we planned to spend the day at Shelly Beach which is the small bay right of centre of this picture
Shelly Beach - we took some shade in the trees on the right
The scavengers here are Bush Turkeys - adept at stealing crisp packets from beach bags
After we had enough sun we walked back to Manly Beach
On the way we spotted this fellow sunning himself
Then it was the ferry home - with another sight of the opera House
Day 35 - 5th January 2019
Another ferry but only one stop from Drummoyne to Cockatoo Island
The Island was a timbered sandstone knoll which was mostly cleared to make the facility
With the docks and heavy plant on the lower levels and other repair shops, staff and prison quarters on top of the knoll
Old beam benders
The whole place is now a UNESCO World Heritage site - but you can camp on the island and there are cottages to rent
One of the former dry docks
To get anywhere its up hill, and staircases ...
... or under the sandstone. There are two tunnels to ease movement of men and material around the site
There's a bit of wildlife too
Took the ferry back two stops to Chiswick and walked back to Drummoyne from there
Day 36 - 6th January 2019
We had intended to go to Coogee Beach and walk the coast to Bondi Beach but there was an enormous thunderstorm last night and today is cloudy and drizzly so decided to give it a miss and start packing for our next flight.
During the storm the electrics at the local cricket oval were disrupted and the floodlights came on and stayed on all night
Day 37 - 7th January 2019
Met our daughter in the city for dinner
This is the covered walkway along the front of the building she works in
We had dinner at 'Billy Kwong' - owned and run by Kylie Kwong of Masterchef fame - sadly she wasn't working tonight
Day 38 - 8th January 2019
Last day in Sydney. We passed the Australian War Memorial on the way to the station
Not unlike our underground
Our final farewell to Sydney (on this trip)
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