water taxi i believe
we went to the ships museum and toured inside a bunch of boats, including the tall ship , war ship, and sub, it takes a special kind of person to be able to live in such tight tight quarters and with a bunch of other men.
this was cockatoo island, one time a work prison island, turned industrial, now has urban camping amongst the old warehouses, and wardens housingnice on the top of the hill that can be hired for holiday.
cockatoo island, the tunnels we went through, and you can climb the stairs and explore which was fine if you don't look down. :)
on ther top of teh island looking downat some old remains the inmates would have built.
same island looking down form the top on another side
cant see it too well, but a complet grass floor tennis court up near the wardens housing, i have never seen one.
some war time protection
some sweets and a Shirley temple
our room on the 6th floor
the our views right into peoples offices, i can just imagine all they see thought the year
i took a tour through the Sydney opera house, here's some places you were aloud to take pictures, we had a few min to watch a ballet group practice on stage, very beautiful.
this was a reflection when you looked up at the glass outside.
very noticeable carpet
this once came out very blurry, wrong setting but a general idea of what one of the stages looks like, there's hundreds and hundreds of organ pipes. six rows back i believe they said.
the builder liked to build/decorate with raw concrete
this mast area was put out front of the 12bunk houses that are now used for high end eateries.under this white canopy are outside seating.
the start of " The Rocks" the part of town where the old streets and buildings are
the original houses that were dug up and marked for people to walk through.
a empty building in the neighborhood, on the second level up of the rocks, so walking the walk paths along some roofs, and among doors of some old buildings with some modern shops in them.
the roof top area a art??
the park under the base of the bridge
a wedding couple posing
a neat round house
one of the cathedrals at night, you could see the entrance to the catacombs, with sign posting, but nothing else.
i have no ideal what kind of bike this is, but Dave got all giddy about it, couldn't believe he saw it here, and took a pic , so for his biker buddies, here you go!
an important for some unknown reason, but very nice restored steam yacht
tall ship
these tall ships still do tours around the world when not on display with full crew, but have some updates on the lowest level, like motors i believe.
top of the sub
where the missals go
the tiny cramped bunks, im not sure how a face can turn over on them or feet face up.
down to another level
the bunks on the war ship, stopped active use in 06 i believe
its taken weeks to get these posted because there's been a lot going on, here, and back home with dads health, but dads going a bit better in a nursing home recovering from sepsis right now, but on his way to moving his own body again soon. And in about stage 3 liver failure. so we have almost tracked home a handful of times over the past couple weeks. but we have been having nice fall weather, fires at night. we have been updating the caravan in the back yard, its on its way to looking so much fresher. we went to see nan and grandad(kids great grandparents) sat, and over to st Kilda beach kids loved it. have been to some local small town botanical gardens and explored down near bridges, out to the towns Dave has grown up in and the kids enjoyed hearing stories of where daddy did this or that. and of course the kids want to ride their bikes to the park every day. more recent pictures to come in a few days.!
