Sydney Opera House Protest
According the The Guardian, there were hundreds. According to the ABC, there were just over a thousand. According to Fairfax, there were thousands. And according to both News Corp and Alan Jones, there were probably…
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Recent Views
Though it can sometimes be cold, wet and miserable in Sydney during winter, it can also be totally awesome. And yesterday, in the midst of our visit to the NAIDOC Week Arts Festival, I took…
Sunrise at Sydney Opera House
Staycation (Day 3) started early. I woke at 4.30, and thought “I don’t feel like going back to sleep”, so I hopped on a bus to Circular Quay, to enjoy the sunrise, and to take…
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House
It was such a beautiful night in Sydney. Early spring. No need for a jacket. Perfect.
Circular Quay, Sydney, views at dawn
Having woken early, and knowing the weather would be fine this weekend, I caught a train to Circular Quay ahead of sunrise. There weren’t too many people around. Just a handful of early morning walkers,…
Manly Saturday
I was running late, and so I paid a few extra dollars to catch the fast ferry. With only a few people on board, I couldn’t help but notice I was amongst a handful of…
Sydney Views
“Can you imagine what it must be like here for the New Years Eve fireworks?”, I asked a colleague earlier tonight. The reality is neither of us could probably afford the view privately, so it…
Sydney Harbour Cruise
Though I’ve been on many ferries over the 20+ years I’ve lived in Sydney, for the first time EVER I went on a cruise of Sydney Harbour today. For $39, a group of friends and…
Summer in Sydney
Meet me down by the jetty landing Where the the pontoons bump and sway I see the others reading, standing As the Manly Ferry cuts its way to Circular Quay Thirty years after hearing the…
Sunburn Sunday
I didn’t plan to spend all of the afternoon enjoying food and wine at Circular Quay, but somehow it happened. My friend Kate gave me a call late this morning, asking if I’d like to…