Archive for October 28th, 2007

Saturday 27th, we decided to go into Darling Harbour.  Colin drove in as by the time we did all the other bits and pieces we wanted to get done it was a bit late to take the train.

One of the striking features of Darling Harbour is of course the Monorail and this one was just pulling into the station as we arrived.  We had a walk around and had a look at the North Steyne which is now a restaurant.

The Endeavour was in port and was open to the public to look around.  It is incredible to think that ships as small a this plied the ocean regularly.  Give me the QM2 anytime.

We went to the National Maritime Museum and paid a visit to the Welcome Wall.  The wall was commissioned a few years ago now to honour the migrants who made this country what it is today.  The names are on the wall and if you then look up the database in the museum or online you can find out details of the families. 

We hadn’t been to look at the Claassens entry for some time so we found it easily enough..well I found it and it wasn’t easily either.  It was a long walk back to the museum to check which number plaque the names were on so we just read them all until we found it.

We went and had some fudge (mandatory for me everytime I’ve been to Darling Harbour) and a coffee and then walked around the harbour to the other side.  We watched a busker juggling for a while.  This is a shot of one of my favourite water features at the harbour.

We came back to the caravan park all worn out after our long day in the city.

Sunday morning we were off to the market.  It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and it was a very good craft market.  We had music for the whole day from Leather & Lace who were very good and played the kind of music I enjoy listening to.

Colin cooked a chicken on the bbq for tea and we lazed around for the rest of the afternoon.