Wanda E – Page 3 – Not Your Average Engineer

June 12, 2010January 13, 2013

Sailing around Sydney Harbor and to Manly and back

Wanda and I linked up with some of her friends in town to head out to Manly for a birthday party. Even though it was my birthday, too, I didn’t let anyone know so as to not spoil the day of the man whose birthday was being celebrated. To get there, we took the ferry.

The old customs house by Circular Quay.

At the ferry terminal. Opera on the right, bridge on the left.

There’s the bridge!

The Sydney Opera House.

The Sydney Harbor Bridge.

Part of Australia’s navy.

A bunch of kids learning how to sail. Are those the same boats you guys use, Sondy?

The water police sped past us on the way to somewhere.

A float plane was flying overhead.

Nice twin-hulled boat.

More kids learning how to sail at the mouth of the harbor.

Another ferry going the other direction.

Coming back to Sydney at twilight.

Coming into Sydney.

The bridge and the opera house at night.

June 12, 2010July 1, 2020

South beach walk to Bondi Beach

Along the pedestrian walkway in Coogee.

Coogee Beach and the town behind it.

Yay beach!

This collection of boats is really strange. The tide must come up high enough that they can slide them down the ramps and into the water. Never seen anything quite like this before.

People out SCUBA diving.

The divers are in the center just to the right. The sea was pretty choppy and had some good waves. It must have been an interesting entrance and exit.

The sea was churning pretty good for such a nice day. Lots of wind, too.

Evidently all of the beaches are groomed and manicured on a regular basis. The tractor kept going in and out of the water, dumping sand in about 5 feet of water.

We stumbled upon a really large graveyard partway along the walk.

Lots and lots and lots of graves.

Bondi Beach!

The famous Bondi Iceberg Winter Swimming Club.

June 12, 2010July 1, 2020

Centennial Park, the walk to Coogee, and elsewhere

Yesterday Wanda and I went for a little walk that ended up at around 15-18 miles. This is a photo looking back toward the city as we headed out to Coogee.

A typical street outside of the downtown area in Sydney. Very few people were about. I think it is because of the holiday weekend. The Queen’s birthday is celebrated on Monday.

A funky mailbox outside of a church. The steeple did not look like that on the real church.

A flock of white parrots with a slash of pink across their breasts.

Some famous nun in the middle of Centennial Park.

There wasn’t any sign at the base so we never did figure out who it is supposed to be.

Australia has black swans. The Dutch must have been very surprised when they found black swans in Australia. That old saying about black swans went right out the window!

The swans had a family.

Another pond nearby the first one had tons of black swans!

There were a bunch of cyclists enjoying the morning sunshine in the park.

Some of their bikes. Recognize anything, Chris?

Big pelicans chilling out with a bunch of other birds hanging around.

Proof that I am in Australia!

There are a LOT of funny-looking birds here.

A rookery of birds that make funny baby-crying sounds.

An old Holden Holiday Special.

Approaching the beach.

There are gobs of old VW buses and bus-trucks around Sydney. A lot of them have brush guards on the front. Yours would look good with one of those, Emily!

So much for drinking on this street! Almost to the beach!