Monday, May 11, 2009

We did some more wandering around NewCastle. We stopped in at Fort Scratchley. It was built as a fortified defence to protect New Castle and it's port during WWII

This is Bar Beach where I have walked to a couple of times. It's about 2.8 k from the house. One day I walked there and Phil met me for lunch. There is a concession stand there that has really good fish and chips. Today I walked there had a cappiccino and watched a surfer then walked home.

Friday, May 15, 2009 - Sydney

Today we went to Sydney by train. It was about a 2 1/2 hour ride. Then we took the city train to the harbour. We bought a day pass that allowed us to take as many ferries, buses and trains as we wanted and it was only $17 each. We decided to stroll around the Opera House. There are lots of restaurants and cafes along the water. There is even a Guyilan Restaurant. For those of you who don't know that is a very fine brand of chocolate. We drooled over the menu full of everything chocolate and moved on. We opted for Cappaccino and Banana Bread instead. The sights around the habour are beautiful.

People can climb this Bridge for a price. There were several groups that went up while we were walking around.

We took a ferry ride to Manly which is a suburb of Sydney. It takes about 30 min. to get there by ferry.

This sign says, " Chocolate by the bald guy" remind you of anyone?

There is a lot to see in Sydney and surrounding area. We look forward to going back to explore some more.