So today was a big long day. It started off by wandering around the old colonial area of Sydney. Then I joined a free walking tour of Sydney (the ones with the orange shirts). It was really interesting and spent a lot of time talking about the history of early Australia. I found out quite a few interesting things, like the governor general Macquarie really liked naming things after himself or his wife. That there are a lot of explorers statues in Sydney, and it reminded me of Terry Pritchett idea that in the discworld they have to rename the explorers society to the trespassers society as all the places they had "discovered" already had people living in them.
Then I went to Manly beach and discovered that there was a food and wine festival going on. It was good to hear live music but it was so crowded I have to say I didn't really last very long.
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| the view from the quay in Sydney |
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| largest vertical garden in the southern hemisphere at Sydney botanic gardens |
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| fountain in Hyde park |
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the donuts, there are apparently a matching set in
Portsmouth |
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| this monument is at the Rocks the old part of town and the less posh part. Named the Rocks as it was built on rocks. This was where the poor people had to live. |
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