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Report # 42 Sydney, Australia February 11, 2016 Thursday Partly cloudy & 82 degrees Part #3 of 3 73 Pictures Sailaway


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Subject: Report # 42   Sydney, Australia   February 11, 2016   Thursday   Partly cloudy & 82 degrees   Part #3 of 3      73 Pictures  Sailaway
 

Report # 42   Sydney, Australia   February 11, 2016   Thursday   Partly cloudy & 82 degrees   Part #3 of 3      73 Pictures  Sail Away

 

The sail away photos…………..

 

 

Sydney Harbour Bridge – opened 1932

 

Tower

 

Newly-built exhibition buildings at White Bay

 

Many condos

 

Barangaroo

 

Very well-attended sail away party

 

Industrial side of the harbor

 

Free wine, beer, and soft drinks

 

Bill, Leta, Gerald B, Barb & Mary Ann

 

Sydney tug

 

A bird checks us out

 

Tower of the Anzac Bridge

 

Leaving White Bay Cruise Terminal

 

Barangaroo on the left

 

Tents for the food, tables for the guests

 

Leaving the harbor

 

City buildings

 

Walsh Bay

 

Replica of an old vessel

 

Dawes Point

 

Hillside homes

 

Harbor boats

 

Some were small

 

Leaving Sydney

 

The party continues

 

Bridge climbers waved from the top

 

Climbers suited up with hard hats

 

Here we go under the bridge

 

Luna Park across the bridge

 

Restored amusement park in 1930

 

The pilot

 

Explorer of the Seas

 

These ferries run all day

 

Sure looked big

 

Passing the Opera House

 

The bridge takes 80,000 liters of paint every year

 

Side view of the Opera House

 

1816 to 2016  -  200 years old

 

The Botanic Gardens as seen from the ship

 

Mrs. Macquarie's Point

 

A person in red sitting on the sandstone-carved chair

 

Saying goodbye to Sydney

 

Fort Denison – once home to hardened criminals

 

Across the bay

 

A very big spacious harbor

 

Naval Museum

 

More crowded, more wine flowed

 

Pilot boat follows

 

Pricey homes with a view

 

Another blast from the past

 

Silver gull in flight

 

House on the rocks

 

Northern beaches

 

One of many sailboats

 

A crew of men

 

A convoy of sailboats

 

Cliffs outside the harbor

 

The police boat arrived to debark the ill people

 

Sailboat

 

Here comes the Explorer of the Seas

 

Carole, the watercolor instructor and Martha

 

The patient is on the way to the hospital

 

Sits nice in the water

 

Their screen announces "Sail Away"

 

Many greeters

 

RCI leaves the bay ahead of us

 

Mary Ann & Martha

 

Treats

 

New Zealand wines

 

The party was over

 

Sunset by 7:52pm

 

Good as it gets

 

End of another perfect day in Sydney, Australia