Monday, February 12, 2018

Report # 42 Sydney, Australia February 11, 2018 Sunday Cloudy & 88 degrees Part #3 Of 4 84 Pictures

The finale……

 

 

Busy Sunday afternoon at the Hard Rock

 

Yes, that’s a motorcycle on the bar

 

Desserts later

 

Apple dessert

 

Inside dining

 

The famous sign

 

Candy for everyone

 

Walking across the Pyrmont Bridge

 

The wind had picked significantly

 

Great view of Cockle Bay of Darling Harbour

 

So much to do and see here

 

Lighthouse and old ship

 

See a naval ship

 

Many vessels in the harbor

 

Modern structures

 

Henk M, hotel director & Christel M, guest relations manager – a solid team

 

All part of the city of Sydney

 

Aquarium, wax gallery, and wildlife venues

 

Pyrmont Bridge lookout

 

Bustling place

 

Hyatt Hotel

 

Our coach was waiting

 

Sailaway From Sydney

 

Anzac Bridge

 

Sydney Tower Eye towers above all

 

Old defunct coal factory houses a rare type of bats now

 

Australian flag flies proud

 

Church steeple in Balmain district

 

Balmain is close to the White Bay Terminal

 

View of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

 

”Wavy-gravy” design of the terminal

 

Seaview Pool with the Viking Sun docked behind us

 

Many condos

 

Many types of boats here

 

Pilot boat will follow us out of the bay

 

Maritime vessel

 

Lamb sliders at sail away

 

Barb joined the party

 

The passengers started to arrive

 

The Viking Sun is also on a world voyage

 

Tug boat doing its job

 

An older swing span bridge

 

New terminal for this area

 

Leaving White Bay

 

Pyrmont Park

 

Warehouses

 

A wedding party

 

New condos

 

New condos at Barangaroo

 

Looking back into Darling Harbour

 

Pyrmont  Bridge

 

Barangaroo is where we used to dock temporarily

 

Local ferry

 

New shoreline park

 

Fairly new park grounds

 

Restoring older buildings

 

Leaving one bay, entering another

 

Rounding the point

 

Port Authority

 

Dawes Point

 

Ferry customers watching us leave

 

Condos with a view

 

A shag (water bird)

 

Bridge climbers doing YMCA - amusing

 

Amsterdam clearing the lower deck of the bridge

 

Dawes Point

 

A neat ride

 

Luna Park

 

Still operating

 

The Australian flag

 

Circular Quay and the pier where the NCL Jewel was docked

 

We used to be docked here

 

We watched the harbor traffic from our window during the night

 

Very busy cove

 

Perfect view of the bridge

 

The Opera House

 

Nice to see it from the water side

 

Danish design

 

Impressive from every angle

 

We walked around the base yesterday

 

St George Open Air Cinema

 

The Sydney Tower Eye

 

Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair taken from the ship with the good camera

 

Close-up

 

The Opera House & the Bridge