Our first full day in Sydney and we started with the usual half day city tour with the rest of the group. It was a very wet morning and I was relieved to have my waterproof hiking jacket with me! We visited prime locations in the city including: the rocks, darling harbour, Bondi Beach and a place called Woolloomooloo. We also had a picture stop at Mrs Macquarie’s seat – she was the wife of the first non Navy Governor to be elected in the city (he took over from Captain Blyth of “Mutiny on the Bounty” fame. She was used to the high society of London and found the primitive life in the newly founded town of Sydney quite a shock to the system. She requested that a road be built from the Governor’s house out to a pretty lookout point further along the bay and there she had a seat made for her so that she could sit and read on her own and enjoy the view of the harbour. If she was here today she would now be looking over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House.
This afternoon Saboohi and I did some shopping and then visited the Sydney Museum to trace the story of Sydney from the moment the first fleet arrived in the 1700’s. This evening we went to the IMAX cinema to see a 3d film called “Under the Sea”. Sydney has the largest IMAX screen in the world – we have seen a 3D film at the IMAX in Wimbledon but it was nothing like this one! It appeared as though you were actually diving in the sea with the fish and they swam right up to your face. One seal actually comes up and kisses you on the nose –I found myself reaching out to touch them it was so realistic.
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