Sydney big day out

Well we have a final date now - the handover of our house will be on the 18th August. One of the faults was the sliding door lock which they replaced and hence my key doesn't work so no update pics this week. Only the retaining wall has gone in and our internet connection 100MBps is live :-). We opted for the 60Gig monthly cap.

We took a day off the house and went into the city for a day out:

There is a ferry terminal called Circular Quay - it is like a little bay / harbour between the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. It is to the left of this little park called Herald Park if memory serves. Nice water feature though no park as such.

We had some lunch at a restaurant we've eaten at a couple of times before called Rossini, which is on Circular Quay. I took this shot from inside the restaurant looking out. Good food and well priced.
Waiting for lunch... The little fingers on the right reaching for another rice cake. Ours was a bit more flavourful!
There was a coffee festival going on - called The Rocks Aroma Festival (the area under the Sydney Harbour Bridge is called The Rocks) and featured all sorts of spiced coffee. As a non-coffee drinker I never tasted any and managed to keep the others moving along. Apologies for those who would have liked a report. That is the Sydney Youth Orchestra on the stage.
A small part of the large crowd. You can see the public recycling bins on the left - all garbage is separated here in Aus and people by and large do the right thing.

Not a great pic, but just showing the bridge on the left and the Opera House on the right.
This is the iconic Sydney Tower. I feel like a tree hugger, but they have mounted an ugly, garish red sign on top. It reads Westfields -which is the name of a large retail group of shopping centres here who have recently built a shopping centre under the tower. It is money gone nuts - I don't know how they could mar a landmark with that ugly sign! It really is jarring. If I had the time I would start a petition or Facebook site to have it taken down. It seems money can buy anything.

Just a shot I took from the train station at Circular Quay of 2 buildings I thought were quite striking.The domed one has glass all the way to the top. I really think Sydney has one of the world's prettiest skylines.

Cheers till next week!