Sydney

Day 39, Sunday, February 19, 2006 The Rocks Market, located at the head of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the site of the original Sydney settlement, operates every Saturday and Sunday. There are a couple of streets of kiosks selling all kinds of souvenirs, crafts, candy, books, junk, you name it. According to the locals, the weather was unusually hot, 30C for this time of year. We decided to spend the hot part of the day inside so we took the ride to the top of the Sydney Tower and later to the Australian Museum which is 175 years old and houses a vast collection. We particularly enjoyed the exhibit about the Indigenous Australians, (they aren’t Aboriginals anymore), the marvelous collection of Australian rocks and minerals, and the special exhibit of Wildlife Photography from around the world. (Dave you would have loved it).
I went into a Backpacker’s Hostel to ask where an internet site was that was supposed to be nearby and the lady at the desk was registering a young man from Ireland.
“Do you know the problem with Dublin”, she asked him.
“No”.
“It just keeps Dublin and Dublin”.
Bob’s Blog