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  No visit would be complete without a shot of the Opera House. Though beautiful, the story of its construction is sad.  The Danish architect Jorn Utzon, who was forced in 1966 to withdraw as chief architect before completing the … Continue reading →

Wendy’s Garden in North Sydney is lush and crammed with plants and highlighted with some comic characters. They stand as sentinels along the harbor walk.  The City wanted to reclaim the land from the guerrilla gardeners…but the City lost. Wendy … Continue reading →

Luna Park is ablaze across Sydney harbor drawing us like moths to a flame.  To avoid the carny chaos we walked through in daylight on our way to Wendy’s Garden. Even in broad daylight the place is just a bit … Continue reading →

….to jet lag. Waiting for Hotel Palisade to open up…and the grass was so inviting.    

We plan to go Walk About in Australia.   It has been a few years (1973) since I landed in Sydney as a supernumerary steward on the Manutea, and later worked as a crew boss for a geophysical company in … Continue reading →

  Sipping juice and savoring fresh pastries at our hotel lobby, we slowly watched the quiet street open up…scooters and motorcycles are banned in the morning (and 2 other times during the day in this old historic part of town). … Continue reading →