Family Fun in Sydney: Sample Sydney on Australia Day 2014 with free/redu...

Family Fun in Sydney: Sample Sydney on Australia Day 2014 with free/redu...: Sydney has a past steeped in history and culture, spanning over more than 200 years. Fortunately, much of this history is not lost and has...

SYDNEY ACTIVITIES OZ DAY

FREE ENTRY - Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery Road, The Domain, Sydneywith special guided tours
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HALF PRICE ENTRY - Australian Museum, 6 College St, Sydney (oppositeHyde Park)
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FREE ENTRY (to permanent galleries) - Australian National MaritimeMuseum, 2 Murray St, Darling Harbour
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FREE ENTRY - Government House, Macquarie St, Sydney 
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$5 ENTRY - Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Queen's Square, Macquarie St,Sydney
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$5 ENTRY - Justice & Police Museum, Corner Albert & PhillipSts, Circular Quay 
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FREE ENTRY - Macquarie the Governor, 1810 - 1921 exhibition, 1 MartinPlace, Sydney
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FREE ENTRY - Museum of Contemporary Art, 140 George St, The Rocks 
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$5 ENTRY - Museum of Sydney, Corner Bridge & Phillip Streets,Sydney
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FREE ENTRY - Parliament of NSW, Macquarie St, Sydney
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$12|Adult, $8|Concession, $6|Child - Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St, Ultimo
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FREE ENTRY - Reserve Bank of Australia, 65 Martin Place, Sydney 
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FREE ENTRY - Royal Australian Historical Society, 133 Macquarie St,Sydney
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FREE ENTRY - St Stephen's Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie St, Sydneywith musical program & tours
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FREE ENTRY - St Mary's Cathedral, College St, Sydney with recitals,tours & mass
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Discount box office offering $25 same day performance tickets -Sydney Opera House MacquarieSt, Sydney
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$4 ENTRY - Susannah Place Museum, 58-64 Gloucester St, TheRocks 

FREE ENTRY - Sydney Hospital & Sydney Eye Hospital, Lucy OsburnNightingale Museum, 8 Macquarie St, Sydney.
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FREE ENTRY TO GROUNDS - Sydney Observatory, Watson Rd, ObservatoryHill, The Rocks
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FREE ENTRY - The Mint, 10 Macquarie St, Sydney

Happy Australia Day!

The caring Australian welcomes refugees to this country.

Despite what our media tells us they are not illegal immigrants.

Hoping everyone has a happier year this year.

A Merry Christmas to all 

from my family to yours.

Today I head down to Sydney to spend the next two days with my sons

 and my daughter and her family.

Then on Boxing day I travel 500km car journey north 

to spend a couple of days with my older sister, Cathy and her family.

Then back home for New Year Eve.

Navy Centenary 2013

The Tall Ships came into Sydney Harbour on Thursday. I had the day off so I headed down to Sydney. We had gone from 30C degrees the day before to 12C on Thursday obviously many people had not checked on weather and arrived to see the TS wearing only shorts and tshirts and summer dresses. It was cloudless and sunny when I left home and when I arrived it was very wet and chilly. I heard later that it had been hailing in my local area.

I didn't take many photos as the lens was getting wet. 

The Endeavour.

A Paddlewheeler

A Rivercat ferry, Harbour ferry and Tall Ship.

My photography left a lot to be desired. 

Haven't been on for a while, just sorting through how I want my life to develop. So far, I have been distancing myself away from a group of friends I seem to have outgrown. Same old same old.

A couple of months ago I met an old friend from 10 years ago who invited me along to a new group he had started, we meet up on Friday evenings to have dinner together and some head off to various clubs to watch and listen to music.

This seems to be more my fit. I have met some lovely people and have been invited along to a Coffee and Chat group and another social group which travel down to Sydney to visit art galleries and museums and do ferry trips. Oh! a fellow I met told me about a local camera group. Its all happening.

What's with all the videos on this site.

Well, this is rather special

Fun and feel good.

Traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge

 via earthcam.

 http://www.earthcam.com/world/australia/sydney/

Bondi Beach from North Bondi RSL club

http://www.northbondirsl.com.au/beach-cam

A policewoman getting into the groove.

(Video by  ysee amar)

Martin Place, Sydney.

World Autism Awareness Day

Sydney Opera House lit up in blue.
Link here

Our Prime Minister, Julia Gillard

Interviewed by Eden Riley of Edenland Blog

Sarah Blasko Live at the Opera House

A lovely voice.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu in concert at Dawes Point

 under the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Australia Day 2013.

 Absolutely brilliant moment when as he sang a song

 a huge cruise liner paraded under the bridge.

A Dutch cruise Liner

Part of the massive crowd watching this brilliant singer

Sydney and her neighbour Countries' Fireworks

 Welcoming 2013

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