Woolloomooloo Wharf

Photos:

• Top left: Harry's Cafe de Wheels
• Top right: Custard tart from the cafe
• Bottom left: Woolloomooloo Wharf
• Bottom right: Sydney Harbour at night, one more time

Yesterday was only a day for "semi-adventure", as I will refer to it. Found a place in the tour books/maps that said Garden Island and thought it sounded interesting. I had to take the bus to Woolloomooloo to get there and then found out that this is where the Australian navy has barracks, so you can't even get to that part of the bay...

Walked back up the hill and caught a bus to "Harry's Cafe de Wheels", which is another site that I keep reading is a huge tourist attraction. Apparently a lot of famous people have been there and I read that they have their pictures up all over the cafe. Too bad I didn't recognize a single one of their so called "famous celebrities." I felt like it was just another twisted ploy to get me out there to spend money. The cafe is also supposed to be famous for its pies. (Note to American readers: "pies" in Australia are not fruit/dessert pastries, but instead are more like chicken pot pies. It's a VERY popular meal here.) Now, the pie thing is one rumour that turned out to be true. They must have had at least 20 different kinds of pies: chicken, beef, chili, you name it. They pile them high with toppings, too. I wasn't hungry enough to eat one, so I just got the dessert custard.

Next, with some extra time on my hands seeing as there's nothing to do in Woolloomooloo, I decided to go on yet another ferry ride. I just took the Darling Harbour/Pyrmont Bay route, which is round-trip and brought me right back to Circular Quay where I caught the bus home.

By the way: it's official. Now that I've actually bought the umbrella I went so long without, there will be absolutely no good reason for me to use it. The weather forecast of "rain all weekend" apparently really meant "shower Saturday morning and then blue skies through Sunday night". I keep finding myself actually hoping for rain tomorrow so that I'll get to use it before I leave--just in case I can't take it home with me. But really I can't complain too much; such nice weather today made our trip to the Sydney Zoo even better. But you'll have to wait until tomorrow's post to hear about it.