I Guess You Could Say I Have a Ferry Addiction...

Photos:

• Top left: A look at The Rocks from George Street
• Top right: Sydney Observatory and garden
• Middle left: view of Sydney Harbour bridge and The Rocks from Observatory Hill
• Middle right: doorway in a neighborhood in The Rocks
• Bottom left: Museum of Contemporary Art; I think these are images from Israel
• Bottom right: Pitt Street Mall

Yesterday we started out at The Rocks Market, once again. But this time I found lots of cool stuff to take home with me. Spent about an hour there before heading off to the Sydney Observatory, which is just up the hill from the market. Entry is free, but we soon found out why: who wants to pay money just to see a bunch of really old telescopes? The best part about it was the view of the city we had from the top of the hill.

Returning to The Rocks, we went to the Museum of Contemporary Art after a walk through some of the quieter streets of the area. The museum is another free attraction that we decided to check out and was fairly interesting.

Ate lunch downtown and went (window) shopping after that. Then Carla and I separated and she headed home, while I went to the internet cafe to write yesterday's post. I had thought about going to the evening service at the Garrison Church, but it was dark out and the church is in a less-occupied area of The Rocks--I wasn't sure if I should go there alone at night. Maybe next week?

Instead I returned to Circular Quay and once again took the ferry to Neutral Bay. I got to the pier just as that ferry was boarding, and didn't want to wait 1/2 an hour for the next ferry to Darling Harbour, so that was a quick decision. (Plus, it's the only ferry I'm familiar with that goes round-trip, returning to the Quay at the end.) I've decided I really like taking the ferry at night--if you get far enough away from the reflection of the city lights on the water, it sometimes looks like the ferry is floating on nothing at all. Freezing cold on the harbour at night, though.

Took the bus back home and spent the night watching movies with Carla and her roommates.