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I can’t play piano but admire anyone who can. Such a lovely photo@sgmn.

Summer - our weather forecasters have warned us we are in for another wet summer. So we plan to make the most of the glorious Spring weather when we can. Every dry/ sunny day on the weekend we plan to head out walking and have multiple short vacations booked. Gotta make the most of it before the wet weather returns.

@bobmacliberty & @Sea Dog Wishing you wonderful cruise/vacations. Look forward to your photos.

Just announced today, that we are having a National Day of Mourning on the 22nd September. This will be a one-off Public Holiday. We are travelling to Canberra on that day so I gain back one day of my Annual Leave.

@ReneeFLL sorry Renee I don’t know how long the tribute on the Sails will appear. I suspect at least until the funeral. If there is anything planned around the 29th Oct in Sydney that I become aware of, I’ll post about it for you.

Caught return bus from Palm Beach to Manly and joined the crowds for a free ferry ride to Circular Quay. Then walked through the Botanical Gardens to view the floral tributes to the Queen.

Here is what I did for the rest of today: Walked up to Barrenjoey Lighthouse. It a short hard climb. You can choose stairs or no stairs. Make it to the top and you get beautiful views of Palm Beach on one side and Pittwater on the other. There is also a guided tour of the Lighthouse but it needs to be prebooked.

First thing you see is Palm Beach Golf Course which is located between Pittwater and Palm Beach and has Barrenjoey headland in front of it. I walked along the beach on Pittwater side hoping for our usual cafe. Unfortunately it has been demolished so had to retrace my steps all along the way back then walked across to the Palm Beach side and came across a new cafe/restaurant next to “Summer Bay” (TV reference for the UK). Had a very tasty lunch and coffee.

From the wharf there is a nice short walk around to Palm Beach headland with stunning views of Pittwater.

Absolutely glorious Sunday in Sydney today. All public transport in Sydney was free today due to King Charles III. As I was without a car and company, I made the most of it. Bus from Wynyard to Palm Beach (looong trip but doable for a tourist) Was on the front seat of a double decker so had a birds eye view of the bridge climbers going up the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Then travelled through Neutral Bay and Mosman and down to the Spit Bridge. Bridge was up so had a bit of a wait while the boats passed under the bridge but you get a nice view of Middle Harbour while you wait. Then onto the Northern Beaches peninsula. Changed buses at Mona Vale, thankfully for a one level bus (discovered double story buses are too bumpy for me) Scenic views from bus of Newport and Bigola Beaches. Finally arrived at Palm Beach ferry wharf. Got off, checked out the ferry but decided I wanted to stretch my legs instead of a ferry ride so walked along beach next to ferry wharf.

Oh Sue, the emotions. Thank you for sharing.

Happy 2nd Birthday! Such a cutie

I was at the kiosk at Palm Beach Golf Club at lunchtime. The two guys in front of me were paying for their rounds and asked the staff member, anywhere we can watch the footy after this?. Then I was on the Manly ferry at sunset, standing at the back taking in the magic views and a guy passes me watching the footy on his mobile…

Adorable. Love your yearly tradition.

@jagsfan so glad that lovely lady helped you through that stressful proctored test experience. I could feel the stress just reading about the issues you had. I am so thankful that my upcoming cruise only needs a self administered RATS test.

It’s a beautiful evening in Sydney. Many Sydneysiders like ourselves have caught the ferry across the harbour to view the Opera House Sails this evening and more still are at the Overseas Passenger Terminal (no cruise ship in tonight) taking photos & videos. We are currently sitting outside sipping champagne and people watching with the Opera House in view.

McKell Park, Darling Point

Was hoping I would see a Waratah in the bush. They are our State Emblem and flowering right now. The Park Rangers are now spray painting their stems blue, to stop them from being taken out of the bush so it was probably better that I was able to see two in their native garden without the paint. The visitors centre runs kids activities, this little guy a bearded dragon, born in captivity, is popular with the kids. They also have a sculpture trail on at the moment, this one was my favourite resembling banksia seed pods.

Absolutely beautiful day in Sydney today. Did the 4km bushwalk early. Lovely day for it.

I am sorry your daughter tested positive and the kids will soon lose their much loved Lucy. The kids are clearly surrounded by a lot of love and support so hopefully that helps them deal with this difficult road you are on.

Got a text msg on Thursday from the specialist confirming my appointment for next week. As it’s booked a year ahead, I had understandably completely forgotten about it. Did not want to have to reschedule so it sent me into a minor panic. Very lucky that the GP could see me that afternoon to get a referral, the private hospital could give me a next day appointment for the scans and my very understanding boss permitted me to have time off at very short notice. So off to hospital yesterday. Took photo of car in multi-story carpark so I could find it later, watched a lovely video of somewhere in Europe during a short wait, had wonderful staff attend me during the various scans and finished off with a superb lunch of a salmon bruschetta with a large coffee in the very nice onsite cafe. In the afternoon, we drove over to dads, sat in the sun and chatted on dad’s deck then wandered up to dad’s veggie patch and DD collected some delicious snow peas. Now, it’s early Saturday morning here. Overcast but sun is expected to come out. DH has left already for his 40km Walk Bondi to Kirribilli. I have plans to do a bushwalk hoping to see more Spring Wildflowers. Hope you all have a lovely evening and day tomorrow.

That looks delish. Bon Appetit.

Ahhh. Glad you mentioned zoom!