Sydney Part One

From Sydney airport to Kaima with Woolongong in the distance.

Tailwind products. a drink for athletes that has no unnatural additives. It is for sipping continually on your run and the body is abl to absorb it almost immediately unlike gels which stick around in your stomach for hours. Gavin Markey is the Australian distributer of this great product.

A new client, James Smith, 21, an excellent Triathlon athlete.

One of the many inlets around Sydney. It is an excellent boating city with so many waterways.

Gavin, myself and Craig Isaacson. I had not seen Criag since 1890. So good to se him again.

Craigs wife and little boy, totally exhausted and so fast asleep.

The ferry accross the waterway below Gavin's at Berowra North of Sydney.

Gavin and his three children on the ferry.

Olympic Stadium for the second 20/20. Thanks to Parnell (15 per over) we lost on the 2nd last ball.

The four of us at the 20/20.

Looking accross to the scoreboard.

11/11/11.

One of the many banners of remembrance in Sydney on 11 November.

At the memorial site.

Chandelier in the Model Soldier Shop of Rebekka Markey's dad's shop.

WW1 soldiers and a tank. These models go from $39AUD to $2400AUD. For collectors only.

Another Battle scene with Aussies vs Turks.

One of the magnificent Christmas trees in the Queen Victoria Building on George Street

Part of the magnificent tiling in the Queen Victoria Building.

Aborigine painting. Magnificent.

Reminds me a little of Hugo's paintings of a wet and dark Cape Town. This is dry and country.

Some magnificent pieces there,

Selfie showing the strain!

Andrew Castleton, Rob Flude. Ian Grobbelaar and Sean Grobbelaar.

Ian Fullerton who lead a great war cry, one of the bestat an Old Boys function, and Gareth Barrett who did the filming.

More Old Boys.

And more Old Boys

Another view of Ian Grobbelaars table.

Inside the crypt of the ANZAC Memorial.

Eternal flame in the Anzac Memorial.

ANZAC Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney.

This Jacaranda and Bougainvillia where full of Rainbow Lorikeets and they were so well camoflaged that you could not see one, just hear their cacophony.

And how right he was!

Both of these in the Holocaust section of the Jewsish Museum. I had a really long and both interesting and very moving conversation with a survivor. So sad, so horrific, so brutal.

So true then, so true now.

Ceramic inlay at the Museum.

Stained glass window in the Museum.

The Opera House from the ferry on the way to Taronga.

Bridge from the ferry.

Rear view of the Opera House.

Just magnificent.

The view not often seen.

Entrance to Tronga Zoo. I went in with trepidation and was happily surprised even though it has not convinced me of the necessity for zoo's from the animals point of view. They do, however. have a magnificent educational programme and also an incredible breeding programme for seriously endangered species.

Scrub Turkey which make a huge mess when scratching and a massive nest made from leaves.

Skyline from the Cable Car.

Prehistoric screechong and cawing giant ground bird

Rainbow Lorikeet. There are hundreds in Austrlia. Beauitufl colouring and dreadful squakes.

A fairly plump fruit eating Pigeon.

Not a happy Pelican.

Iguana and turtles.

Skyline, Opera House and the Harbour Bridge.

Another Scrub Turkey.

Two inquisitive wild King Parrots.

Indian Jungle Fowl from whence come all the chickens in the world.

Lazy after a hectice swimming session. Californian seal.

Hop-on, Hop-off ferry. Great idea like the buses.

Another magic skyline view. Sydney has a certain charm about it and it does resemble parts of Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town in feeling more than looks although there are many similarities. By this time I was with Craig Badings and Magda and their two wonderful children, Nick and Taylah. The journey continues in Sydney.