Opera House Rocks

Hello all,

Hoping everyone is well.

Just a quick post to cover a few things we’ve done in the last week or so.

The weekend after Melbourne we went to watch the first NRL game of the season at the ANZ stadium, which was the Sydney Olympic stadium.  Playing were the Bulldogs vs the Newcastle Knights.  This put Laura and me onto opposing sides.  I supported the local Bulldogs and Laura, supporting anything Newcastle, was barracking for the Knights.  The first half was not a good 40min for the Dogs, going in at half time 0-16.

The Bulldogs

Things picked up for the Dogs and the game turned into a good match, with the final score being 16-20 to the Knights.

On Sunday we checked out Milsons points, which is on the opposite site of the harbour to the Opera House and contains Sydney’s Lunar Park.  The Lunar Park fair grounds have had better days, and although still attractive to kids and for the quaintness of the rides, they don’t really offer any serious thrills for an older rider.

Lunar Park

Opposite Milsons point, at the other base of the Harbour Bridge, is the Rocks.  The Rocks is a renovated area and where once stood empty warehouses and homes now hosts a range of boutique shops, restaurants and galleries.  The pubs and cafes are probably the best we’ve found in Sydney.  At weekends the Rocks hosts a vibrant market that takes over the streets.  It is the best market I’ve found in Australia, offering quality items rather than the usual cheap mass-produced crap.

The Rocks market

I must have taken hundreds of pictures of the Opera House by now.  Be glad when we’ve moved on and I’ll no longer feel the pull of the camera towards the damn thing everytime it comes into view.

Chilling by the House

On Thursday Laura was given a day off so we hired some bikes and went for a cycle round Manly.

Manly by bike

Once out of Manly centre there are various different routes to take.  We choose to go on the track that went to North Head and some awesome views out across the harbour.

North Head

That evening Laura cashed in her chips from all the sporting events we’d been to.  The result – an evening at the Opera House to watch/listen?? to the Sydney Symphony.  Could have been worse, the Opera House is pretty stunning from the outside and although the initial inside area isn’t anything special the concert hall itself was.

The Opera House Concert Hall

At the interval

That’s all for now, next post will be about our little roadtrip over the weekend.

Bye for now.