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Logan feeds the Rainbow Lorikeets on Henrik and Lone's back balcony. These birds are relatives to the Parakeet, and are very friendly. At least 12 birds were on the balcony looking for handouts from him!
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After walking Henrik and Lone's daughter Ester to school we hopped the train into the city of Sydney, about a 30 minute ride.
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We got off the train at the City Center Station. Sydney is a very cosmopoliton city with people from all over the world living there. After changing American dollars for Aussie Dollars (1.75 Aussie Bucks for one American) we started walking around. It is winter in Australia but the day was sunny and about 70 degrees F. This is a view of downtown Sydney showing the Sydney Tower. There is a restaurant on the top that provides an excellant view of the city. This building can be seen for many miles outside the city.
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The Sydney Harbor Area was until recently an area of cargo wharfs and run down buildings on the waterfront with the city business district behind that. Before the 2000 Summer Olympics a lot of money and effort went into rennovating this area to make it the heart of Sydney instead on an eyesore.
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The above left shot is a view of Sydney from the water taxi we took to get to the Darling Harbor area from the vicinity of the Opera House. The famous Sydney Opera House is pictured above right. The Opera House is currently being rennovated and the original architect (and his son) are re-hired to design these restorations after the father was run out of Australia thirty years ago for designing what was then considered a monstrosity!
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We passed under the Sydney Harbor Bridge (above left) and landed in the Darling Harbor District. The photo above right shows Henrik and Logan on the waterfront walkway with the monorail line behind them built for the Olympics. Condos in this district run about 1.5 Million Aussie Dollars to purchase, but have a wonderful view of the harbor and easy access to the downtown business district.
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We then walked to the city fish market to buy fresh ocean perch to be cooked for dinner. Since we were pretty hungry we also got some cooked shrimp (about 6 inches long) and peeled them on the dock. These pelicans gratefully accepted the heads. We hopped back onto the train and returned to Como where we had a lovely dinner of Ocean Perch with vegtables on rice, french bread, and some Australian Chardonnay. Logan and I hit the hay about 8 PM local time utterly worn out.
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