Australia

2019

Rick had a speaking gig on the Crystal Symphony - Hobart (Tasmania) and Sydney were the final stops after two weeks in New Zealand

Sydney 2019

The iconic Sydney Opera House and waterfront

The iconic Sydney Opera House and waterfront

The iconic Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge with flags of New South Wales and Australia

The Sydney Harbour Bridge

Campbell Cove and th 189-foot saling yacht Twizzle - it rents for a week for $310,000 plus expenses

Waterfront and the Museum of Contemporary Art

Circular Quay and the Rocks section of town

Victorian buildings repurposed in The Rocks area

Victorian buildings repurposed in The Rocks area

Victorian buildings repurposed in The Rocks area

The Fortune of War - oldest pub in Sydney

Government House

Noisy miner

White ibis

Hobart, Tasmania

The Cenotaph - honoring Australia's war dead

Hobart waterfront and Customs House

Tasman Bridge - built in 1960, severely damaged in 1975 by a large bulk ore carrier, taking almost three years to repair

A serious holiday in both Australia and New Zealand

St. David's Anglican Cathedral (1874)

Stained glass in the cathedral

Customs House

City Hall (1864)

General Post Office (1905)

Newspaper - first published in 1854

Hadley's Orient Hotel - originally built by convict labor in 1834

Cascade Brewery - since 1824

Cascade Brewery administrative offices downtown

Cascade Brewery administrative offices downtown

T and G Mutual Life Society (1876)

Originally the Southern Star and Manchester Union builing (1843)

Originally the Christians' Chapel (Church of Christ)

The synagogue - the Jewish community has become so small that they no longer hold regular services

Royal Engineers Building - Gothic Revival style building constructed in 1846-47 to house the
senior members of the Royal Engineers, who were responsible for arranging all works in the colony

Interesting restaturant

Home of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Rock lobster boat

Rock lobster boat

Rock lobster boat

Ferry

Food barges (the Tasmanian version of the food truck)

Royal Botanic Garden

Royal Botanic Garden

Royal Botanic Garden

Royal Botanic Garden

Royal Botanic Garden

Royal Botanic Garden

Pied shag, sometimes called a pied cormorant, in Hobart harbor

Silvereye enjoying some wild fennel

Masked lapwing, sometimes referred to as a spur-winged plover

Kookaburra

2016

Rick had a speaking gig on the Crystal Serenity - we traveled from San Francisco to Sydney via Hawaii and a group of islands.

Sydney 2016

The city, Opera House and Harbour Bridge

The city, Opera House and Harbour Bridge

The Opera House and Harbour Bridge

Flags of New South Wales and Australia on the Harbour Bridge

The Opera House

The Opera House

The Opera House

View from our hotel room

The Opera House and Harbour Bridge

Downtown Sydney

Mouth of Sydney harbor

Lighthouse at the mouth of the harbor

Naval base

Prime minister's residence

Governor General's residence

Macquarie Point

Rose Bay

The Rocks section

The Rocks section

The Rocks section

Former customs house, now a public library

Former customs house, now a public library

Former customs house, now a public library

Statue of Captain Arthur Phillip, Royal Navy - first governor of New South Wales

Government House

Former Health Department - now a bar....

Museum of Contemporary Art

ANZAC fountain

Library

Library

Statue of King Edward VII

Central train station

Central train station

Central train station

Bondi Beach

Bondi Beach

View from Rose Bay

Interesting use of vegetation

Star Casino

Darling Harbour

Clever name for a pawn shop

Birds

Masked lapwing

Noisy miner

Noisy miner

Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Chestnut teal

Australian wood duck

Australian white ibis

Australian magpie

Flowers