Day 11 January 24 2025 Walking tour of Sydney

Day 11 January 24, 2025

Our last day under the gentle and funny care of Dan the leader of the Koala’s. He has been ever so helpful and knowledgeable. We woke up in Sydney this morning and after we saw that our luggage was down from our room, Dan took us on a walking tour of the area around our hotel. We were taken into Hyde park. Being part of the British commonwealth the good citizens of Sydney found it much easier to name places in Australia with the same names as in Jolly ol’ England. The morning was very pleasant.

We visited the fountains and cathedral.

We saw a species of tree that was only discovered in 1994. Wollemia nobilis, commonly known as the Wollemi Pine(though it is not a true pine) which was discovered in 1994 in a temperate rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales. It is thought to be one of the oldest genus of tree in existence.

We saw the part of town known as the rocks. Many of the buildings foundations were built on sandstone that were constructed by the prisoners who were sent here by England in the late 1800s.

We got to eat ice cream for lunch. (It is good to be old.)

We were given a guided tour of the Sydney Opera House. The history and stories of its building are pretty amazing.

https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/…/interesting-facts…

We then got on board our home for the next 14 days. The good ship Orion. I may or may not have slept through part of the port talk and the history talk about the mini submarine attack on the harbor of Sydney during the second world war.

A good day was had.