Mon May 05 17:26:03 2008
Walk through the City
What I saw on today's outing
Today I decided to go through Cremorne Reserve to Cremorne Point, take a ferry from there to Circular Quay, then walk to the Botanical Gardens. Cremorne Reserve never fails to delight. It coming up to winter I was surprised to see this tree, entirely devoid of leaves, still producing the odd brightly-coloured flower.
In the Botanical Gardens, my favourite site, the Main Pond, was closed for upgrade works. The birds that normally make it their home had to make other arrangements for perching. This ibis found an ideal spot, directly on this rather pertinent sign.
On the way back to Neutral Bay, the ferry hung back for several minutes just in front of the Opera House. The reason soon became clear: This enormous container ship was steaming out from under the harbour bridge towards Sydney Heads. Clearly the ferry captain thought that he'd rather be late than try to cross to Kirribilli in front of this behemoth. If you want to get an idea of the scale, look at the people in the loading bay (where the red arrow points to).
