Sydney Harbour

We thought we would visit some more beaches before we left so we travelled by subway to Circular Quay (pronounced key) and hopped on the Ferry. It was absolutely gorgeous and I could almost imagine we were riding in one of those high powered over priced tourist speed boats. We were one of the few who stayed out on the deck to experience the spray of the water and the roar of the loud engines. It would almost make a good movie. The hillbillies from Missouri riding along the water with all the European tourists in their designer clothing. Tessa shrieking with excitement added just the right touch. I have been feeling quite proud of ourselves lately thinking we were blending in pretty well. We can ride escalators, buses and trains without losing our balance and stumbling and we don't walk around with our nose in the air looking in awe at everything around us (well, not as much anyway). Then the ferry ride kind of brought me down a notch or two. Gosh, people are so proper. I mean really, don't they just feel like shrieking with excitement when cruising around all those bays watching the Opera House fade away in the distance? Nobody said anything or even looked at us (that I noticed) but I was just amazed that people just sat inside and looked out the window! The ferry ride ended at Watsons Bay and from there we walked along the beach and up a walk way to the top of the hill where we saw the entrance to the Harbour and the lighthouse. Walking along the water, the girls just had to let loose, run back and forth, jump in the water, dig holes in the sand. They tried very hard not to stare as we walked past a nude beach, where interestingly enough had only males over the age of 50 (or so it looked)! It was very obvious they were trying to make a point (what that point is, I'm not sure) because they just walked back and forth and then stood there facing the trail. Now you might think that I was watching them a lot but it doesn't take that much surreptitious glancing to figure that one out! And it pretty much looked like they wanted us to look! The girls were very serious but their hillbilly mom got the giggles upon passing. This ferry ride and walk was one of our fondest memories of our visit to Sydney, the views were just incredible and I cannot believe we haven't been there before. We were looking out our window today and noticed we can actually see the entrance to Sydney Harbour and the lighthouse from our window!