Babes in the Wood?

Yesterday, the six of us (Emily, Greg, Ella, Flynn, Dot and me) had a lovely trip by train from our apartments in Sydney city down to circular quay, the opera house and the botanic gardens. After that, we back to our apartments to meet up with David and Shlomit and have afternoon tea in a nearby cafe. Here some pictures of us in our walk around some of Sydney's attractions.

Ella makes a donation to a couple posing as a gilded statue at Circular Quay.

Strolling to the opera house.

The Opera House precinct had some construction work, but it was hidden behind a lovely mural which Ella inspected.

Her she's almost encaged in a barbed wire commemoration to the wife of Lachlan Macquarie, one of Australia's early colonial governors. It's right next to government house, home to the NSW state governor.

And it's fun playing among the massive roots of a Moreton Bay fig tree.

Or tapping on a wooden drum from Vanuatu. Notice Flynn enviously looking at her performance.

Then to the botanical gardens' cafe for tea and coffee - none for wither Ella or Flynn.

And a stroll uphill through the palm grove towards Macquarie Street via the NSW Art Gallery on the Domain. That had a visiting exhibition of American (USA) Art and large letters spelling AMERICA in front. Here's Ella sampling the letter C, observed by Emily and Flynn.

Later that afternoon we went to the cafe with David and Shlomit and we see several members of our party studying the menu.

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