Our Bridge | Saturday, March 10, 2007 |
"Don't be disappointed. If you want to walk across the bridge on March 18 you must register. Go to www.ourbridge.com.au and select a timeslot, or you can phone 1300 884 899. Your free registration will be confirmed by email. Allow one hour to complete the walk. The walk is for everyone. Milsons Point station has a lift and there are Easy Access Facilities at Circular Quay, Wynyard, Town Hall and Central Stations"
So the bridge is 75 years old and it seems that the authorities are expecting enough people to want to walk across it that they're allocating time slots. I'd be tempted to say that they're crazy, but given the huge numbers of people that turned out to see the boat a couple of weeks back, perhaps many thousands really will turn up.
As this may suggest, I won't be one of them.
Labels: Birthday, Bridge, Sydney
Those crazy cockatoos | Monday, January 22, 2007 |
I'm not certain that there will be any Cockatoo's but on Saturday morning Gillian and I are off to Cockatoo Island in the harbour.
Way back in the day (1830's) it was the site of a convict prison and following that a ship yard in various forms until the 1990's
There's intrigue too - well sort of. There's no ferry stop there, but with our fluro-yellow $16 tickets issued by the Harbour Trust that maintain the site, we get a secret, un-marked drop off point on the ferry heading to Balmain Wharf.
They do a night visit too, but Gillian is a little claustraphobic and dark tunnels and so on don't immediately ring her bell. If this is, as I expect a good morning out then I may try and go back a bit later in the year when it's darker. I think you could get some very atmospheric photos (assuming the guides have enough patience)
Way back in the day (1830's) it was the site of a convict prison and following that a ship yard in various forms until the 1990's
There's intrigue too - well sort of. There's no ferry stop there, but with our fluro-yellow $16 tickets issued by the Harbour Trust that maintain the site, we get a secret, un-marked drop off point on the ferry heading to Balmain Wharf.
They do a night visit too, but Gillian is a little claustraphobic and dark tunnels and so on don't immediately ring her bell. If this is, as I expect a good morning out then I may try and go back a bit later in the year when it's darker. I think you could get some very atmospheric photos (assuming the guides have enough patience)
Labels: Birthday, Cockatoo Island, Harbour, Sydney
