we walked round kings cross, which turned out to be a bit of a red light district... it was like something out of a film. on our way back we stumbled across harry's cafe de wheels in woolloomooloo (what a name eh!), a world famous pie cart. it opened in 1945 and has had a lot of famous customers. we had pie, mash, mushy peas and gravy and it was really good. unfortunately we didn't have the camera with us although we are going to try and go back at some point.
we have also been down to see darling harbour properly and to take some pictures. it was nicer than we orginally thought.
there was a big museum which looked really good but it was quite expensive to get in, but we got a sneaky picture of this pirate ship.
after darling harbour we went down to the rocks, it's an area next to the harbour which is full of narrow cobbled lanes, nice buildings, old pubs, cafe's and shops. in addition to the quirky and kitsch shops there are also the likes of gucci. amy found a really good vintage shop. we had a drink in one of the pubs before heading back.
on saturday erin took us back to the rocks for the markets and also showed us where she got married. the building where she got married is just to the right of the area in the photo below.
erin also took us to paddington, which has become a very expensive and attractive residential area, due to it's location and pretty victorian terrace houses. we had a really nice lunch at a cafe on the five ways, then went to have a look at the paddington markets. paddington's main street, oxford street is meant to be 'the' place to shop in sydney, although it's quite expensive, so we stuck to looking round the markets.
yesterday steve and erin took us up to the northern beaches. it was a really hot day, reaching the 40's! we drove up through one of the oldest national parks in the world where we stopped at a great lookout spot to admire the view of palm beach and the surrounding areas. palm beach is where a lot of 'home and away' is filmed.
we then made our way back along the coastline, stopping at all the beaches on the way.
some of the places we drove through and stopped at were gorgeous. the beaches were'nt packed full of people like bondi and manly.
we stopped at avalon where steve grew up, he used to surf at this beach everyday before and after school!
a couple hours after leaving the national park, we saw this....
it was a bush fire, right where we had driven through earlier that day!
before we headed home, we stopped for a drink in manly.
today... although it is already 1pm, we are thinking of heading down to the pool for the afternoon.
we best be off, or we wont have much time there, hope everyones well. we've seen pictures of the snow in marple and hope it sticks so you can enjoy some sledging!
take care, amy and greg x x x
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The snow did stick on Sunday night, it was coming down really hard and fast! Rick and i ventured out in the car which was a really bad idea, we turned around and came back, but it was really hard to get up the hill near the windsor castle, loads of people had abandoned their cars! We made it in the end though, and my car was smokin! It was all ice and slush by Monday morning though! Dave, i havent had anything at my house yet.......
Bet your both missing the action here in Marple then... ?! ha ha.
yes son it snowed !! quite heavy took some photos for you will e them later, bet you loved those pies greg, will ring george later today and let you know about your thingsxxxxxxxxxx
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