Cockatoo Island

On Sunday Meg and Pete came to Abbotsford for lunch and to collect Patrick, after which Gillian and I spontaneously decided to get on a ferry.... we had intended to go to The Rocks, but decided to get off at Cockatoo Island instead. Cockatoo Island is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Sydney Harbour, listed for its convict and naval history; it was a penal settlement in the 1840s and later became a naval dockyard that built the countries first warship; after the fall of Singapore in WWII it was the main military shipbuilding dockyard for the south-west Pacific. TOday, there are walking trails around the old docks and warehouses, as well as rather appealing cocktail bar.

with Meg, Paddy, Pete, the twins and one of many jacaranda trees, in Abbotsford

Ethan (left) and Bryce (right) hit the vegemite sandwiches at the Rowing Club

We arrived at 3pm. Joy!

view from my seat in the bar

Paul, Vix & Barky take note: made in God's own country - Leeds

I've no idea what this piece of metal was for

After a couple of jugs of cocktails on Cockatoo Island, it was back on the ferry.... to Balmain

via Greenwich

jacaranda trees in Hunters Hill

.... and to finish the weekend, a curry.