Colleen and I took the train into the city this morning and it was already hot and muggy. We visited the Botanic Gardens the first thing looking for the Powerful Owl for Colleen. The nice Friends of the Gardens volunteer told me that she had looked for the owl this morning in its usual roost where I had seen it on Tuesday and that today it was not there and therefore could be anywhere. We still looked for about 20 minutes with no luck. We also looked for the Tawny Frogmouth that was reported but did not have the exact tree where it had been seen two days ago and were not lucky.
By this time it was very very hot and we made our way to the Sydney Opera House to cool down, use the loo and see the inside. We also examined the outside and it is made of cement covered with tiles on the outside with a section line of glossy white tile and this is probably what makes it "glow" in the night lights with the lighting on this feature. We had lunch on the patio there and it was good. From there we went to the nearby Ferry to take it to Manley where Jeffrey, Coral's husband would take us for a tour of Manley would meet us. Coral who is Lynn's sister of Sami and Lynn took a bad cold yesterday and stayed home as she was sick and did not want to share her cold with us. While we were disappointed not to meet Coral, we appreciated her thoughtfulness and Jeffrey's kind offer to be tour guide. Jeffrey took us to North Head and some of the northern beaches including Manley beach. Jeffrey is an excellent tour guide giving us the history of some of the locations. Jeffrey should become a tour guide!! We also made a stop in the Steinyerd Hotel where Colleen's Paul suggested we visit. We had a break on the Manley beach patio and said our Thank You to Jeffrey and took the ferry back to Sydney.
We then went for supper in the Rockeries and yes we ate by the rocks. By this time it was 9:30 pm and the whole point to stay late was for Colleen to see the Sydney Harbour at night with the Opera House, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the city lit up, it is spectacular.
The temperature dropped in the evening, and me in a sleeveless top was freezing on the ferry and on the way home. At the outdoor restaurant where we ate they had the heaters on. We had spurts of rain going home on the train and walked down the hill at Summer Hill to our motel. A great day, even though we did not see many birds. Tomorrow am, early we leave for Tasmania!!!
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