February 23, 2008

I can't believe that I have not updated the blog since February. Maybe it is because I find it difficult to manage so I have a mental block about updating it. However, today I will try to catch up on the pictures of our P-Day outings to give a flavor of what Sydney has to offer senior missionaries on their down days!

I will begin with an outing we took the last of February with Paul and Loanne Bartholomew. They are senior missionaries working in the Welfare and Humanitarian Services which are located in the Buckland House, the Area office building. They are from North Carolina and have become good friends. They live across the hall from us.

On this day we made the rounds. We drove to downtown Sydney, parked the car in an all day for $10 parking lot (both of the them are not eligible for senior cards so that was a cheaper way to get into town). We spent a couple of hours at the Rocks, viewing the Queen Victoria, then we drove to Windsor, a cute town on the Hawkesbury River, about 45 mintues from our flats. Our purpose in going to Windsor was to buy hat boxes for the men who had purchased a number of Aussie hats and needed a box to store them in.

We visited the Sydney Olympic Park Water Venue site out near Penrith on the way home. It was a busy day.

Queen Victoria in the background.
Queen Victoria - she was huge!
Elizabeth by the water wheel in Windsor.
Jay and Paul Bartholomew with their hat boxes.
Olympic rings at the Water Park Venue.

Sydney Olympic Water Venue