Saturday in Sydney

We saw a picture of an interesting boat on the television earlier in the week and decided to go see it. We had a hard time locating it but finally came upon it at Darling Harbour almost by mistake. It is very unique and looks like it should be in a James Bond movie. It holds 6 crew members taking shifts, 2 who drive and navigate and 4 who sleep. There is no room inside to do anything but sleep or drive or navigate. I would hate to spend 10 minutes inside this boat let alone 60 hours!!
Darling Harbour.

Monorail at Darling Harbour.
Earthrace power boat went around the world in 60 days, 23 hours, 49 minutes beating the world record. It is powered completely with biofeul.
Captain Pete. He had lyposuction as a stunt to promote the use of fat as the biodiesel (vegetable oil or the like) for this power boat.

Earthrace power boat, crew member sitting on side.
Earthrace power boat.
Earthrace power boat.
Classic picture of bridge and opera house taken from the Darling Harbour ferry.
All painted up and playing the didgeridoo.
Try getting into a box this size.
Sydney Opera House from Wharf 5 on Circular Quay.

We did not go downtown to watch the Sydney Fireworks this year. It is just too big of a hastle to get there. You have to stake out your spot by at least 4 pm and then wait in the heat until midnight for the show. We stayed at the flats, ate pot luck, played games and watched a movie before midnight. Then we watched the fireworks display on the TV. It was way better; the views were spectacular. I have downloaded some of the pictures and placed them on our blog. Enjoy!!
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