Sydney in the wet

Sunday started fine although there were some heavy clouds out to sea. By the time we left the house the sky was half sun and half cloud, with a strong possibility of getting more of the cloud. We had decided to 'do the City' and all of us, except Caroline, caught the bus to Manly and the ferry to Circular Quay.

The girls/women then headed into the City to go up Sydney Tower, while as Mick wasn't keen on heights we decided to walk around the botanic gardens to see the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier which had arrived in the harbour on Thursday for 5 days.

After that we had quite a wait for the others so stopped for a drink and some food at one of the restaurants at Circular Quay - by this time is was raining and the others had seen all the rain sweeping in from the sea while they were up the tower.

We dodged the showers as much as possible and went around The Rocks once we had all met up and then caught the ferry back to Manly. Jet lag and sitting down to travel by ferry and bus gave all the visitors a chance to doze on the way home!

Monday was wet for most of the day with some torrential showers in the morning, so we stayed in to watch the rerun of the men's singles final at Wimbledon from the night before, plus Eilish's case was delivered from the airport as it had been found at Dubai!

Laura and Alice went ice skating and Caroline was meeting a friend, so the rest of us drove to Cremorne and caught the ferry to the city again in the afternoon and visited the aquarium in Darling Harbour. The rain luckily held off on the ferry journey back, so we stood on the top platform to watch the city lights. Magical!