Front Paddies Market, we stroll to Darling Harbor. Officially, I don’t think Darling Harbor really starts until you are on the left side of the bridge (see map below), but the whole neighborhood is commonly referred to as Darling harbor.
Windows Live Writer really rocks. If you are blogging without it, you might as well write everything in Windows notepad. For example, I needed to crop this map that I took a photo of, but instead of having to hop into another application, I could do it right inside Windows Live Writer.
Lily, Robin’s wife just chatted me to inform me the following:
Lily says:
there’s a difference between young and old ginger of course
old ginger is more flavorful
Douglas says:
Please educate me.
So old ginger has a stronger taste?
Lily says:
it tastes better in cooking
yup, absolutely
Back to my Darling
Here are four snaps of some of the water or fountain sculptures. I remember these when I was here so long ago. I love the way the city loves the water.
Darling Harbor, well actually, this is a photo of Cockle Bay. Once you go under the bridge, you are in Darling. As you can see, the entire CBD can see Darling if you have a window high enough that faces the west.
Below is a old tall ship that is available for people to explore at the Maritime Museum. Also a couple of rather large anchors.
To the right is the HMS Onslow and the HMS Vampire, respectfully. I’m not really sure what the red thing is, but it appears to be a buoy of some sort that is movable.
Below is another overall snap from the lighthouse that was either built here or transported here, can’t remember because of ale, that you can climb to the top of. Note the Space Needle- like tower in the background. Lisa tells me the folks she knows in town hate it since it takes away from the skyline. For $25 AUD, you can go up to the top and have a look around. The price also includes a quasi ride called OzTrek. Even though it is included in the price, do NOT do it. If you listen carefully in the hallways there, you may be able to hear a large sucking sound…which is it. I’ll share some snaps with you in a later blog taken from the top of this tower (well almost the top).
Lisa and I recently had really good Thai in Circular Quay at a place called Sailor Thai. We both highly recommend it. It cost us about $90 AUD for two appetizers (called entrees over here), to mains and a bottle of good wine. On the way back, the full moon was shining, so we stopped and took this snap:
