Day 37 - Sydney, Australia (Day 1)

 Thursday was the first of 2 days in Sydney, Australia, The sail-in was early befoe sunrise because of the required lower tide. Sydney Harbor is one of the most spectacular in the world. This is our second time here.  During the day we took the shuttle from the ship to a location in the inner harbor near all the restaerants and shops. We walked along the shoreline and had lunch there. In the evening we had ticket to an opera (Don Giovanni) at the Sydney Opera House. It was a long day!  I was out on deck  before 4 AM for the sail-in and  we did not get back to the ship until just before midnight.

First sight of the skyline in the early morning.

The opera House was not lite up so we saw it in silhouette

The Harbour Bridge as we approached it.

another shot of opera house and city skyline 

getting ready to pass under the bridge.

Under the bridge

some people were watching from the Crows Nest

We have paassed under the bridge

the city center skyline from the inner harbor

Another ship docked next to where we will dock, It is a former Holland America ship - the Prinsendam, She  is now the Phoenix Risen -  Amera 

A tug to help us in

Where we will dock at the White Bay Cruise Terminal in the inner harbor

Heavy clouds to the east so no sunrise to show today

A shuttle bus took us to the Darling Harbor

Our ship from across Darling Harbor

A new office building along the shoreline

along the waterfront.

We stopped at a sports bar for lunch and a local beer

my choices for a beer

I had a 4 Pines pale ale

They had cricket on one of the many TVs.  Also showing from where we had lunch was NHL hockey,  basketball, golf and  rugby

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Many ferries and harbor cruise boats in the inner harbor

The National Maritime Museum across Darling Harbour

Inside the Sydney Opera House - Joan Sutherland Theater

Our view of the stage from our seats. No photography of the performance is allowed so this was shot during the intermission.

I saw no sunset beacsue we we in the opera at the time