Tall ships on display in Sydney
Continuing the fleet review celebrations, more than a dozen tall ships were on display today on Sydney Harbour.
The public were also able to board international warships at Barangaroo and Garden Island, to get a glimpse of life at sea.
On Saturday, Prince Harry and Governor-General Quentin Bryce performed the official review of warships from 17 nations.
Up to a million people are estimated to have watched a huge light and fireworks show which lit up Sydney harbour to end the day’s celebrations– the biggest since the Olympic Games.
The dazzling fireworks display was launched from city rooftops, barges, the Harbour Bridge, and the decks of Navy warships.
Images of key moments in the Navy’s history were projected onto the Opera House along with archival sound recordings, honouring Australian sailors who have lost their lives at sea.
The above is a news item which I copied from the Sydney Morning Herald webpage.
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On Sunday, the 6th October, we made it to Central Station in Sydney. From there we took the tram to Darling Harbour. It was already late afternoon. However there were still huge crowds everywhere. Some of the tall ships had made it from Sydney Harbour to Darling Harbour. If you wanted to go on board of one, you had to buy a ticket and then join a large queue to be let on the boat. We did not feel like waiting around for so long. We promenaded instead along Darling Harbour. Peter took a few pictures. For refreshment we bought some lovely ice-creams and listened to some beautiful Lebanese music.
We took the tram back to Central Station. From there we could catch our train back home to Dapto. It was nearly 9 pm by the time we were home. We had left home some ten hours earlier because we had been invited to a talk about the environment that we did not want to miss out on.
By the way to our great shock we noticed yesterday morning that we had lost one hour: Our clocks had been set forward onto Daylight Saving Time!
AuntyUta 
That is an exciting day in Sydney. The ships are amazing but love the best are beautiful warm smiles of you and Peter. God bless.
Hi, Island Traveller, the warships in Sydney Harbour are going to depart again on October 11. These Fleet Review Celebrations are a very exciting time for Sydney. I always love to see the beautiful pictures of Sydney Harbour. Last Sunday we were only at Darling Harbour which is not far from Sydney Harbour and a very enjoyable place to spend some time. We always love to go there, especially on a beautiful holiday weekend like last weekend. Yesterday, Monday, was a Public Holiday here in Australia. So we had what is called ‘a long weekend’. Lots of people are out and about on long weekends.
What a great day it must have been, Aunty! I would have enjoyed it too. My daughter has been to Sydney. But my hubby and I haven’t been. Perhaps one day, huh?
It was good to spend some time in Sydney, Mary-Ann. I am sure you and your hubby would enjoy to spend some time there. This time we went only to Darling Harbour. We did not have enough time to go to Sydney Harbour as well. All the ships in Sydney Harbour we were watching on TV. Sydney Harbour looked beautiful! 🙂
Einen schönen Tag liebe Ute wieder so schöne Bilder muss eine schöne Reise gewesen sein,die Schiefe sind wunderschön und so groß.Wünsche dir eine gute Woche waren ein paar Tage an der Ahr.Lieber Gruß Gislinde
Wünsche dir auch einen schönen Tag, liebe Gislinde. Die Stunden in Sydney vergehen immer schnell. Wir haben eine gute Bahnverbindung nach Sydney, aber es dauert immer zwei Stunden hin und zwei Stunden zurück. Liebe Grüsse, Uta.
A great memorable day Auntyuta, the tall ships look really grand, lovely of someone to offer to take your picture together.
We weren,t prepared for daylight saving as well, it snuck up on us both too.
Regards.
Ian
Hi, Ian! On Saturday, 5th October, we saw the huge lights and fireworks show on television which lit up Sydney Harbour. It was quite spectacular. All the warships and tall ships are gone by now. The end of the celebrations was only two days ago. In my above news item from the Sydney Morning Herald is still a link to some of the celebrations!
Hope both of you are well.
Cheers, Auntyuta.
A wonderful day, Aunty Uta. I enjoyed reading this. Love how you get out & about 🙂
Hi, Noeleen,
I am sure lots and lots of people very much enjoyed all these celebrations. It was a good time to be out and about in Sydney. The Harbour with all the participating ships looked just glorious all week.long in all the pictures and during the fire-works which we saw on television on Saturday, the 5th.
We didn’t make it to Sydney Harbour this time, only to Darling Harbour which is close by. Yes, we had a lovely late afternoon there. Before we went to Darling Harbour we had been to a talk about the environment.in a different part of Sydney. We wanted to catch the 9 o’clock train from Dapto, but did not get ready on time. I think because daylight saving starting we got up a bit too late. Instead of rushing like mad we decided to catch a later train. But we made it to the talk at 2 pm and after 4 pm we were then on our way to Darling Harbour.
What an awesome event!
You are right, Inigo, it was an awesome event for Sydney. Thank you so much for visiting this as well as some of my other blogs, 🙂