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!