There is a great variety of house styles in the area, some of which we have already posted; this one, built on an edge, is yet another style. The ground floor, the basement from street level, was incredibly tall. These unique Victorian houses have been nicely refurbished rather than replaced.
This was the rainy outlook as we descended the McElhone Stairs. Our hotel is the beige and grey building in the middle distance.
We spent the afternoon on admin, blogging and ironing and then in sunshine set out, once again, across the Botanical Gardens. As we approached the point, we saw this monstrosity of a cruise ship in the harbour at the Overseas Passenger Arrivals berth. It had left when we left the Opera House at 11pm.
We intended to eat at one of the cafes at the Opera House and we chose Japanese. John ordered sushi and Pat ordered noodles. John had just managed one piece of sushi when an air strike in the shape of a seagull whizzed past us and stole a whole piece of sushi complete with the rice.
We were stunned, but clearly the staff were used to these attacks and rapidly provided another piece. It became clear that these 'strikes' are routine and it is, as ever, unwise to feed the birds.
The performance of Don Giovanni was soon to start, so we ordered our interval drinks,
watched the ferry boats go by
and found our seats. This is the Opera Theatre
On our way home we walked back to the park above the Opera House to take an evening photo,
encountering this large animal and a group of French young men on the way, together in French, we worked out that it was probably a Mountain Brushtail Possum (body 55cm and tail 40cm)
Now that the Botanical Gardens was shut we had to find a new way home. Apart from nearly entering a road tunnel we easily found a new route through the parks of The Domain.
Pat and John on tour