For the first time since the wife changed her job I missed my morning walk. She’s finally got fed up with spending two hours on the revised bus route and asked me to drive her to the nearest train station. Since the new timetable was implemented, the bus picked her up by the side of … More And I missed walking today!

Despite my exertions yesterday… and today for that matter… my legs seems to have suddenly woken up to the fact I’ve been over stretching them and started to cause me grief! 🙂 My calves have tightened up and are making me wince with every step. Ok I suppose this means that they’ll be that much … More Geez my legs hurt!

We were a bit miffed about not getting a free hat. We’d booked, arrived at the right time… but were disappointed. We discovered that thousands of people *hadn’t* pre-booked and had just ‘arrived’ yet they were all given a hat without any check made about who should or shouldn’t be on the bridge and/or get … More Our Bridge – 4

Darling Harbour is a jewel. It’s a hub of avtyivities and a gateway to a huge number of destinations in the immediate vicinity. These range from a casino to a tranquil ‘chinese’ garden in which you’d swear you were a hundred miles from a city. There is the Powerhouse Museum, the Entertainment centre, hotels, private … More Our Bridge – 3

By the time we were finished the kids were ready as well… and hungry… so we moved on to the monorail and bought a ‘family pass’ so we could get on and off as often as we wanted. Usually we’d not bother as it doesn’t go anywhere interesting but this time it actually went where … More Our Bridge – 2

I’d intended to be out of the house by 8:30 a.m. to make sure we were parked in a decent spot early… to avoid the inevitable traffic and the press of people making their way to the bridge for ‘the walk’. We actually left around 11:15 a.m. and even then had to stop at the … More Our Bridge – 1

According to the wife’s pedometer, in total yesterday we must have walked around 17 kilometres… you’d have thought that might have helped reduce the weight a little… especially since all I had to eat were two of the ‘diet bars’, a salmon salad and a little ham on our return… however it *didn’t! In fact, … More Tramp, tramp, tramp

While half a million of us meandered across the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday, today is the official anniversary of its opening 75 years ago. The bridge has provided a wonderful link between the two sides of the city and is a monument not only to the skill of the builders, and designers but more so … More Sydney Harbour Bridge – 75 today!

From our conversation last night it would appear the brother is about to become a reader of the blog… and hopefully will make some of his pithy comments (no… I said *pithy*) to amuse and educate us all. Welcome bro.

Morning has broken… and so has the weather. Yesterday arvo the heavens opened and soaked everything around us. Last night the bad weather continued periodically. It’s nice to have the rain… but maybe not when we are supposed to be going out to walk the Sydney Harbour Bridge today. As it is the old man … More Morning has broken…