Sydney once again.

Another week in Sydney, gave us time to let Jo check out the Quarantine Station and some of our old childhood haunts.
We also explored up the Parramatta River , which as kids was 'so far west' that we never recall going there.This time we went as far as we could, the bridge at Ryde being the ultimate bar to further exploration.
A jaunt up the Lane Cove River , again a first for me, we then fueled up at the most reasonably priced fuel in Sydney at Birkenhead Marina, with those incredibly handy supermarkets just nearby and then eventually made our way back to the north side of the harbour.

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We had a prime viewing position on a Saturday afternoon of the skiffs (16footers) racing in Middle Harbour as we sat on one of the moorings off Balmoral beach. With the NE'ly breeze it meant we were sitting off the downwind marker so we were witness to the carnage and chaos that happens when spinnaker drops are the order of the day.

Stunning if perhaps possibly smoke affected sunsets, a final early morning victualling visit to the supermarkets on the Corso which conveniently were open at 0700 and we were on our way to  either Lake Macquarie or Nelson Bay,Port Stephens- tba, as we like to say(to be advised) when keeping things boat time flexible.

Escorted out the Heads by the James Craig

A distant Barrenjoey Head- Pittwater will have to be another time.