Bridge & Back
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 8 Dec 2015 23:37
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To the Sydney Harbour Bridge
and Back
 To the first corner and there it was,
the Sydney Harbour Bridge. All very excited
aboard.
 The Australian
Royal Navy came by to welcome us.
  To our
right and to our left.
 Wow. Something
we have looked forward to for so long.
 Time for the skipper to
enjoy the moment.
 Life about us carried on in it’s usual
way. We had to go around this group fishing
intently.
   First Mate thrilled to
bits.
 Sydney, sleek and iconic.
 “Mine, mine,
mine” I had hoped to say welcomed us but I guess they were too busy
looking for Nemo.
  A lovely building
to our right, just before the bridge – so much to find out
about.
 We just needed to wait for this working lady to cross................
 ..........and the very powerful
Betty Cuthbert to undertake us and then
we’ll take our turn........
   Just as we
sailed up to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York, we
began to clap as we went
under.
 Luna Park Fairground as we popped
out the other side.
 The picture of Beez Neez on the
chart plotter, the far side of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Crabbin’ along. The
fluxgate compass indicates a very strange direction, but a new one is now on
order.
 We pulled slightly into Lavender
Bay, dropped the main and turned, ready to do it all
again.
 Passing Luna Park
again.
 Fabulous, back we
go for more.
 Bear is delighted when a train comes into
view.
 So very
chuffed.
 How many pictures can you take of Sydney Opera
House ???
    The scene changes
every few minutes.
 To our left.
Wonder what rental these waterfront properties
command.
 To our right,
an even bigger Royal Naval lady.
 Fort Denison or Pinchgut Island, is
a former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island in the
harbour, we can feel a tour and lunch coming on
soon.
 Half way back to to the Heads or in
my book – ‘the doorway’, we pass Neutral Bay on our left.
The name "Neutral
Bay" originates from the time of the early colonial period of Australia, where
different bays of Sydney harbour were zoned for different incoming vessels. This
bay was where all foreign vessels would dock, hence the name neutral.
The Aboriginal name for the area was 'Wirra-birra'. In
1789, soon after the arrival of the First
Fleet in Sydney,
Governor Arthur
Phillip declared
this bay a neutral harbour where
foreign ships could anchor and take on water and supplies. Neutral Bay
was far enough away from Sydney Cove to discourage convicts from escaping on
these vessels and to keep possible enemy ships at a distance from the main
settlement.
   Sydney Harbour, the markers and
the traffic – this journey of nine point four miles
there and back have been wonderful. Now it’s time to go around the corner and
get Beez settled into Cammeray Marina. What a day to
remember.
 We so look forward to exploring
Sydney, seen here when two very special ladies were
in at the same time.
ALL IN ALL A MAGNIFICENT
HARBOUR AND A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE
SPECTACULAR, A DREAM SINCE NEW
YORK
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