Christmas interlude
JJMoon Diary
Barry and Margaret Wilmshurst
Wed 26 Mar 2008 23:42
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Sydney here we
come.
 We visited Sydney for just 6 days on our
way back to Europe. We were particularly lucky to have friends Richard and
Norrey and daughter Joanna from Geneva resident
on their Fairline Squadron Caspar and we joined them for
Boxing Day. Many people in Sydney man boats to see the start of the
Sydney to Hobart race. What a day! The thrill of being on Caspar
- a very different experience to JJMoon - the pleasure of joining
friends from back home and real Aussies, a tremendous lunch with a mountain
of prawns, and of course the excitement of the race. A day to
remember.
 Caspar, awaiting the party for Boxing
Day
 The mighty Wild Oats leads Leopard of
London out through the Heads. The yachts are sailing in smooth water but
the spectator fleet churns the Tasman into a maelstrom.
Besides that we walked Sydney, visited
the botannical gardens, took a ferry ride to Manly beach, and had a most
pleasurable visit to semi-relatives known through Barry's Scottish
step-mother.
 
 Walking in the botannical gardens we were
amazed at the noise until we found ourselves under a huge number of
fruit bats roosting in the trees. It was a remarkable sight and they made
an astonishing row. They are regarded as a great nuisance by the
locals.
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