Sydney - 1

Monday, 7 December - Am a bit behind, and will fill in the blanks later, but wanted to get the Sydney notes up before we head off to New Zealand later today.

Stay tuned for:
Freycinet National Park
Port Arthur
Un-Zoo
Ghost Tour

Thursday, 3 December 

Erskineville and Newtown

HBO>SYD flight was 12:50-2:35.

We are in Sydney – the impetus for this trip Down Under. On Friday, we flew from Hobart on Jet Star – our new favorite airline (although the locals question our rating).  

We already had received an impressive itinerary from our friends Heather, Keith and Gillian. The planning that was invested was truly worthy of a royal visit, detailed to a gnat’s eyelash. They, along with Gillian’s beau Nigel, had scouted out restaurants, had walked the routes, rung up proprietors to ask if we can bring our own wines, figured out bus schedules and the matter of bus tickets, etc.  

Our dear friends Keith and Heather were there to pick us up and whisk us to the nearby hood of Erskineville, where their youngest daughter Elske has purchased a fabulous apartment with her fiancé Stuart.

 Gillian and Nigel arrived soon thereafter bearing champagne and two kinds of house-made paté to add to Heather’s offerings of feta-stuffed green olives and cheese-stuffed peppadews (sweet piquant peppers from South Africa).

Keith and Heather Morely with Ned  

Nigel and Gillian

Nigel Howard, Heather and Keith, Gillian Smailes, Ann and Ned

Elske, Heather and Gillian

Elske and Stuart - Will be wed 14 October 2017

 - Elske and Stuart