Sydney
April 2005

The main event of our brief visit to Sydney was to throw an 80th birthday party for my mother. Here's some of the other fun we had.

The weather was spectacular and one afternoon while the girls went to Luna Park, I caught the sunset.

A visit to the Brett Whiteley Studio has been on our list for a while, and was well worth it.
No photography inside, but a great door, and some nice geometries in the neighborhood.

We had a wonderful  lunch at Sonia and Gary's which featured lots of "cousin-time" for Grace and a pre-birthday cake for Chris.

One morning I took Grace and Sophia for a swim/explore at Parsley Bay in Vaucluse.

Grace caught up with her old Neutral Bay Primary friends, including Simran, and we enjoyed catching up with their parents!
 

We hosted an "art friends" birthday lunch for Chris at the Art Gallery of NSW. The food was great, and the conversation was better.

The birthday girl with the light behind her.

Ross, Alberto, Camille, and Lill were the guests.
     

 Leaving the gallery, and strolling in the Domain after the lunch.
 

The day before we left to come home, Susan and Chris invited us down to Scotland Island. We brought Grace's friend Amber along. The girls enjoyed fast boat rides and slow games of chess.

Harry and Ally were there too -- it was great to catch up with them.

Ladders from an African village that came back with C&S on their last trip.

The chef looks relaxed, but she cooked up some great food, and we got a lesson on the use of tin cans to make food stand up on the plate!
 

After lunch it was down to the dock for a bit of fishing, talking, and hair braiding.