Folks, it's just a boat...
OK, it's not *just* a boat.
It's one of the biggest f-off boats I've ever laid my eyes on. And it seems that the whole of Sydney wanted to lay their eyes on it too.
So Tuesday morning, the Queen Mary 2 (big f-off boat) comes into harbour at Sydney. Not only that, but later on in the evening, the QE2 (big, but not even close to QM2) is also coming into Sydney harbour. Apparently it's a major event. The last time the two boats were both docked in Sydney it was 1941, the second world war was going off and the two boats were part of the British Navy. So the fact they're both here now is a big deal. Oh and being Sydney, it also means that there's going to be a big fireworks event down at the harbour. (hmmm, like New Year, like Australia Day..... anymore?)
But this QM2 it's a stonker, so big though that it can't actually dock at Circular Quay so they have to send it just down the road to Woolloomooloo. (Yes, there really is a place called that - and in fact it's Aboriginal for 'baby kangaroo'.) But I digress. Woolloomooloo isn't far from Circular Quay but between Tuesday morning and Tuesday afternoon literally hundreds of thousands of people have decided they're going after work to see the boats - to see the QE2 and the QM2 pass each other in the harbour..... oooooh.
But anyway, guess where I'm staying?? Yes, about 5 minutes walk from Woolloomooloo. So getting the bus from work wasn't a good idea. My bus has to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge to get home. On Tuesday *everyone* was crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It took me 20 minutes to get about 100 yards - but the bus drivers here are the ones who won't let you off the bus unless it's a bus stop because something might happen to you on the way to the pavement. Nightmare.
But regardless of my trip home (I got the train as it happens) my friend Lee who works in one of the coolest buildings in the CBD got the best pictures of the boat, I'll load one up. And then you can see the boats without having to suffer the crush of Sydney on a Tuesday afternoon. I mean as if it's not bad enough on a normal rush hour....
It's one of the biggest f-off boats I've ever laid my eyes on. And it seems that the whole of Sydney wanted to lay their eyes on it too.
So Tuesday morning, the Queen Mary 2 (big f-off boat) comes into harbour at Sydney. Not only that, but later on in the evening, the QE2 (big, but not even close to QM2) is also coming into Sydney harbour. Apparently it's a major event. The last time the two boats were both docked in Sydney it was 1941, the second world war was going off and the two boats were part of the British Navy. So the fact they're both here now is a big deal. Oh and being Sydney, it also means that there's going to be a big fireworks event down at the harbour. (hmmm, like New Year, like Australia Day..... anymore?)
But this QM2 it's a stonker, so big though that it can't actually dock at Circular Quay so they have to send it just down the road to Woolloomooloo. (Yes, there really is a place called that - and in fact it's Aboriginal for 'baby kangaroo'.) But I digress. Woolloomooloo isn't far from Circular Quay but between Tuesday morning and Tuesday afternoon literally hundreds of thousands of people have decided they're going after work to see the boats - to see the QE2 and the QM2 pass each other in the harbour..... oooooh.
But anyway, guess where I'm staying?? Yes, about 5 minutes walk from Woolloomooloo. So getting the bus from work wasn't a good idea. My bus has to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge to get home. On Tuesday *everyone* was crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It took me 20 minutes to get about 100 yards - but the bus drivers here are the ones who won't let you off the bus unless it's a bus stop because something might happen to you on the way to the pavement. Nightmare.
But regardless of my trip home (I got the train as it happens) my friend Lee who works in one of the coolest buildings in the CBD got the best pictures of the boat, I'll load one up. And then you can see the boats without having to suffer the crush of Sydney on a Tuesday afternoon. I mean as if it's not bad enough on a normal rush hour....
posted by Keyboard Addict at 7:53:00 pm
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