We arose very early on February 28th and cabbed from our hotel to the Honolulu Airport. No traffic!Upon checking in, we learned that we had to purchase a visa to enter Australia. That done, we had a Starbucks breakfast and boarded our plane. 9.5 hours, 2 meals, 3.5 movies and some reading later, we had crossed the international dateline and it was March 1st - our 43rd anniversary somewhere over Fiji. The plane circled over Sydney Harbour on our approach and gave us fine views. Anne and Barry met us at the Sydney airport around 4 PM local time and we had a bit of a tour of busy downtown Sydney on our way to our motel in the suburb of Ryde. After a bit of bubbly and freshening up, we 4 headed back into the city and had a fine dinner at a Kings Cross restaurant that A&B frequented when they lived in the city some years ago. Then a bit of a walk around the neighborhood ensued and back to Ryde for a night's rest.
Circling Sydney Harbour White specs are sailbots anchored
Downtown Sydney
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House
Fountain at Kings Cross
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