Still raining, so not seeing Sydney at it’s best. Paul and I decided to take in the Opera House. We were tempted by the fact they had seats left for tonight’s performance for the ballet at £110 per ticket, or tomorrow’s Mahler at £75 per ticket. In the end we splashed out on a tour around the Opera!!! It was great, saw rehearsals of the new Romeo and Juliet, which starts on Dec1st. Architecture was amazing and very interesting.
Concrete structure designed by a Dane and engineered and built by Ove Arup
Came out of the Opera to more rain, bought myself some good old Aussie Ugg boots and then took a cruise up the harbour to cockatoo island (actually another ferry). Back to house then off to meet Denise a friend of C & M, drinks and tasty foods bits at her place and then to watch one of their friends who plays a double base in a jazz trio. We felt like the oldest swingers in town. It was a great place, graffiti everywhere, two groups, loads of ‘hippyesq types. Really good evening.
