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Russell writes…
This morning, we thought we had an early excursion at 8:50 am. It turns out the excursion is tomorrow. Today was a completely free day for us. We had a leisurely morning, then set out to explore more of Sydney.
Our ship is docked over at White Bay in West Sydney, away from downtown. Fortunately, Regent is providing a shuttle bus 20 minutes to King Street Wharf. Gail was hoping we could catch a hop-on hop-off ferry and sail around the harbor. Unfortunately, you either had to purchase an Opal card or a two-day pass, and we didn’t think it was worth it. So we set off on foot with no specific destination.
We walked north on High Street and ended up at the Barangaroo Reserve. This is a newly renovated part of Miller’s Point, and offers walking paths as well as an Aboriginal culture center. We got a terrific view of the Sydney Harbor Bridge.
From there, we walked back south on Kent Street. We climbed to another vista point at the Sydney Observatory. Once again, we got a terrific view.
All told, we walked about four hours before we caught the shuttle bus back to the ship. We continued our leisurely day with various housekeeping, including Gail giving Russell a haircut.
Today is another transition day: 250 passengers disembarked this morning (including many new friends), and 120 new passengers have now joined our cruise!
