Today we decided to check out the Opera house. Jerry had advised to take the tour, but that was sold out except for a 09:30 tour, which seemed a bit early. So we booked a tour for February 10th, when we should be in town again before our flight back.
We took the ferry again and had a stroll to the Opera house. It is a very impressive building up close, but due to the preparation for the New Years eve fireworks, the access around it was somewhat limited, so I guess that we can revisit in February as well.
We continued our stroll into the park, which turned out to be the botanical garden. We found some very impressive huge trees, which turned out to be Ficus, just slightly bigger then the once we normally see as house plants.
We also came across this white bird with a black head and a long curved beak. As we have internet now, I could look up which bird it was and it turns out to be an Australian white Ibis. At some point we saw one on a drinking fountain, where I can make some nice pictures.
We wandered around the park and found a wishing tree, the way to Mrs Macquarie point, which was also mostly closed for the fireworks setup and a succulent garden. Here was saw some nice cactusses but also the first big spiders, with a body as thick as a finger.
It was time to eat something and after that we found a nice tap room on the Rock before returning home around sunset (20:05) We found out the Opera house side of the bridge has lights, which turned on just after the ferry left.
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