We had an AMAZING buffet for dinner, seafood like you would not believe (snow crabs, cray fish, sushi, shrimp) but there was also beautiful salads and steak and roast pork. And the dessert buffet! We both ate waaaaaaay too much, eyes most definitely bigger than our bellies finally. And a nice bottle of champagne to go with it.
Feeling bagged full, we reckoned if we didnt go for a walk immediately, we would collapse into bed straight away, so changed into trainers and went across the road to Hyde Park. After a few moments, we went back to the room to pick up a camera as the place was full of bats. Not little ‘was that a bat, an owl, or just a seagull’ flying things, but proper, honest to goodness could be a Bat Signal bats. Loads of them. Google tells us that there are so many of them they were trying to cull them fairly recently.
Today (Boxing Day) we walked down to Circular Quay and then across the Harbour Bridge. Not up and over the bridge, just the standard pedestrian foot path. Some impressive sights to be seen there. Some excellent shots of the Opera House from the other side.
Later on, we decided to go out to Darling Harbour and see whats going on there – I had spotted it has a shopping centre open to 9pm, thats NINE AT NIGHT! We are so used to Perth closing at 5:30pm that shops open till 9pm are a huge novelty. (We have repeatedly mentioned The Fort being open till midnight on the run up to Christmas and how that would never happen in Perth)
On our way down a young guy ran across the road in front of us, slipped and cracked his head on the edge of the kerb. We tried to help him up, but he was totally spaced and just lay in a puddle in the gutter. After trying to make sure the passing cars didnt drive over him, we managed to get him moved, and spotted a lot of blood coming from the back of his head. Grabbed a passing bloke to phone an ambulance, and then the guys mother arrived (he had ran on ahead to get something when he fell). We managed to move him to in front of the Apple Store (The staff were closing up and checked he was OK rather than trying to move us along coz he might stain the glass 😉 ) He came round properly and was rather embarrassed about getting an ambulance, but he had bled a lot and didnt remember falling or being moved so must have been very concussed. So we waited till the ambulance arrived before leaving them.
So, we got our walk round the harbour after that bit of excitement, and it looks amazing. Gonna spend some time there during the day! Just had some FAB room service food, and looking to head to bed. Carpe Deium once again!