Sydney Part 2

Feb 22 Sydney
Took the bus to the train and on into the city. It took a walk in the wrong direction and a couple of questions before we found the right bus stop. Went into the Queen Victoria Building, a beautiful, very upscale shopping arcade.
Then we walked to Hyde Park to see the Anzac Memorial, an Art Deco building to the service people of Australia and New Zealand.
The Sydney Tower was close by, so we bought tickets to the observation deck. That included a 4d movie - shots of Sydney, with sprays of water on the audience at appropriate times ( I guess that's the 4th dimension ). We also did a skywalk on the upper deck, on the outside of the structure. We had special jumpsuits on, with a harness that attached to a rail. We stood on the glass platforms on the north and south of the deck. Very windy, lovely views.
After lunch, we wandered around the Royal Botanical Gardens. The Tropical Center with giant fern trees and orchids was so hot and humid, it almost did us in. The various gardens are a peaceful green area in the middle of the incredibly busy Sydney.
Then, back to the park where we shared beers and wine with a couple from Calgary who had been traveling around Australia for a year. They're flying out in the morning and gifted us with some things they can't take with them. They gave us a fly hat, fly swatter, huge containers of sunscreen and moisturizer, even peanut butter.

Feb 23
Torrential rains today, so we stuck around the campground, did some laundry and read. There are floods north of Sydney and more rain is predicted tomorrow, at least in the morning.

Feb 24
Sunday morning, not too many people going downtown today.
We went to the Australian Museum where there was an Alexander the Great exhibit from Russia. I never connected the Tsars Alexander with AtheG, but Catherine the Great was an admirer of his and collected items associated with him from around the world. Many of the things on display were found in Russia. Anyway, she named one of her sons (grandsons?) for him and the other for Constantine.

Feb 25
Rv repair day. Back in good shape now.