Countdown to Departure

This morning I was able to say to myself "all the planning is finished" ! I have finalised all the pre-booking that it is possible to do before departure, and now only have to deal with the packing of the suitcases, and getting to the airport on time.

On Thursday, the Queen Mary 2 was in Sydney, so Deb and I took Isabelle (our Granddaughter) down to see her. We took the train, as the RTA was advising that there would be clearways, and to expect crowds - and arrived at St James Station around 10.30am - there was quite a number of people walking down towards Mrs Macquaries' point, and the Art Gallery. So we joined in the procession.

We didn't take long to get to where we could see the ship from the Art Gallery roadway. Then we decided to go down some pretty steep steps, to get to the water's edge where there was a water taxi offering rides out to see the Queen up close ($5.00 a head). We thought this was too good an opportunity to miss and so went out with some other people in the boat.

These are the photos we took:

Queen Mary 2 at Garden Island Dock, Sydney. Looking at her from the stern.

Hazel & Isabelle Deb and Isabelle and the Queen

We all had a great time on the Water taxi, and enjoyed being able to get up fairly close.