Over the next couple of days we explored a little bit of Sydney. We caught the train into Town Hall which was only two stops. Browsed some shops and walked down to Circular Quay. We decided to have a night out in Kings Cross a few beers, dinner and a theatre production all this in walking distance to CYCA.

On Saturday afternoon we decided to take Time Flies over to the moorings near the Taronga Zoo in Athol Bay. It’s quite rolley from ferry traffic but nothing beats the view you get of the Opera House & bridge. Sydney had the Vivid Light show on and Saturday night was the last night, the bridge looked amazing. Once the ferries had stopped the bay was quite calm, and being Sunday the next day they didn’t start until 8:30am.

We made our way back to CYCA as another East Coast Low was forming, mainly bringing lots of rain and 20-30kn winds. We caught the bus into Town Hall as the trains weren’t running, and caught another bus to Birkenhead Point where there was an outlet centre. I needed to get a decent rain jacket and Dean needed a warm jacket. Also we needed to get some parts from Whitworth Marine which was just a short walk down the road.

The reason for our visit to Whitworths was that we still seem to get some water in our fuel tank and our water cap jumped off the side of the boat into the marina, so Dean says. So we decided to replace the inlets for the fuel & water tanks. My new rain jacket worked a treat, not so much my Converse shoes. Note to self, wear your Gortex runners when raining.

On Monday we went for a walk over the many hills to Double Bay continuing onto Rose Bay, then back to CYCA to install the two new inlet caps. We now have attached caps so there’s no jumping off the boat again.