Entering the Royal Botanical Gardens. The link is here: <https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au >

Sydney Day Three

Cranes are everywhere here.

Statue at park entrance.

Koala bear topiary.

Plaque listed this as a Ficus Tree!

This is a special venue for shows and stuff called The Calyx.

Marshland in the Gardens.

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. They are very, very loud with a shrieking screech.

Gorgeous flower in the marsh.

I just loved this shrubbery cutting. It was actually for an exhibit of carnivorous plants, but everyone, including me, thought of the colloquial use of this phrase!!!!

Bamboo forest in the Botanical Gardens Japanese exhibit.

Rainbow Lorikeets.

The trees are endlessly fascinating.

Leaving the park on a ferry to the Maritime Museum.

Masked Lapwing.

Maritime Museum as we arrive in its harbor.

New building in the shape of a ship.

The Ena, built in 1900. You can have high tea on it: <https://www.sea.museum/whats-on/events/high-tea-on-sy-ena >. The home page of the Maritime Museum is here:

<https://www.sea.museum>

Recon Submarine from the Cold War named Onslow. Learn more here:

<https://www.sea.museum/whats-on/vessels/submarine-hmas-onslow>

Forward torpedo room.

Marilynn and I photographed through section doors. Very tight spaces!

Engine Room

Artistic rendering of canoe in the main foyer of the museum.

First woman to ever sail around the world.

Ms. Cottee’s sailboat. It’s pretty tiny to do that!

Waiting for the return ferry.

Imaginative architecture is everywhere in Sydney.

These are all condos and apartments on two piers downtown. Average costs are in the millions.

Close look at the bridge hikers!

Former warehouses which are now restaurants and apartments. Don’t ask how much!

Panorama of the Harbor Bridge.