Well we were starting the last week of our visit to the Land Down Under and we were feeling a little tired. The plan today was to relax and visit the local flea market in Surry Hills. It was nice to just wander around the area that Ben and Anna have come to call home. A great mix of shops, restaurants and housing, Surry Hills seems to be the ideal place to live and hang out in.
The main two spine roads, which dissect the district, are Crown and Bourke Streets. Off of these, in a kind of grid pattern are inter connecting streets. It all works to produce a very relaxed atmosphere, which has an Australian feel, but tempered with a mix of different ethnic nuances.
After a leisurely breakfast we ambled up to the Flea Market held in the Shannon Reserve, which is intersected by Crown Street and Collins Street and takes place on the first Saturday of ever month. Its a mixture of second hand stalls, recycled goods and handmade artefacts.
What more junk would we be tempted to buy? It offered the perfect place to purchase a bargain, or that's what Ben and Anna intimated. As we rummaged around the stalls, the thoughts of taking any of the goods home filled me with horror, but not some of our party. Diving in and out of the stalls like a whirlwind, Anna purchased, in double quick time, an enamelled bread bin, an old style thermos flask and a wicker shopping basket. It reminded me of the teams being let loose on Bargain Hunt.
It was a pleasurable experience and as always, it only served to fire up our hunger pangs. We deposited ourselves across the road in a very nice cafe / bookshop. The menu was extensive , varied and reasonably priced.
A little snackette, healthy options for Pauline, waffles and fruit. It only confirmed what a nice area this was.
We had decided, that evening, to go to the cinema to see " The Hunger Games " at the Moore Park Complex. Only ten minutes walk from their home, the park complex contains a large grassed area on which the Sydney Cricket ground is located, plus Sydney Football Ground and Fox studios.
The entertainment centre contains numerous bars and restaurants and the cinema multiplex. The cinema was very much like any other in the world, but it had enormous seats.
The film was good and we enjoyed the experience, but, one thing about Australia still confounds me, namely, everything closes earlier than in Europe. It was about 10.00pm when we came out of the cinema and all the places were closing, very strange and this applies to most parts of Sydney.
As we walked back across the park Ben alerted us to a resident possum. Ben's attempts at wildlife photography had been quite good, but his discovery of a floodlight attached to the camera only served to blind anyone he pointed the camera at and also scared off the wildlife.
Blinded by the light, but still cute............
Another day had ended, tomorrow the Royal Sydney Show was to be taken in....whatever we expected, the show did not disappoint!!!!!!
We had decided, that evening, to go to the cinema to see " The Hunger Games " at the Moore Park Complex. Only ten minutes walk from their home, the park complex contains a large grassed area on which the Sydney Cricket ground is located, plus Sydney Football Ground and Fox studios.
The entertainment centre contains numerous bars and restaurants and the cinema multiplex. The cinema was very much like any other in the world, but it had enormous seats.
The film was good and we enjoyed the experience, but, one thing about Australia still confounds me, namely, everything closes earlier than in Europe. It was about 10.00pm when we came out of the cinema and all the places were closing, very strange and this applies to most parts of Sydney.
As we walked back across the park Ben alerted us to a resident possum. Ben's attempts at wildlife photography had been quite good, but his discovery of a floodlight attached to the camera only served to blind anyone he pointed the camera at and also scared off the wildlife.
Another day had ended, tomorrow the Royal Sydney Show was to be taken in....whatever we expected, the show did not disappoint!!!!!!
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