SHELLEY, DANCING QUEEN.

COOGEE BEACH IN WINTER.

Beaches are great, even in Winter.  Sydney has a wonderful choice of beaches and I've had a long association with Coogee Beach.


The video tells stories of Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia. From the Coogee Palace Aquarium which was opened in 1887 to the ocean baths at the north and south ends of the beach.

Not learning to swim, wagging uni lectures and walking from the Opera House to Coogee after a New Years Eve concert because nobody thought about transport.


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GOING LENNOX SCOTTISH.

And probably a bit mad too - just like Macbeth and his mob.  Saw a production of Macbeth in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens in 2009.  Can't make head or tail of Shakespeare's language at the best of times and with Glaswegian accents on top, I couldn't figure out who was who.  Except they all seemed nuts.  And did I mention it was a wee bit cold even though it was the middle of Summer?

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SEEING THE SIGHTS OF SYDNEY.

Glorious April days sightseeing in Sydney. We started with Aboriginal culture at Circular Quay, caught a ferry to Watsons Bay for a seafood lunch and visited The Gap.

We wandered around the Opera House at dusk as the lights came on around the city. Luna Park was all aglow.

The next day we visited Darling Harbour and watched Pyrmont Bridge open as the monorail passed by overhead. We saw the exhibitions in the Maritime Museum, looked at the ships moored outside and marvelled at "The Endeavour" sailing ship.

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FLYING OVER SYDNEY BEACHES.

Flying from Port Macquarie to Sydney is wonderful when the wind is in the right direction and the skies are blue. i.e. most of the time.

The plane flies over the Harbour Bridge and Opera House and then chucks a right turn and flies down the Eastern Suburbs beaches - Bondi, Clovelly, Coogee, Bronte, Maroubra, Long Bay, Little Bay, Congwong Bay ... beautiful sights!

Another right turn and you enter Botany Bay, flying past Bare Island before landing.

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BILLABONG KOALA PARK.

Hello from the koalas at Billabong Koala Park near Port Macquarie. This little bloke is Evo (short for Evan).  He is two years old.

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SYDNEY HARBOUR ISLAND HOPPING.

I booked to go on an island hopping trip around Sydney Harbour, visiting Pinchgut, Clark, Shark and Garden Islands.

Sydney, however, didn't cooperate and decided to put on some amazingly disgusting weather - a real HISSY FIT!

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HELICOPTER RIDE OVER KATHERINE TOWNSHIP.

I lived in Katherine, Northern Territory for five years.  The climate and environment were AMAZING.

I loved the helicopter ride over the town of Katherine.  My house was near Katherine River and opposite an old World War 2 airstrip.

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WELCOME WALL UNVEILING

Sydney turned on a sparkling day for the unveiling of three more panels on the Welcome Wall at the Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney on the 2nd May, 2010.

Grandad, John McGregor Lennox arrived aboard the "Orizaba" from Glasgow in 1901, aged 12 with his mother, Sarah Jane Howie Lennox, four siblings, auntie and cousin.

Mac's wife was Irene Isobel Walker and her grandmother, Hannah Maria Reddaway arrived all alone aboard the "Rajasthan" from Devon in 1855, aged 16.

Three Lennox women were in attendance for the big event, resplendent in their Lennox tartan.

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