Mountain Goats

Next month will be our 2 year anniversary of our life on the water so it was a special joy to have a first time hosting opportunity of #1 son on board. The stars had aligned. The RPAYC cruise delivered us back to Sydney Harbour over the week-end,  the Bloke was booked for some tests later in the week and Viv was to be in Sydney overnight in between times. Almost too good to be true!

The RSYS were kind enough to allow us to stay on their collector jetty. This facilitated shore-time plus our reunions.

   

The Bloke excitedly waiting for Viv to rock up. 

 

Being introduced to a new beer label, it was only reasonable to down a couple with your son. 10pm and it was still close to 30C, definitely beer o'clock.

Little did we know that in a couple of hours we would be like Mountain Goats walking Viv home to his hotel.

 

Two big kids having a beer and a chin wag.

Eventually, it was time to get Viv back to his hotel at McMahons Point. As the crow flies it's no distance from the yacht club except that Lavender Bay is in the way. No matter, the walk would do us good we decided. On one level, this was a brain snap. We departed at midnight and completed the round trip by 2am.  WHAT were we thinking? It was very warm and we barely saw a soul which is quite a surprise seeing as this is 'inner city' and it is Sydney, our largest city! After leaving Viv at his hotel we took some risks and short cuts through Lavender Bay Parklands which significantly sped up the journey even though it entailed A LOT of steps and stairs. Luckily we had the sense to bring a torch. It's now on our 'Must Do' list to return in daylight. The parklands are fantastic and without really intending it, we'd just stumbled through some of Sydney's most iconic parks including Wendy's Secret Garden (created by Wendy Whiteley) - proof that we are just a pair of big kids at heart.

Thanks for visiting Viv. It was a cracking night!