Continuing our walk around Newcastle and after taking in all the sights of the architecture etc, we wandered down to the Clarendon Hotel for lunch. A very nice lunch too.
Lunch was served very quickly and efficiently especially when 25 of us strolled in.
The mural depicts much of how i view Australians. Warm, colourful, friendly, lively and outgoing..
Only visited Australia once and am unable to return but will never forget the helpful sunny Aussies..
Love your chosen Pov..
@jorlam It is a colourful mural. It shows scenes of Newcastle, you can see the cathedral in the top right and the tug boats on the harbour, the steel works, surf lifesavers, beaches etc.
Pity you are unable to return to Australia, I am sure you would love it all over again. Where did you visit on your first trip here?
@quietpurplehaze@gigiflower@gigiflower@louannwarren sorry to confuse you, we did ring ahead and tell them we were coming, but it is a very popular lunch time venue for local office workers too, so quite a lot of people there as well as us.
@onewing i visited Sydney beginning of October 2004.
There was a large convention, of an unconventional nature. We arrived in dribs and drabs - from all over the globe, staying in various hotels. myself and a couple of friends stayed in a massive hotel opposite Bondi Beach - near to the shelter?? which is on the edge of the beach, can't mind the name. .. we were shocked to see how small the beach is and there were signs saying "No Ball Games" - on a beach!!
whilst staying in the hotel we went into Sydney - touristing.. (New word). We loved the cleanliness of everywhere. Also folk were just so polite and helpful and Sydney was so very very interesting.. And it was warm and sunny - no coat..
Then we all moved out to what i presume is a youth summer camp, about 45 - 50 miles out of Sydney. i think it was called Camp Yarramundi or Barramundi, something like that.
Because it was Australia we were going to visit most folk took only thin summer clothing. it rained like it was never going to stop. the river rose over six foot the first night, it was a deep and wide riverbed too.. It rained for a week.. The folk running the camp went out and bought electric heaters for the cabins - it was so cold. We had to double up in the cabins because there had been folk, of ours, camping!! the eating shelters became quagmires.. Trenches had to be dug everywhere and boards made bridges. Locals said about a week before we arrived, at the camp, there had been fires in the woodland around there - drought had affected the area for some time, until us pommies brought some of our rain.. But, in spite of the difficulties, we were all loathe to leave Sydney. A great place and great folk..
Well Babs, i bet that lot was more than you expected. Hope it didn't bore you.. lol
@jorlam Didn't bore me at all Jorlam, I found it so interesting. Bondi is very overrated in my opinion and so crowded. Our local beaches where I live are so much nicer.
A lot of people think it is always hot in Australia, not so at the moment, only reaching 18 degrees C today and a low of 13 degrees. Pretty chilly I can tell you. It has rained almost every day since the beginning of June here, we aren't used to so much rain, David is thinking of building an ark, just in case.
I know Camp Yarramundi it is a YMCA camp near Richmond.
@maggiemae The restaurants always manage with our walking group. The number of people who go for lunch after our walks varies between 15 and 30. We have regular breakfasts out with our U3A group too and the restaurants on those occasions cater for about 40 of us.
Only visited Australia once and am unable to return but will never forget the helpful sunny Aussies..
Love your chosen Pov..
Pity you are unable to return to Australia, I am sure you would love it all over again. Where did you visit on your first trip here?
There was a large convention, of an unconventional nature. We arrived in dribs and drabs - from all over the globe, staying in various hotels. myself and a couple of friends stayed in a massive hotel opposite Bondi Beach - near to the shelter?? which is on the edge of the beach, can't mind the name. .. we were shocked to see how small the beach is and there were signs saying "No Ball Games" - on a beach!!
whilst staying in the hotel we went into Sydney - touristing.. (New word). We loved the cleanliness of everywhere. Also folk were just so polite and helpful and Sydney was so very very interesting.. And it was warm and sunny - no coat..
Then we all moved out to what i presume is a youth summer camp, about 45 - 50 miles out of Sydney. i think it was called Camp Yarramundi or Barramundi, something like that.
Because it was Australia we were going to visit most folk took only thin summer clothing. it rained like it was never going to stop. the river rose over six foot the first night, it was a deep and wide riverbed too.. It rained for a week.. The folk running the camp went out and bought electric heaters for the cabins - it was so cold. We had to double up in the cabins because there had been folk, of ours, camping!! the eating shelters became quagmires.. Trenches had to be dug everywhere and boards made bridges. Locals said about a week before we arrived, at the camp, there had been fires in the woodland around there - drought had affected the area for some time, until us pommies brought some of our rain.. But, in spite of the difficulties, we were all loathe to leave Sydney. A great place and great folk..
Well Babs, i bet that lot was more than you expected. Hope it didn't bore you.. lol
A lot of people think it is always hot in Australia, not so at the moment, only reaching 18 degrees C today and a low of 13 degrees. Pretty chilly I can tell you. It has rained almost every day since the beginning of June here, we aren't used to so much rain, David is thinking of building an ark, just in case.
I know Camp Yarramundi it is a YMCA camp near Richmond.