Time for our bay cruise.

Today, we go on a cruise of Sydney Harbor. For breakfast, we walked a block down from the hotel where a small food court was found. The only thing open was Maccas. OK McDonalds which even on the commercials they call Maccas.  It was not like any McDonalds at home.  The food was actually good and the coffee was made by Espresso machine.  Did I mention that the Australians and New Zealanders are VERY picky about their coffee.  Everywhere coffee is made by espresso machine.  Even the food trucks have them.

Back to the hotel to meet a cab to downtown.

The cab dropped us off near the Opera house where the bay tour will start.

Sydney like lots of cities has good and bad areas but touristy areas are usually nice.

We were a bit early so we looked into some tourist trap shops along the bay. Took pictures of the Opera house.  A truly misnamed ship was in port.  Virgin... really.  It's an adult only ship that is known for being a very adult party cruise line.

We did a bit of shopping in the stores and looked at the Opera house.  No tour of it for us today.  We did not have the time and tickets were time limited

On to our boat.

Checked in and got on board for the cruise. There was some confusion on the 3 drinks we paid for in advance to get them for $7 instead of $10 each. The people at the ticket booth had problems looking up our discount so instead of figuring out why they gave us all a free drink wrist band. All drinks including liquor were free for us.  That may make this cruise even more interesting.

The Opera house is impressive from the bay.

Next, we had very nice views of the Opera House and the bridge.

Out and into the bay and we pass the naval base.

Some of the old port docks have been converted into apartments.  They are extremely expensive and our guide pointed out that one was owned by Russell Crowe and a list of other famous people that I just did not find memorable.

The buildings along the bay are a mixture of very old and new.

The city itself is filled with skyscrapers.  There are over 5 million people live in Sydney.

Out on the bay, we pasted lots of sailboats and several float planes. There were several super yachts. 

But those were not the only type of boats on the bay today. There were speed boats, a paddle wheeler, and others, such as a huge houseboat.

We turned back around before heading out into the open ocean and passed under the bridge, past the marine museum, bunches of yachts, then back to the dock.

Lunch was great. Huge shrimp/prawns,….  We were very well fed.

As we turned back, we passed under the bridge. It is massive.

Just past the bridge there is a very old amusement park and a maritime museum.  After seeing them, I wish we had more time.  Both looked like fun.

Most of the ships are fully sea worthy and go out for trips and tours.  They have been used in multiple movies and TV shows.

We found a cab downtown and headed back to the hotel to rest.