TheMagi

My friends and I were among the crowd who viewed the spectacular fireworks display that served as the highlight of Sydney’s 2006 New Year’s Eve celebration from Mrs Macquaire’s Chair, which provides one of the best vantage points for viewing the Harbour … The papers reported that more than a million people turned up at several areas around Sydney Harbour to watch one of Australia’s largest fireworks display in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Coathanger – the Sydney Harbour Bridge – which was actually in March 2007 … We got there in the afternoon and stayed on until past midnight … People from all over the world joined in the festivities … The fireworks display started at 9 pm followed by the final one at 12 midnight … One had to queue to buy food and drink, use the portable toilets, and weave one’s self in and out of the crowd, but the importance of the occasion and the well-orchestrated fireworks display made it, for me, an event to remember …

My friends and I visited Hunter Valley on Boxing Day last year … After a few cheese tastings, a picnic on the grounds of the McGuigan winery, and wine tastings in at least five wineries, I went home drowsy, but managed to take pictures of kangaroos in the wild on the way back … Had loads of fun …

I scaled the summit of Sydney Harbour Bridge (aka the Coathanger) in the company of a friend and 10 other climbers on 4th January 07 … We climbed the Bridge at dawn, giving us the opportunity to have a spectacular, 360-degree view of the Harbour city surrounds, 134 metres above the sea level as the sun was rising … It gave me a high stronger than the buzz I would have had from two cups of expresso coffee …{color:blue}

Lunching on a seafood platter bought from Doyles at the Fish Market shared by three adults and two kids whilst taking in the sights and sounds of Blackwattle Bay made my day.

Sydney Fish Market – the largest market of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. I visited the place with friends in January 2007 … that trip and lunching on crab cakes and clam chowder soup in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf in April 2006 are the most memorable seafood experiences in my book to date … Looking forward to the ultimate seafood experience …