The formalities continue today. Here are some snaps of the scenes this morning from my balcony.
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| Smaller vessels commence procession towards the review point |
The Review passes by
HMAS Leeuwin which has on board the Governor-General of Australia, Britain's Prince Harry, the Governor of NSW, the Australian Prime Minister and other dignitaries.
Click on the following photo to enlarge. HMAS Leeuwin can be seen moored mid harbour beneath the arm of the giant dockyard crane. The light canopy is providing shade for the dignitaries. The mansion surrounded by lawn located to the right is Admiralty House, the Sydney residence of Australia's Governor-General. To the left and under the roadway approach, which is to the Sydney Harbour Bridge, you can just make out thousands of sightseers at that vantage point.
I really like all the helicopters together. I have never seen so many before.
ReplyDeleteSMH Monday 7th October: "The minister has apologised to the people of Sydney for the traffic and public transport chaos on Saturday night. He is quoted as saying that the crowd was larger than expected.
Andrew, large chunks of the city were closed off to cars. In Macquarie Street residents, including one Alan Jones, were not permitted to drive in or out of their residences between 6am and 11pm. All streets north of Bathurst Street to the harbour were closed to cars and buses at the peak of the fireworks. The Government's Twitter notifications were running wild with new notifications every 30 seconds or so as each vantage point filled up. It was quite interesting just watching the Twitter feed.
DeleteGreat shots Victor. Must be nice to be able to see it all from the balcony and avoid the crush of the crowds.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ad Rad, my friends and I spent the day and evening on the balcony with the ABC and Sky News television coverage running in the living room for back up information on where to look next.
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