.......Obligatory Shot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge........................So my last full day in Sydney was spent with the ever-so-lovely Host #1 aka Christopher aka Pook aka Twink.... Of course........... every day starts off with breakfast and Pook took me to a fave little cafe of his in the Rocks Section of Sydney called Le Renaissance for a THIS little piece of flaky goodness stuffed and covered with Ham & bechamel sauce :)...
.....mmmmmmmmmm..............Then began the stroll - or, as I like to refer to it - "The Never Ending Bi-Pedal Torture of the Fat and Unfit Man Stuffed with Ham & Bechamel Goodness"............ in other words..... we walked to the Art Gallery of NSW through Circular Quay - past the Opera House - through the Botanical Gardens - eventually...... emphasis EVENTUALLY ending up at the AGNSW......
....Christopher AKA Twink standing there in the humidity posing ever so patiently for me :)....
...Me doing the "Oh look what's over there" dork tourist pose..........Eventually after MUCH complaining by myself at the torture being imposed upon me by the Pookster - and of course much punching him in the shoulder for it - we arrived at the AGNSW.....
Pook took me to the newest bequeathed collection of contemporary art to the gallery by some dude who croaked - his collection is worth 60million AUD..... and includes THIS wonderful fella...
.......I was actually waiting for this charming beast to go "BOO!"....shudder..............Next was this piece of mirrored goodness that I was actually enjoying until I heard the soundtrack coming out of small speakers in it, the content of which was a couple planning but ultimately not going through with an extra marital affair............... contemporary art..... I don't get it....... thankfully the Pookster was there to take me through it.... OH here he is in "contemplative gay man" pose............ Bless.................
.........We then retired to the Classical section which *I* adored and Pook was bored shiteless in .... however there is nothing compared to standing infront of an actual Monet and Renoir....... Le Sigh.....
....OH !...... and I even got to play creepy man with camera in the park whilst THIS lovely walked by.....
............Our route took us through Hyde Park, where I snapped a couple of pics of the lovely fountain in the centre of the Park...............
....From there we walked to our bus stop through the uber-grand Queen Victoria Building - AMAZING shopping in there.............
.........We finally arrived at our bus stop where I got to snap a pic of Sydney Town Hall.....
...................Our Bus arrived shortly thereafter and I got to play Creepy Camera Guy On Bus ... Good times................... good times...................
..........The morning of my final day - Sunday - Pook and Host #2 - the very sweet and adorable Marc (partner of Pook) - took me on a tour of their favourite cafes.......... the second stop was this adorable little place where we partook of Coffee and Li-ter-ay-chure......
......Even if I was slightly spooked out to find where Bambi finally ended up.......
.................My next bus trip took me away from the lovely Hosts - good men they are - to Gate 31 at the Virgin Departures Terminal where I was able to spot - in their natural environment - the Himbo and Bimbo as they embarked on their Northerly Migration....................
...Notice his beefy goodness and her vapid expression as she adjusts-again-her hair scrunchie................And one short flight later - I was picked up by Ima in her little broom-broom and off home I went..................
..........It was a wonderful trip and the Hosts were perfectly welcoming and lovely as I secretly suspected they would be.....
..........However, it IS nice to be home - even if I did have to face the mountain of paperwork awaiting me on my desk at work on the Monday.....
Shalom
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