Today the high is 78 and yesterday it hit 103. We have one more planned activity on Sunday. The hike in the Blue Mountains. It is supposed to be in the 90s and chance of rain. We leave for home next Wednesday.
Today we went to an outlet mall. Birkenhead Point. 3 levels of shops.
We spent a few hours here and headed back to the apartment to drop off bags and then finished our day out back in the Rocks. El Camino restaurant advertised happy hour.
This was a very large bar and as we sat and had some drinks it began to fill up with folks very quickly.
We finished our drinks and walked back through town. The streets were packed with people and entertainers trying to make a buck with performances of music or dance. Others tried to make a buck by sitting with a cardboard sign and a paper cup for coins.
We fought through crowds once again. Everyone on the sidewalk owns their path forward and will not move aside for anyone. Sometimes walking in the street is easier than trying to manage getting through all of the people.
This may be a reference to China as Sydney has a large population of Chinese immigrants. Obviously this young lady has not been educated enough to recognize that everything improves with government intervention. Examples of this are found around the world.
It’s obvious that the economy here is doing very well. Signs of it are everywhere. People spending money on all kinds of goods. Construction cranes everywhere. I wonder if there is a political party here that tries to make people guilty for succeeding.
There is a shop that sells a hat that says: “Keep Australia Great” Not sure if this hat is viewed negatively by the self appointed “elites” here in Australia as the American version is back home.
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