It is the week before Christmas, but the holidays are much lower key here than in the U.S. Most of the decorations are retail based; we spent some time riding through elegant suburbs, and hardly saw any decorations. But one busy shopping street had some extravagant lights. Their light rail construction is causing a lot of traffic issues.
One day was spent on Capt. Cook Harbour tours, checking out the various sights by water, and the next day we meandered by HOHO bus, taking in Bondi Beach, some beautiful homes, and an eclectic city landscape of Victorian buildings scrunched in between modern skyscrapers--including one with nearly every surface but windows covered with growing plants. Beware of the 6 or 7 different tour timetables and the route interchanges on the Harbour tours; it's quite possible you're at a drop-off with no pickup. I think we missed a whole scenic pass in the harbour while we were trying to figure out how to cover the different routes!
As for the Hop On Hop Off bus audio narrative, quite good until you stop and listened repeatedly to Bing's White Christmas, Dean's It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas and Waltzing Matilda.
We found one restaurant we like so much, Fish At The Rocks (http://www.fishattherocks.com.au) that we went twice--the fresh seafood available is wonderful.
Tomorrow we board Regatta late morning, and sail away at 6:00.
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