The Purple Penguin

Joe was at work. Well a meeting. All day. With dinner.

I wasn’t. I had breakfast with Joe then headed over to see where his meeting was. It’s a nifty building, in Darling Square. Once I dropped him off I headed off into town. Got a call from a friend asking if I could get to the Australian Museum. She works there and they were doing a tour for a new starter and agreed that I could tag along. So I got a backstage tour of the museum where all the work is done! Really interesting getting to see parts of the collection and how they are stored. Also got tips on where to drive to see the most wildlife! 

I then headed out and walked up to Kings Cross. I had thought I might go to the Elizabeth Bay house, but when I stopped for lunch I realised it wasn’t open – just open on weekends. So looped around on Darlinghurst and Macleay Streets along the water and back up to the Art Gallery of NSW. Enjoyed walking around seeing the art, but could have done with more Australian, including Aboriginal, art and fewer old Europeans. Especially Victorians! There were so many Victorian paintings. I left just a bit before the museum closed and headed for the hotel. Joe brought me dinner on his way back from the meeting.

Tomorrow I may get to tag along with the new starter tour of the Australian Museum Galleries (yay). My main plan is to go to the Botanical gardens and just find a place to sit and watch the birds and the people as I’ve done a lot of walking over the past three days! Joe has charged the camera and told me I need to take some photos please. So I’ll try to do that as well.