Yesterday, we drove up from Canberra to Sydney. Even though it’s winter all over Australia right now, it’s amazing how much warmer it was once we got up into Sydney compared to Canberra. We had meetings at an impressive sport science facility (New South Wales Institute of Sport) right in the old Olympic Park from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. We were all awed by how well Sydney has maintained the Olympic Venues. Almost all of them are within walking distance of each other and all are still in use. It’s quite refreshing to see that all the money that went into staging a 3-4 week event has carried over into an avenue for sport participation for everyone in the community over the last 6 years.
By the time we drove down and attended our meetings, there wasn’t time for much else than to check into our hotel and get some dinner. We had an amazing seafood dinner right down in Darling Harbor. I’m posting a few pics of us playing around at Olympic Park since we didn’t do much sightseeing yesterday, but everyone likes pics!! The water fountain Terri and I are standing in front of was the Olympic Flame cauldron from the 2000 Olympic Games. Pretty cool that they converted fire to water! The other pic is of Lance in front of the 2000 Olympic Stadium. As you can see, the grounds are well manicured. Even though you can't see them in the photos, there were actually qute a few people out there playing and enjoying the beautiful day.
One more meeting today, and then I’m hoping to go to a beach. Even though it’s too cold for me to go in for a dip, I still love to be by water!!!
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Yesterday, we drove up from Canberra to Sydney. Even though it’s winter all over Australia right now, it’s amazing how much warmer it was once we got up into Sydney compared to Canberra. We had meetings at an impressive sport science facility (New South Wales Institute of Sport) right in the old Olympic Park from the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. We were all awed by how well Sydney has maintained the Olympic Venues. Almost all of them are within walking distance of each other and all are still in use. It’s quite refreshing to see that all the money that went into staging a 3-4 week event has carried over into an avenue for sport participation for everyone in the community over the last 6 years.%20Lance%20in%20front%20of%20Sydney%20Olympic%20Stadium.jpg)
By the time we drove down and attended our meetings, there wasn’t time for much else than to check into our hotel and get some dinner. We had an amazing seafood dinner right down in Darling Harbor. I’m posting a few pics of us playing around at Olympic Park since we didn’t do much sightseeing yesterday, but everyone likes pics!! The water fountain Terri and I are standing in front of was the Olympic Flame cauldron from the 2000 Olympic Games. Pretty cool that they converted fire to water! The other pic is of Lance in front of the 2000 Olympic Stadium. As you can see, the grounds are well manicured. Even though you can't see them in the photos, there were actually qute a few people out there playing and enjoying the beautiful day.%20Karen%20in%20front%20of%20couldron.jpg)
One more meeting today, and then I’m hoping to go to a beach. Even though it’s too cold for me to go in for a dip, I still love to be by water!!!
1 comment:
Can't you find anywhere WARM to visit? No worry, we'll be on a real beach in a couple of months. Love ya! Monica
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