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raven Jun 18th 2007 10:47 pm

1day in Sydney
 
Flying down to Sydney on THURSDAY and as my wife will be at a Sales meeting all day on Friday i have a fulll day to Myself. Would like to visit a museum or something that would give me some idea on how Aussie was populated from the first POMS to present day. Anyone any ideas?
Raven

Hutch Jun 18th 2007 11:15 pm

Re: 1day in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by raven (Post 4935680)
Flying down to Sydney on THURSDAY and as my wife will be at a Sales meeting all day on Friday i have a fulll day to Myself. Would like to visit a museum or something that would give me some idea on how Aussie was populated from the first POMS to present day. Anyone any ideas?
Raven

http://www.hht.net.au/museums/hpbm/h...arracks_museum

birdynumnum Jun 18th 2007 11:27 pm

Re: 1day in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by raven (Post 4935680)
Flying down to Sydney on THURSDAY and as my wife will be at a Sales meeting all day on Friday i have a fulll day to Myself. Would like to visit a museum or something that would give me some idea on how Aussie was populated from the first POMS to present day. Anyone any ideas?
Raven

A jaunt to the botanic gardens is nice too

moneypenny20 Jun 19th 2007 12:14 am

Re: 1day in Sydney
 
The Rocks museum is not bad. very small but some good info.

Oaks Jun 19th 2007 7:10 am

Re: 1day in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by birdynumnum (Post 4935862)
A jaunt to the botanic gardens is nice too

But watch out for the bat poo;)

laidbackfreak Jun 19th 2007 7:19 am

Re: 1day in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by Oaks (Post 4938481)
But watch out for the bat poo;)

that was when i realised id arrived in oz..... sat in the cafe in the gardens and suddleny realise there are hundreds of bats in the trees and plenty flying around... amazing :D cant wait till we get back over there to see it again....:(

Milo Jun 19th 2007 12:15 pm

Re: 1day in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by raven (Post 4935680)
Flying down to Sydney on THURSDAY and as my wife will be at a Sales meeting all day on Friday i have a fulll day to Myself. Would like to visit a museum or something that would give me some idea on how Aussie was populated from the first POMS to present day. Anyone any ideas?
Raven


Go to the barracks it's beside the royal mint, it was built by the convicts and holds a museum with hammocks on the top floor, the story of the first poms is evident all through the museum.

Geordie George Jun 19th 2007 5:30 pm

Re: 1day in Sydney
 
Other than the barracks, the Museum of Sydney has some interesting exhibits. And it's close to the State Library of NSW, too, which also has some interesting collections.

CathnPaul Jun 19th 2007 5:43 pm

Re: 1day in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by raven (Post 4935680)
Flying down to Sydney on THURSDAY and as my wife will be at a Sales meeting all day on Friday i have a fulll day to Myself. Would like to visit a museum or something that would give me some idea on how Aussie was populated from the first POMS to present day. Anyone any ideas?
Raven

For a bit of a didgeridoo thing, there used to be a show on which was free and was held at tourist info in the harbour. We found it so interesting learning about the aboriginal history. Not sure if they still do it,but if you are in the vacinity well worth asking.

raven Jun 19th 2007 7:32 pm

Re: 1day in Sydney
 

Originally Posted by CathnPaul (Post 4940183)
For a bit of a didgeridoo thing, there used to be a show on which was free and was held at tourist info in the harbour. We found it so interesting learning about the aboriginal history. Not sure if they still do it,but if you are in the vacinity well worth asking.

Saw it a couple of years ago too but ots so cold over here i doubt even the rats will be out never mind the abbos getting closer now for u .see u soon
Raven

medwaymark Jun 19th 2007 9:17 pm

Re: 1day in Sydney
 
What about the bridge climb.... planning on doing that on our reccie trip.


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