1800's

After days of rain, there was beautiful sunshine.. so off to Vaucluse House - 1805 colonial estate.

 

 

Tearoom for lunch :)

We still had time so next stop... Elizabeth Bay House - an 1835 colonial mansion.

My favourite - the drawing room!

library & toys

Who knew the state library could be so interesting! Joined the free tour & learned a whole lotta history of Australia & the building...

Matthew Flinders & his trusty cat, Trim :)

Mitchell Library Reading Room. I think he said there are another 6 levels below this for offices & archives!

 The beautiful Shakespeare Room - so grand. It holds 4 of Shakespeare's original folios.

There was also a pop art magazine exhibition on which was fun

Then to the Museum of Sydney for their vintage toy exhibition

That bunny with the lawnmower is the best!

 I remember those tile puzzles with the pictures :)

 

 Noah's ark, complete with animals. Top right: 1800's animal pull along toy & the thing next to it that looks like a dagger is a sterling silver mother-of-pearl rattle!

 Motion picture in the ole days with spinning lanterns...

 

 This is a collection of toys from cereal boxes from 1 company over the years. Space toys & of course train sets & billy carts!

 

 

more museums!

Hyde Park Barracks - so sad yet fascinating at the same time imaging what life was like for these convicts!

Above: Portrait of convicts in the courtyard. In front, a model of a flogging frame.


Left: 70 men in this room of hammocks. Double that when they added another level to it!

St James' free lunch time concert - an oasis amongst the chaos of the city :)

As I walked down Macquarie St, The Parliament House was open for visitors, so I traipsed in! Here's my fav room - The Jubilee Room.

Then off to Susannah Place Museum at The Rocks. A block of four terrace houses that was built in 1844. (I wasn't allowed to touch anything or take any photos inside.) Each room is restored to a different era. Many stories of the people who lived there - all the way to 1990!

The lovely 1920s corner shop complete with old-fashioned lollies, gifts and household items