AFF Gathering #13 in SYD on 18 - 20 October 2019

[Millie]

Thanks Sam, really helpful to find our way there - looking. Forward to the tour. Arrived late last night QF484 was delayed 40 mins so we missed drinks. See you soon.

That's what the lanyards are for

Heading to Opera Kitchen for breakfast this morning before the Tour.

This may help others find their way...

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[JessicaTam]

Now at the Opera House Kitchen with @samh004.

 

[JessicaTam]

Just in case!

 

[straitman]

Hey! I resemble that remark.

Yes you do!

 

[VPS]

Hope you’re all have a great time and wish I was there but been a hectic and expensive few weeks and I have a TR to write up.

 

[serfty]

Headphones on please ...



And they are off ...

 

[serfty]

Decent local wifi ...

 

[Bazzi]

The view from my room this morning.

 

[support]

History lesson


Interior of concert hall


Architecture – sails


Tiles


Hurricane alley

 

[Millie]

Is that a bird, or a plane ? No it the opera house.

 

[Captain Halliday]

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Hurricane alley

I was sure I heard our guide call it something else.

 

[RooFlyer]

The tour guide somehow omitted the story of how Eugene Goosens came to leave Australia for good ( he is credited with coming up with the idea for an opera house in the first case).

 

[Millie]

I was sure I heard our guide call it something else.

Yes I heard something else too ... was it cleavage?

 

[cove]

I heard that word so I did a careful inspection......

 

[kookaburra75]

The tour guide somehow omitted the story of how Eugene Goosens came to leave Australia for good ( he is credited with coming up with the idea for an opera house in the first case).

Wow, now that is a story!

Eugene Aynsley Goossens - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I think it would have taken a lot longer on the tour to fit that story in as well.

 

[Buzzard]

Enjoying the view from my room before we head to dinner tonight.
The ship is Radiance of the Seas

 

[CaptJCool]

How beautiful


The stage is set



Our tour guide

 

[VPS]

The tour guide somehow omitted the story of how Eugene Goosens came to leave Australia for good ( he is credited with coming up with the idea for an opera house in the first case).

There isn't an appropriate response to that comment. He must have been an interesting dude.

 

[support]

Sneaky drink before the night gets underway!

 

[serfty]

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Sneaky drink before the night gets underway!

Hmmm ... nice and early ...



I'll head on in ...