Thursday, February 22, 2007

Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II cruise ships block up the city


My early morning bike session on Tuesday morning (5.30am start in Centennial Park) had us going to do hill laps around Watson's Bay/Vaucluse which coincided with the arrival of, until very recently, the largest ocean liner (Queen Mary) coming through the heads or entrance to Sydney Harbour.

Usually at that time of day you see the odd car but this morning (20th Feb) it was like the Sydney to Hobart sailing race was starting. Every man and his dog were either at a harbour look out or on the water!

Bikes and cars don't really mix that well so I was happy to get back in one piece!

In the evening things didn't get much better but I managed to avoid the gridlock in the city caused by people after work trying to get into the city to see the two ships and the free fireworks display.

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