No bird song this morning but there is a bit of color in the sunrise out our window. It is misting rain off and on but we head out to explore. We wander through The Rocks up Argyle Street and the Argyle steps to the harbor bridge approach. The sky brightens a little as we walk the length of the bridge to make for nice, slightly grey, view of the city and harbor. Typically, we could have returned to street level through one of the pylons where they tell the story of the bridge construction but not today. We take the long way down with a leisurely stroll around the Quay and back to the opera house plaza. We scope out dining options as we go and select the Burger and Rib place on George for a late lunch. Kent is the adventurous one today. He orders the Aussie burger that comes dressed with beetroot, pineapple, pickle, BBQ sauce and an egg. I try a bite, that is a lot of flavors all at once! I go for the simpler butcher burger, lettuce, pickle, and pink sauce (catchup and mayo the k

Lunch view

ind fellow behind the counter tells me). With a generous order of fries, we have more than we need. Takeaway of course. We find a bench on the waterfront that rivals any dine-in seating we might have found.
We crash a few to let our lunch digest then off again for one more evening “on the town”. It is fun to see how business are dealing with the takeaway only rule for alcohol sales. At the burger joint I could have purchased a cider to takeaway as long as I took it home without opening it (no drinking on the street) or if I drank it there while I waited for them to fix our order as long as I drank it standing (no seating at any restaurants). I opted to skip the cider. One tavern installed a Dutch door where customers can walk up and order drinks for takeaway. Generally, folks appear to be switching to drink at home. All the bottle shops are open.
We take in another lovely sunset and watch the city transition into night mode as lights twinkle on along streets, the high-rise buildings, bridge and opera house plaza. We have our hotel rooftop patio all to ourselves. If I had to choose just one, I would opt for a clear star-lit sky but this is pretty nice too. So long Australia. We head out tomorrow morning.