The Sydney Observatory

Jarvis has a really good grasp of the planets and has always been into things of a celestial nature, so I thought it might be a good idea to pay another visit to The Sydney Observatory, as we've not been there for well over a year. It opens at 10.00am, so we arrived with plenty of time to spare, so spent a while playing around on the grass outside, biding our time and waiting until the very last moment to feed the parking meter. At $4.40 and hour, it's a wise thing to do.

We were the first ones in at 10.00am and Jarvis wasted no time in exploring the place. He marveled at the huge telescopes, wowed at the pictures of constellations and enjoyed some of the hands on exhibits. But then all of a sudden, we'd seen everything and we'd only been in the building for 10-minutes! I'd forgotten how small the place is and that you can whiz around the place in no time at all. Worst of all, I'd put over $6 in the parking meter. My heart was racing LOL.

So to kill some time and make the most of the remaining hour on our parking ticket, we just played on Observatory Hill, which to be honest, was more fun than the Observatory. It's set up high, as observatories are, and has the most wonderful views of Sydney. We could see our local bridge, Anzac bridge and Jarvis was delighted to see Luna Park on the far off shore.

The grassy area around the observatory is very, very steep, so we spent ages rolling down the hills and generally mucking around. There was also a rotunda that we turned into a spaceship and an old gun, that we used to shot aliens - all very sci-fi related activities, which were totally appropriate to our location.

Then it was home for a lunch and much deserved sleep, before heading out again in the afternoon for a a play in our local park.

I have to say, that when Adrienne came home, I was totally, totally worn out, as it's such a busy day trying to entertain two wee boys. So with that, I'm off to bed at 8.04pm - What a Nanna!

House Dad.