Arcade, Newcastle. Believe it had a small indoor swimming pool once.
 Surprises lighten our way.  Salute the unplanned!

A day trip provoked surprisng disbelief and humour at the gravitas and ostentation at Westfield, dare I say Arcade, Sydney. A hub for global big name designers who prove that accessories are supreme!  Wall to wall marble. Marvel.  Minimalism.  Sinister. Christmas decor far too crass and tatty. A reality check.
Cross Castlereagh Street for a refreshing change in D J's Christmas display windows where charming puppet-like figures, of character, tell a simple Christmas story. 
Back to earth again by another bonus sight, history in the making, the 99% seen in vocal revolt, in a large Gay rights march led by two staid police horses down the slippery slope to the Government's conference in Darling harbour.  Weighty Gay marriage considerations were undermined by intersecting with a toy train-ride on a stunning day by the harbour that reflects only good times and enjoyment.
What would Putin do?

The Arts with the bard in drapes and Queen Victoria is wrapt.

This is not Newcastle.

Shocking irreverence in the empire! Dressing-up Queen Victoria and Albert-the-good-prince-consort. All from the outlandish folk in Sydney who also produced weekend reading which left me flabbergast and included:
...inspired as the work of architect Joern Utzon (Opera House) is...turban of scampi - melting shellfish in a corduroy-like wrapping of spaghettine with an irresistible lemon and sterling caviar sauce.

Waiters, runners and sommeliers slide, glide and pirouette in a ... performance that would do the Australian Ballet proud.

Among ingredients for salad. 32 small French breakfast radishes. 32 small cherry bell redishes. Pink Turnips. Ligurian olives. Red marble or red eschallot onions. Creme fraiche. Goat's curd. Mugolio Italian pine bud extract. 32 sweet violets. Punnet each of blood vein sorrel; red garnet; bulls blood or beetroot leaves. Served with tiny crisp goat's curd cigars. 
From Good Food Guide. The Sydney Moring Herald. 25 Sep 2010. On celebrity chefs.

Top that with a nation-wide church reading this Sunday!...from prophet Amos...
Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zion
and to those who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria,
Lying on ivory beds 
and sprawling on their divans,
they dine on lambs from the flock, and stall-fattened veal;
they bawl to the sound of the harp, they invent new instruments of music like David,
they drink wine by the bowlful, and use the finest oil for themselves,
but about the ruin of Joseph they do not care at all.
That is why they will be the first to be exiled;
the sprawlers' revelry is over.

My gross weight: remains on 81.5kg. After a month of weighing etc at least it has not increased.

Seen in Sydney

Something nothing.......
Babooshka would know this is not the Isle of Man.

Otherwise, Firefox appears to be a useful, maybe safer browser even if I have discovered only half of what it does.

...........at the end of the day.....

Cricket fans enjoying the Third Test at the SCG.

Passengers on the Cremorne ferry.

Vale : Joern Utzon, designer of the Sydney Opera House.
Trivia: The shape of the opera house is formed by rearranging the segments of half a sphere.
A day ahead of myself my round theme was also posted previous to this.

Sniffer dog and workers and the airport.

Galerie des Glaces!
with a delivery man

Festive lights associated with Ramadan were for sale in a Sydney suburb.

North Head and the entrance to Sydney Harbour are some distance from the CBD.
In linear time darkness fell during the time it took the Manly Ferry to reach Circular Quay. Mirage city was transformed. The ferry passengers liked taking photographs.

The Dark Side of the Moon is topical.
The Opera House, Sydney, round 7pm Monday evening in point and shoot style.

Reflecting on all sides....
Mysterious and hauntingly beautiful, this porcelain bust with its shadowry blue yingquing glaze is from the outstanding China series by Chinese-Australian artist Ah Xian.
Made in Jingdezhen, the centre of Chinese porcelain production since the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) each bust is differently decorated using traditional designs and glazes.
Bust 39 which was cast from a local girl whom Ah Xian met while developing the series, is decorated with a phoenix and peony design in low relief. Description by the Powerhouse Museum.
Donated by Doctor Gene and Brian Sherman through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
From the Powerhouse Museum Sydney 2008