This week we headed into the city to have dinner with friends… what type of friends you ask... what else, cruising friends of course, and what is the first thing you do when you know you are heading into the city? Like a true tragic you look up the Sydney Ports Cruise Schedule!
Well lo and behold which ship is in, non-other but our Sun Princess. This was an opportunity to grab some extra footage of the ship sailing out from a land perspective. We timed it so that we would be at Barangaroo just as she sails out of White Bay…
What a wonderful job they had done with Barangaroo. Turning a once ugly looking area into a beautiful green headland with large honey coloured sandstone blocks terraced so that you can step right down to the water’s edge.
We positioned ourselves in a perfect spot to capture the Sun Princess as she moved away from the wharf and entered the water way which would lead her out under the bridge, pass the Opera House and through the Heads out into the open sea.
Tick tick tick tick, we waited… due to leave at 4 pm, but maybe 4.15 or 4.30. We are getting a little anxious now as our meeting time with our friends was 5 pm at King St Wharf… We watched as the real sun started to set and the sky changed colours in hues of reds and oranges. Our eyes searched for any indication of movement to encourage us to stay just that little bit longer… But alas nothing…
At 4.45pm we were done, we had to leave… as we made our back down the street, we kept looking back just in case she was sailing… No longer able to walk along the waterfront we walked up into Hickson Rd and zigged zagged through the maze of construction barriers … and of course what happens, as soon as we step out from the Streets of Barangaroo we see her gliding pass us, probably snickering that she snuck out while we were not watching…
Oh well… we have 2 more opportunities to grab more footage… cause after that, it will be our turn.
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