Just back from the conference dinner which was held at the Australian War Memorial. Couldn't find it on the map but thought I knew where it was so headed off, amazed that it wasn't well-signposted only to discover we were on the wrong route and we had to stop, consult the map again and double back (see what I mean about a pattern emerging?)
The museum is a wonderful sight, day and night, but is beautifully lit at night and in a lovely line of sight all the way down from the new Parliament house. We had to go round the back, couldn't work out where to park and where to get in and had to ask the conference bus drivers who were quite taken by our undercover car!
Dinner in quite a dramatic setting in the middle of the exhibit of the Japanese mini sub that entered Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942 (see here for a 360 degree view of the venue: http://www.awm.gov.au/virtualtour/javap/vr.asp?area=2).
As we arrived an audio-visual presentation about WW2 pilots was just finishing and the Japanese sub on began.
We had a pleasant dinner with some of the Sydney HUGS users we knew and some others we'd never clapped eyes on. Offered Elisabeth and Iveta a lift back in the car but they declined which was good because we did the same scenic drive thing, going back to the hotel via Black Mountain!
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