Yesterday the Evan's drove us to the Darling Harbor area of Sydney. Mary and Pat went to a craft show in the Sydney Exhibition Hall while Robert and I went to the Powerhouse Museum.
The museum had some nice exhibits on transportation, space, engineering, and various other technologies. The space exhibit included a Russian lunar rover from the 70's and a lot more on Russian space technology than you would see in any US museum. Robert and I were intrigued by the 3rd steam engine built by James Watt that could drive a rotating wheel. Before this invention, steam engines could only provide up and down motion and were mainly used for pumps. Being able to drive a rotating wheel is what brought on the Industrial revolution. It also had some cool other engineering exhibits, with an emphasis on Australian accomplishments that I found quite intriguing.
We met up with the girls for lunch, walked through the Chinese Garden, then headed out on a long trek to Macquarie Point to catch a view of the Opera House and Bridge. We got some great sunset pictures and enjoyed the walk back through the Botanical Gardens.
We then headed to Chinatown where we had a very nice Chinese Dinner with Karen Evans and her boyfriend, Andrew. While Mary and I recognized some of the menu items, there were a lot of new ones. We ordered several main dishes so we got to sample each. That made for a delicious and excellent meal.
Note: More pictures have been added to the slideshow on the main page of my blog. Look for new ones each day. You can also go to my picassa page to see them as a slideshow.
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