More unit hunting

We have just spent most of the day unit hunting today. We were all over the place, Cremorne, Kirribilli, Neutral Bay, Wollstonecraft & Pyrmont but none of them were exactly right for us. Some were just downright tatty and then there was this fantastic apartment in Pyrmont with a pool and gym but the area, we thought, was more for younger people without kids. Also this place only had a balcony and no other outdoor space for Mia to run around in.

We spent the afternoon over at Balmoral beach relaxing and then went to Manly for a little look around as well. The waves were crashing down in Manly, they really looked quite dangerous. A bit like it was in Newcastle yesterday. No one was allowed to go in the sea there.

Damien needed to visit the John Hunter hospital in Newcastle as part of his job so Mia and I tagged along for the trip. We just went to Nobbys Beach, which was very beautiful and had some lunch at a gorgeous little café on Hunter Road then went into the town centre, which reminded us a bit of Stockport precinct.

We’ve been quite busy recently, trying to find ourselves somewhere to rent and just getting to know Sydney really. I’ve spent a few lunchtimes over in Darling Harbour, people watching and Mia spending her time seagull watching!

I’ve been into the Australian National Maritime Museum (mainly because it was free) and had a wander round. They have a new exhibition on called Iceman – the story of Otzi. It’s been in the newspapers and on the television. It’s basically all about the oldest wet mummy in the world. The iceman was discovered in 1991 in the Otzal Alps in Italy and is thought to have died over 5000 years ago. So I thought, oh I’ll just go and have a look at him (as you do). Well, I’ve seen Juanita, who is a 15th century Inca mummy of a young girl, whilst we were traveling in Peru, so I thought I’d go and look at Otzi as well.

Well, I didn’t realize but they don’t actually have him there, it is just a replica of the mummy! The exhibition is just about his story and how he lived, died and how he was found. More to help children learn about it really, so that was a bit disappointing. I must have been distracted when the news report mentioned it on the tv, or they did a good job of keeping that bit secret!