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That morning, I had continued symptoms of a cold, so went down to breakfast wearing a mask as a precaution. Later, I contacted Neb, and suggested that it might be wise not to meet with his family after the Sydney Harbour Cruise, as previously arranged, as I didn’t want to infect them. That turned out to be very prophetic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, we started out with a bus tour to view Sydney Harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stopped at a few places, but by that time I wasn’t feeling up to visiting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sydney skyline, with cruise ship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We went to Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mrs Elizabeth Macquarie was the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. Folklore has it that she used to sit on the rock and watch for ships from Great Britain sailing into the harbour. She was known to visit the area and sit enjoying the panoramic views of the harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mrs Macquarie’s Chair<\/strong> is an exposed sandstone rock cut into the shape of a bench, on a peninsula in Sydney Harbour. It was hand carved by convicts in 1810, for Mrs. Macquarie, so she had a comfortable seat from which to view the harbour.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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This is the stone inscription commemorating the chair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the actual chair:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It doesn’t look that comfortable, does it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That morning, I had continued symptoms of a cold, so went down to breakfast wearing a mask as a precaution. Later, I contacted Neb, and suggested that it might be wise not to meet with his family after the Sydney Harbour Cruise, as previously arranged, as I didn’t want to infect them. That turned out 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