The Rocks has become one of our favourite areas of Sydney. It's near the harbour, and it's where Sydney, the real Sydney, began. You can do several guided walks to get yourself orientated and we did one a few years ago but now we just wander about, although it's not suitable for days when my back is less than happy as there are a lot of steps and steep lanes. It has lots of historical little nooks and crannies to explore, some lovely C19 cottages, murals, pubs, and since we were last there, a new museum and a Guylain Café^.
^ There was a Guylain Café over the other side of Circular Quay on the way to the Opera House where we ate a few years ago and that's still there. But the one on The Rocks is new.
The Discover the Rocks museum is small but lovely; it goes through the history of the area with due amounts of time and space dedicated to the original aboriginal inhabitants and there are lots of really fascinating archaeological finds (no honestly, I can get as bored with that stuff as anyone, but here they were interesting). We were really pleased we went.
And here's a few pictures
some of the cottages
one of the many murals illustrating the history of the area
inside the Guylain Cafe
that was his
and this was mine.....
and in deference to those of my readers who have a sweet tooth, I'll leave it there for you to drool, apart from saying they tasted every bit as good as they looked.
Want!! 😄 xx
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