Fleeting time.

We went to Sydney over the school holidays with M's mother, niece and nephew. I gave everyone a choice- the Australian Museum, which had dinosaurs; The Maritime Museum, which had a submarine and battle ship you could explore; The Powerhouse Museum, which was full of educational hands on displays; or that expensive Sea Life place, which is pretty much like Sea world, and you've been there already kids, I don't see how it could compare to Sea world, plus it costs loads more... 

The Maritime Museum won. You can get cheap parking in the CBD if you book in advance, so we chose that option. 

Behold, a submarine and Destroyer. There was some construction work going on, and Willow and nephew were fascinated by that.

The ears suit her. 

I didn't get a whole lot of photos in the submarine, because it was dark and crowded. Willow actually seemed pretty indifferent to the HMAS Vampire and the submarine. I'm not sure how the Niece and Nephew felt about it. They were looking forward to it, but once they got there, they rapidly wandered through. I asked the Nephew at one point "Where do you think we are?" He looked blank and shrugged. I suggested he look around, and he still had no clue what part of the ship we might be in. I eventually pointed out that since we were surrounded by beds, we were probably in the sleeping quarters. If there was something interactive, they were more interested- like if there was a periscope to peer through, or a captain's chair to sit in. 

We later spilt up, with M and his family exploring the HMAS Endeavour replica, and Willow and I explored the SSS Sam Simon, one of the ships in the Sea Shepherd Fleet. Willow had a very strong reaction to the Sea Shepherd logo. She was anxious that it was a "bad" ship. I explained that it wasn't, and what they did. She wasn't convinced, and asked why a good ship would choose to fly such a bad flag. We chatted a bit more about that, and I mentioned they were like the Octonauts, who focussed on recusing and protecting about animals. 

"Oh mummy. They're not the the Octonauts. The Octonauts have a submarine, and this is a boat," Willow eye rolled. 

I really enjoyed seeing a modern working boat and hearing about the SSS Sam Simon, and Willow was obsessed with the video they showed us- she had so many questions about that. She liked the boat with teeth, and was fascinated by the girl telling the other boats to stop it. 

She did have pretty awesome hair. 

It's a bit hard to see, but Willow got picked to be the killer whale in this food web. She was very pleased to don the killer whale costume. 

How cool is this floor? It was at the art museum. It's... duct tape, with a clear varnish on top. It covered the entire floor of the hall.

I got the ferry from Circular Quay around to Darling Harbour. Have you noticed that the bridge ends before those tower things? I never really noticed, I assumed they were built into the towers.