Thursday #63 – woke up fairly early (for a non-work day)
this Thursday as DTM had suggested (for a very long time) that we head to the
zoo. We got ourselves ready and headed
off to the bus stop with plans to get off at Wynyard, walk to Circular Quay and
get the ferry to the zoo – it all seemed so straight forward…
When we got to Wynyard we headed to the Coles Express there
to pick up some supplies for the day and perhaps some lunch to take with
us. Before I knew it I had agreed to
walk further away from the quay to some salad place to grab take away
lunch. As we headed down past town hall I
wondered why we hadn’t just gotten off the bus there as I was fairly sure this
was DTM’s plan all along. We detoured
via a post office (always a fun stop at Christmas time) and eventually made our
way to the salad place at World Square. It
brought back uni memories as I was once again presented with dozens of
ingredients and told to choose 7 to put in my salad…and just as I always did at
the salad place at uni, I instead opted for the Thai Chicken salad which was
one of the suggestions on the menu and didn’t require an additional 6
decisions.
As we were getting our salads DTM suggested that since it
was getting late, perhaps we should postpone the zoo for another day. I was a little confused as it wasn’t even
midday but apparently 4 hours was not going to be enough to do the zoo
justice. Just how long he can stare at
monkeys and seals I’m not sure…
So we headed down to Darling Harbour with a new plan to head
to Madame Tussauds and admire the waxy celebs.
We ate our salads down near the water and as we wandered over to Sydney
Aquarium/Wildlife World/Madame Tussauds it almost seemed as though plan B would
be going ahead. We’d decided to get a
combo pass requiring us to visit the 3 aforementioned places in the next
month. I mistakenly thought we would now
head into Madame Tussauds but instead we were off to The Star – because a
casino at midday on a Thursday is totally appropriate…
We got ourselves some drinks and headed over to the computerised
roulette so that DTM could throw some money away. With that done it was time for another
cider/beer as we sat in the sports bar and I judged the alcoholic gamblers in
our midst. With drink number 3 I started
to wonder if I was in any position to judge.
We eventually left The Star and decided to continue our
drinking at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel. Having
just found out that I would be starting work on January 3 and not January 2, we
had resumed looking at holiday options for the week between Christmas and New
Years since we had an extra day up our sleeves.
Over a few more bevs we settled on Darwin on the basis of it being
cheaper to get to than Queensland, having a pool, and somewhere neither of us
had been before. The fact it would be
the middle of monsoon season didn’t even enter our minds.
We left the PBH to finally head to Madame Tussauds…but not
before stopping in at Helm Bar for another drink or 2 and some fries. The fries were very necessary given the
afternoon’s binge drinking…the cider possibly not so necessary. We finally made it to Madame Tussauds 6.5
hours after we had starting drinking and the photos really speak for
themselves. DTM had tried to defend his alcoholic
ways by claiming “you can’t go to Madame Tussauds sober” and I wondered if this
had been his plan all along.
After an hour posing with wax and props we headed back to
Helm Bar (as you do) for one last drink before heading home on the 9.00
bus. We managed to sneak in a trip to
KFC and I grabbed a popcorn chicken snackbox for dinner before running for the
bus. When we made it home we were well
and truly ready for bed after such a big drinking day. A different Thursday and an enjoyable one but
not one I plan on repeating anytime soon.
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