I was walking to work on Wednesday and as I was crossing the bridge, I slowly realized that there were A LOT of people on the bridge - way more than normal. I also began to process that some of them had little handheld radios, and others had binoculars, and they ALL had cameras. It was a pretty hot day - probably already about 80 degrees, so I couldn't fathom what everyone was doing, just standing and staring into the glaring sun rising across the harbour.
Having been here for a couple Royal visits, my best guess was that one of the Princes was out in a boat on the harbour somewhere. But I stopped to ask an older Australian couple what they were looking at. Turns out, it was cruises ships.
As she told me, with her husband nodding enthusiastically behind her, "All five" P&O cruise ships were going to be in the harbour that morning. And two of them were new!
I had a look at the water, and I did see three cruise ships out there with a fourth coming in. But to be be honest, it was so bright looking at the water, I really could barely make anything out.
I had a hard time processing that these people were just standing there sweating, looking into the sunrise, to watch five ships, but they were SUPER excited about it. She then went on to tell me that they'd been there since 6:45 waiting for them all to arrive!
This also turned into a legitimate news story of the day as well: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/photos-the-spectacular-arrival-of-5-cruise-ships-into-sydney-harbour-2015-11#9
Aren't Australians just the cutest?!
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