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Come with me this week on a sailing adventure. We're off to Little Sirius Cove...


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Come with me this week as we compete in a sailing regatta. It's the final round of the NSW State Championships for the Mirror dinghy.


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Walking from Taronga Zoo to Mosman Bay today, we spotted this Port Jackson shark by the seawall in Mosman Bay.


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It's Friday, have a barking owl...


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Fort Denison is a familiar landmark in Sydney Harbour, sitting on a small island just a kilometre from the Opera House. My Sydneysiders will have taken ferries past it, and I've even sailed around it, but to actually step ashore on it, you need to buy a special pass from NSW National Parks and Wildlife.


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Last weekend, Sydney hosted the final of the Extreme Sailing Series. Regular readers may remember that last year I was lucky enough to get a ride on one of the boats. This year, I was confined to the shore, but the boats themselves have taken a leap forward.


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Back home again now, but before I left, I took a bus tour to see Lake Tahoe and Virginia City.


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