Where the mountains meet the sea

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After breakfast we board our coach and drive through Sydney's southern suburbs-- Illawarra region and Wollongong. We stop for photo ops twice more. then we stop for lunch at Wollongong's Master Builders' Club-- An extensive buffet with many other community groups there. It also had a casino. We then go to the Univ. of Wollongong's Science Center and Planetarium. See a science demonstration with liquid nitrogen. We also watched a movie about planets. We drove to the student union building on the Wollongong campus and had a great lecture by Robert Smith on Austalian Folk Music and Poetry. He entertained us with word play, poetry reading, singing, piano playing and story telling. He did a presentation about the Australian and American National Anthems. Then we had a farewell dinner in the student Union building followed by an evening with Robert and his wife Patrica doing songs from musical theater. It was a fun peformance - very professional and entertaining. Back to Sydney and to bed.

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Photos

John at the very edge
The up-wind was so strong he had to hold his hat on

Flagstaff point
on Woollongong Head

View from Flagstaff point
on Woollongong Head

Our Table for Lunch
one of the best Buffetts yet

Univ. of Woollongong
Function Center

Dr Robert Smith
Explaining the words

Dr Robert Smith
Australian Folk Music and Poetry

Dr Robert Smith
"Coaching" the band

A Farewell Toast
The Farewell Dinner

Mrs Patricia Smith
A Musical Theater Performance Person

Mrs Patricia Smith
Very entertaining and professional