October 27, 2009
Breakfasting on the Bridge
So Sunday morning we got up at the ridiculous hour of 4am to be at the Sydney Harbour Bridge ready to picnic at 6.30am.
That bit sucked.
Apart from that though, it was great fun! They had cows on the Bridge.
Apple trees
Entertainers
Old ladies wearing purple with red hats that don't go
Picnickers
Freebies
and knitting, of course
It was all quite surreal, really. Sitting on grass, on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with news helicopters circling about, and piped in sounds of kookaburras and crickets. But great fun, I highly recommend that all Sydneysiders try for tickets next year!
After some deliberation, we think that we are somewhere in the vicinity of the red circle in this picture
There's definitely worse ways to start a Sunday!
Posted by Donna at October 27, 2009 12:52 PMComments
how cool was that!!!
Posted by: missfee at October 27, 2009 02:52 PMThat is awesome; it certainly beats just driving across the bridge!
Is it an annual event?
Posted by: Tam at October 27, 2009 03:56 PMWow! that looks like so much fun. Saw signs saying the bridge was closed, but had no idea why.
Posted by: Kate at October 27, 2009 05:10 PMThanks for sharing the experience with us!
Posted by: Lynne at October 27, 2009 05:22 PMWow, I bet that was a cool experience! Grassing over a whole stretch of bridge - with such a view! I wish something like that would work in the US (but there aren't that many bridges with Spectacular Views, and whichever city was chosen would *completely* freak out over the loss of a bridge for even one tiny day)!
Posted by: CraftyGryphon at October 28, 2009 12:09 AMI saw that on the news and wondered how many bloggers from Sydney would be on it. Lucky you being a part of history too as the first people to picnic on the bridge. How much knitting did you get done whilst having your picnic.
Posted by: sue at October 28, 2009 10:26 AMThat is so cool. Looks like a fun time.
Posted by: Suzanne at October 28, 2009 11:12 AMWow - it must be a good feeling sitting in the middle of the bridge & knitting. I saw the event on TV & thought it was a great idea.
Posted by: Ann at October 28, 2009 11:44 AMSo glad that I got to see some pics of this! Read about it in SMH and thought it sounded like fun. Such a great time to be in Sydney. I miss Good Food Month, noodle markets etc.
Posted by: Charmaine at October 28, 2009 06:00 PMHow fun. I've never heard of anything like that before. Here in Cincinnati we have a bridge that crosses the Ohio River (well, more than one actually)that is called the Purple People bridge. But it's just for people walking and the ones that actually want to go walking on the top! of it. But that looks so much neater. And you got to knit! Always a plus.
Posted by: Rusty M. at October 29, 2009 10:13 AMThat is just too darn cool. Would have loved to join the crowd. We climbed the bridge the last time we were in Sydney. So this would have been neat.
Posted by: Eileen at October 31, 2009 09:40 AM
Such a cool idea! Glad you could go and give us a first hand look at it - the news didn't show the cows!! But what about sheep? I think there should definitely have been sheep. And some roosters, to crow all morning!
(I don't get those red hat ladies - I thought the point of the poem was to be different, to buck the old lady stereotype - when all they are doing is creating a new one. Oh well. Maybe they think that about us knitters!!)
Posted by: Rose Red at October 27, 2009 02:16 PM