@@logocafe7624 Hey Pat. Thanks for watching. You’re right I never know how’s it’s gonna end either.

@@deborahwalton4508 Yep I’ve seen many a party on those cruises. But sometimes you get stuck on lame ones and can’t get off. Some people used to jump off and swim to shore to escape. Thanks for watching. 🙏

@@evogardens I was gonna film that florist as I walked past. But I had already said good bye. Shame. Thanks for watching and have a good weekend.

@@kellygunner7625 Nice. Wish we would leave the clocks alone. It stays light longer in summer anyway.

@@TravelwithNJSteveandSue Jan/Feb are the most humid months. But it can turn up anywhere from Oct to May. Have a good weekend.

@@daveg2104 Ahh the Horden name again. They seemed to own quite a chunk of Sydney back in the day. Thanks for letting us know.

I just added a bit more, sorry, I didn't think you had read the comment yet. Once you get following the bread crumbs, it's hard to stop. lol

@@carollizzi6494 Oh no. Not you too. 🦷 good luck. It was pretty hot, but was comfortable in the shade. Remember our sun is more powerful. It’s not like strolling around the French Riviera. Not looking forward to the 30 plus days coming up.

Hi HW, Take paracetamols and just want the tooth out. Mild and sunny here, great day for a toothache! I can only joke about it. Have a good week of work and looking forward to the next video. I would love to see the beach, if you are passing that way, 👍🏖️

@ Stay away from the stronger stuff I say. It wasn’t good for my digestion. All the best. PS: I will try to get some beach action in this summer.

Thank you 😎

@@daveg2104 Haha I knew you’d find out the real species. Thanks for confirming Dave.

@@HazelKitching Next week the Melbourne Cup. People will pull up stumps and head to the party season after that. Thanks for watching.

Yep I've seen that flick a few times. Here's a few more for you to watch if you haven't already. The Game, Pacific Heights, Basic Instinct, Blue Jasmine. Not classics, but all offer some great scenery of the City that I look for. There's a bunch more but I can't recall them right now. Invasion of the body snatchers is an old one with Donald Sutherland that has some good shots of the City as well.

@@hwtours seen most of those. Didn’t mind The Game. Coincidentally, Michael Douglas starred in that classic 70s TV series The Streets of San Francisco! Loved that show back in the day! Cheers. Steve

@@smantle11 Yep I still watch the replays. You can see a lot of them on KZbin.

@@smantle11 In basic instinct I always laugh at Michael Douglas having an apartment with a view of the Transamerica Pyramid building on a Detectives wage lol.

@@hwtoursit’s like those 70s/80s American movies made in Australia where it’s only a 5 minute drive from the Opera House to Uluru!

Yep the City is quiet once the offices are emptied. Jet is the new mutt. The weather here has been up and down. Cold one day, hot the next.

The weather here is warm or cold, and snow is forecast soon. Have a good week at work 🙏

@@k.vn.k I probably walked past between 920 and 930am I’d say. Shame you didn’t show up in the vid. Yeh the City is great in the early morning. Thanks for watching.

@@hwtours love watching this seeing the city from different perspectives. Sometimes you forgot you live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

@@k.vn.k I’ve lived in Sydney most of my life, but still I find new stuff every time I head into the City. You’re right it’s a great joint.

@@daveg2104 Light wells will do. I just had no idea what to label them. Thanks Dave.

@@NickStevens-o7n Thanks. I watch similar videos from others around the World. I like the live commentary, especially from locals. I just hope I do a good enough job with Sydney.

@@daveg2104 Haha that is weird.

@@glenemma1 Thanks appreciate you watching. 👍

@@JL-jr9gk Thanks. Yeh I want those Jacaranda’s to be nice and heavy with flowers before I get amongst them.

@@sevenpointfive5450 It was quite enjoyable to get around without the crowds. Thanks for watching. Enjoy your weekend too.

The Martin Place Christmas Tree (you could call it the official Sydney Christmas Tree) will be lit up every night from 8pm to 1am between Thursday 28 November and Friday 3 January 2025. Any time from late November I would expect to see decorations going up.

​@daveg2104 here in Canada 🇨🇦 they usually dress up the malls November 1st ..but the main Christmas celebrations usually don't start til at least November 12th because of Remembrance Day November 11th ..Day Canada 🇨🇦 pauses to remember those who we lost in the War 🫡

@@kellygunner7625 We don't seem to have a strong tradition with regards to any particular date. I would say a month out from Christmas, but some do their decorations earlier than that, and some later. Yeah, we stop (or at least many of us do, circumstances permitting) at 11am on the 11th of the 11th for Remembrance Day. We also have ANZAC Day on the 25th of April, which is the national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand.

@@TravelwithNJSteveandSue Yep it was a comfortable temperature. Great to hear you’re watching with a coffee. Have a good weekend.

@@brenl5727 It was mostly about food trucks, stalls. They were pretty expensive too. I thought street food was supposed to be cheaper. Obviously not. Thanks for watching.

@@hwtours can imagine after seeing a few of those that you had enough! And yes , I’ve noticed they were quite expensive

@@brenl5727 I was trying to take the spotlight off him. But I thought he did well not to fall over. He has good balance. Always good to be walking around the best City in the World. Many people will never see it because they can’t survive the long flight. Too bad for them. Yeh the tooth is getting better slowly. Thanks for watching. 🙏

@@hwtours maybe it’s my sharp eye as for work we need to have eyes and ears everywhere. I even saw a pair of slippers at a light rail stop 🙊 Glad your toothache is getting better 🙏🏽 Yes Sydney is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and it is a lost for those who has never been there!

@@brenl5727 Pair of slippers haha I’m gonna go back and scan for that now. Though I see many girls wearing their pyjamas to the shops at night. Was the trend to wear Peter Alexander to the supermarket last summer.

@@hwtours I can’t remember what part of the video but you were passing by a stop and there I saw two slippers without an owner 😅 the pj thing I saw years ago in USA and couldn’t believe what I saw lol

@@brenl5727 Yeh good to have a break sometimes. I’ve never been to Africa. Sounds like you enjoyed it.

@@TravelwithNJSteveandSue You can walk away with a much lighter wallet that’s for sure. Yeh plenty of pizza joints around Sydney. Haha they wouldn’t let HW on one of those ponies.

@@HazelKitching Chinese tea and dim sum. Lots of little Chinese dishes served with tea.

@@HazelKitching Yeh these food trucks have lost their mind. It’s supposed to be cheap street food. But who knows, maybe the organisers charge too much for the rent.

@@HazelKitching I’d only take one in a raffle win.

@@HazelKitching I don’t mind the shops myself. But I usually have a plan and it’s compulsory to stop for coffee. It’s been cool here too. We had the odd hot day earlier in the month. But only fleeting. Thanks for watching. 🙏

​@@hwtours no problem HW.Hope your tooth is improving and you are back on more normal foods now.

@@HazelKitching Thanks and yes back on the feed bag.

@@jenniferkivovitch5904 My fav closed down a while ago. But when my buddy comes out from California we usually meet at Bean Drinking.

@@francissise9858 Yeh I’ll make it back to Chatswood eventually. I’m quite fond of Chatswood.

@@evogardens I did. The fisheye was gone. Yeh will be cool if you can do your local market. Thanks for watching. 🙏

@@carollizzi6494 I wasn’t looking too hard, but there would have definitely been some healthy options around for people with food allergies. I thought most of the food prices were sky high for a market. Good luck with your high winds.

@@vinbar35 Haha well spotted. PS: Have you noticed the price of Diesel has been going down? At least here in Oz anyway. Strange with all that’s happening in the world. Perhaps a sign of decline in other parts of the economy.

@@hwtours Yes, same here in the UK. Diesel used to be cheaper than petrol until the government of the day decided that diesels were better for the environment and so pushed them on us. What happened? The sale of diesels went up dramatically and, surprise surprise, so did the price of diesel. Move on to the coof and the price of both diesel and petrol went down a lot due to everyone being under house arrest. Then we had the tiff between Russia and Ukraine so up it all went again. As did everything else with the blame being put on dear old Vlad. However, in recent weeks we've seen quite a drop in fuel prices but no corresponding drop in other things (mainly food) which, the supermarkets told us everything had to go up due to transportation costs and so you'd expect substantial reductions in grocery shopping. Nope, their still high - but why? Anyway, rant over and onto the Crows Nest video.

@@vinbar35 Pretty good summary. Not often you see prices come down once they’ve gone up. The forever growth demanded by boards chasing their bonuses.

@@logocafe7624 Cheers Pat. Good old Sydney Town. Yeh my tooth is a lot better now. I’m also off the pain meds.

@@carollizzi6494 It’s been torture, especially the side effects of the pain killers. Yeh I’ve been doing plenty of salt rinses. Yeh Christmas decos in the shops here too. They can’t wait. Yes Sydney has homeless people. But not much cash around these days. Not easy for those seeking donations. Thanks for watching my vid and have a good weekend.

@@evogardens You must have said something they found negative. Thanks for watching.

@hwtours Everything was positive...unless I'm not supposed to mention a certain movie that you like, when passing through Martin Place. KZbin really are full of contradictions...you spend minutes typing a long detailed comment with no bad words or references, and it gets taken down, yet someone can do a liveshow, and swear & say anything they want, on it. And, have you noticed the amount of soft porn lately on YT ? Young girls doing cleaning naked in bodypaint, or getting their boobs out to demonstrate how to breastfeed with a doll, or trying on transparent wet clothes, and this is all allowed because they insert a disclaimer at the start, saying it's educational or not for sexual gratification. Give me a break ! These get 100k - 1 mill views, for a 2 minute video ! Not that I watch a lot of these... Anyway, YT will probably delete this too !

@@evogardens Haha 🤣

@@glenemma1Thanks. I forgot to mention in the video I walked into Brashs a few times. It used to have so much stock. Tonnes of pianos and keyboards is my main memory. The store was also dimly lit which highlighted the white keys of the pianos. That was my recollection anyway.

@@hwtours Yes, you are right about Brash's. I also seem to recall shopping at a Gowings store on Oxford Street, somewhere between Hyde Park and Taylor's Square. However, it may be a faulty memory, and it wasn't Gowings at all.

@@glenemma1 Yep you’re right. That’s when they started to expand to smaller stores in the suburbs. I remember walking past it a few times when I was working in Surry Hills. Where it was is all part of the Oxford Street redevelopment now.

@@kellygunner7625 22 to 8. That is a sharp drop. The light rail has pretty good drivers, they will stop if someone gets in the way.

@@hwtours we're getting our what you call in Southern Hemisphere..the Southerly Buster ..here we call it the Arctic/Polar Front

@@TravelwithNJSteveandSue You got it. Weathers been swinging from hot to cold. Mostly cold. Thanks for watching. 🙏

@@daveg2104Wow so it is.

@@HazelKitching The Strand is my fav Sydney Arcade by a long way.

Yep the Northwesterly sucks in the desert heat from the centre of Oz. Also brings the flies.

@@HazelKitching Not much. I dropped into the dentist this arvo to get more painkillers. I was horrified when the dentist put me in the chair and tortured me some more. Think I’ll have some soup when I get out of bed.

@@daveg2104 Awesome 🤩 thanks Dave. Batemans Crystal Hotel cool.

I found an old photo showing part of the Crystal Hotel from 1901, and it's an old sandstone building. So 1902 would be about right for it's rebuild. It's also been known as The Manchester Arms and the Tatler.

@@daveg2104 nice 👍

@@luck2know Thanks for watching. Appreciate it.

Thank you. That’s the kind of comment that makes my day. Have a good weekend. Cheers HW

@@HazelKitching I don’t mind snakes. It’s the spiders that freak me out. We have some charming ones here in Oz. Some as big as your hand that sprint like racehorses and others that hide in your shoes and kill you if you don’t make it to hospital in time.