According to the local TV there was 30mm of rain last night, but apart from a few odd puddles you would not have known it.
The day began with bright blue skies and we set out for North Head to go to watch the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race. It is about 2 miles, uphill to begin with but we kept in the shade, walking through the nature reserved you could smell the aroma of eucalyptus and see some huge spiders in their webs among the trees. We had been advised to get there early and were glad that we did, when we arrived we went to the café before joining the crowds which were growing. By the time the race started at 1.00pm the area was packed. We watched as the fleet over 100 yachts led by the maxi 'Comanche' headed towards the rounding marks before heading off through the mouth of the harbour then south to Hobart. Helicopters buzzed around overhead and the harbour was full of spectator boats.
The whole thing was quite a spectacle from our vintage point high above the harbour.

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The fleet rounding the first turning marks with central Sydney in the background