Call that a ship?....

We went up to Sydney today to see Manon, our last ballet of the season at the Opera House. It was lovely. I don't know why the slur of 'pansy' was ever put on guys who do ballet - they are so fit and strong and are a delight to watch.
The girls were OK too . LOL
It was a busy day in town - the train on the way up was full of young people going to 'Home Day' which I had to ask about - it's like 'Big Day Out' we were told by one of the Transit Police on the train.
And goodness knows how many passengers came off this huge ship - it almost dwarfs the 'Bridge'- I'm sure most of them were wandering around the Quay!

 

This cruise boat the 'Millenium' was in dock at the International Terminal.
You have it in B&W as I was trying out my new camera and I hadn't set the White Balance correctly so I got a nice 'blue' shot. Looks fine in B&W tho.

 

Here is a shot of it taken from Circular Quay station, you can just see Lunar Park.

 

And this one of Lunar Park taken from the same spot using the zoom.
Now why would I bother with a heavy SLR that I have to change lens' etc?
A couple of weeks ago I bought one and tried it for the weekend - I've since resold it - for more than I paid for it -and no regrets.
I then bought a Panasonic Lumix FZ28 - their latest with quite a few more features which I have to learn to use. This will be my 4th Lumix.
I am working my way through the instruction manual. Sigh.