Saturday in Sydney

Posted on August 4, 2018 by vanbraman

I spent Saturday afternoon walking around Sydney and visiting a few sites. I took around 500 pictures so decided that I would just share 1% of them with you tonight.

State Library of NSW, New South Wales Library, Australian Library

My first stop of the day was the State Library of New South Wales. I will most likely write an individual post about this library and share a few more pictures. This is a great research library, however I didn’t get a chance to browse the stacks as it is a closed stack library.

State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, libraries

Here is a shot of the entrance of the library from across the street. It is a very large building and this is just the older part of the library. They also have off-site storage for books and documents.

Sydney Public Library, Customs House Library, Library Branch, Sydney

This is the Customs House Library branch of the Sydney library system. It is in a beautiful old building and has a great layout inside. The library is in the central business district of Sydney and just a block away from the harbour.

I will be talking about both of these libraries as well as other libraries around the world in an upcoming talk at my local library.

Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney

Another place I visited today was the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The gallery has greatly expanded since my last visit and is getting ready to undergo an even bigger expansion. They have a great collection of art and it was nice to browse through the galleries.

As I went from place to place today I would walk through the botanical gardens.  I have a lot of pictures of trees and flowers to share in future posts.

Sydney Opera House, Winter, Sunset, Sydney, Australia

Sunset came early since it is winter here and I was able to get a few nice pictures of the Sydney Opera House. The sun was actually setting behind me, but it was lighting up the clouds behind the opera house.

After the sun went down I headed back toward my apartment. I stopped and picked up some take-out on the way back and got laundry started before having my dinner.

Now for a relaxing Sunday with friends.

Steven

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Chickens Have Ribs Too

Posted on August 3, 2018 by vanbraman

I thought of an interesting title for my post tonight: Chickens Have Ribs Too

When we eat out and order ribs it is usually just a question of beef or pork. But, did you know that in Australia you can get Chicken Ribs?

Nando's Chicken Ribs, Chicken, Nando's

Of course, you have to go to the right place to get those Chicken Ribs. Here in Australia you can get chicken ribs at Nando’s.

Chicken Ribs, Nando's, Nando's Fix

Tonight I made another trip to Nando’s so that I could again try these nice little chicken ribs. I ordered them with chips so that I was not just eating meat 🙂

Chicken Rib, Rib Meat, Nando's

Here is a closeup of one of the little ribs. You can see that there is quite a bit of meat on these ribs. I did some research once and it is an interesting process to make these ribs.

Chicken Ribs, Eaten Ribs, Nando's

Here is the bone pile for the chicken ribs. You can see that they are definitely ribs, but have you ever seen ribs prepared like this from a chicken?

Nando's Napkin, Nando's Sayings, Napkin Sayings

Nando’s always has some interesting sayings on their napkins. Perhaps some day I should gather some of them together in a post, but for now this one says:

Keeping the earth green & your face clean

The napkins are made of 100& recycled material, which was a good thing as I had to use several napkins to clean up after eating the chicken ribs.

Have you ever had chicken ribs?

Steven

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