Bob Bolton has been tantilizing me with descriptions of the renovated tall ship the James Craig at Darling Harbour. I think she had just appeared there when we were in Sydney back in December of 2001. I've since read several articles about her history and the battle to bring her back from Tasmania and fully restore her. I would love to sing one of C. Fox Smith's fine sea poems in her honor if someone could smuggle me aboard.

The place Judy and I will be staying while we're in Sydney is located near the corner of Bellevue Street and St. John's Road. It's one of those famous Sydney terraced houses, not very wide but with at least 4 floors. We did manage to walk over to John Dengate's house, and had a wonderful evening of wine and songs. I'm generally a good walker but I was somewhat slowed down from an accident up in the Blue Mountains while I was attempting to demonstrate to my wife how Govett achieved his magnificant leap; them mossy rocks are slippery!

I'm in the process of adapting a Jon Campbell dockside song to Sydney and was wondering what the area around the Fish Market is called. Is it Darling Harbour or Blackwattle Bay? Darling Harbour scans better but I really don't want to make too free with the local geography (see, Joe, this is a music thread).

Cheerily,
Charley Noble