Special Vietnamese Rice Vermicelli Noodle - a bit of the everything makes the best dish

Most Vietnamese restaurants name this "special rice vermicelli salad". This would be a good choice if you are indecisive over the choice of a one-dish meal and would like to try a bit of everything, that is, some of the best specialities in Vietnamese cuisine. You normally get a combination of sugar cane prawn, spring roll, grilled pork and a medley of pickled vegetables, fresh herbs and beansprouts.

The thin rice stick noodles are best steamed so that they are soft and pliable but not too wet. However, most restaurants would blanch them. Just hope that the cooks are not in a such a hurry that they omit draining the water away and dilute the taste of all the other ingredients and condiments. This place in the northern district is not often crowded and the kitchen staff usually takes care that the food is properly cooked.

The Chinese description on the menu 撈檬 literally means tossed lemon? Indeed the dressing of Vietnamese fish sauce, shredded carrot and a hint of pound chilli and brown sugar brings out the extraordinary taste of this dish. You could always ask for another serve of the dressing sauce if you like to make the dish more savoury and sour. If you're not allergic to nuts, the crunchy crushed peanuts are absolutely delicious.

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Sydney Opera House and Habour Light Up

Waiting for night fall, capturing some shots of the Sydney opera house by the daylight for some contrast with the night scenes.

The busy harbour and bay areas

Museum of Contemporary Art - a lighted sculpture to set the tone of the luminous color theme.

The first set of hues in red, amber and green. Taken without a tripod.



The changing colour scheme every 20 minutes. Now featuring yellow and brown earthly colours.




Too slow for the speed of light. The bright streaks turned out more impressive than planned.




Red and violet opera house viewed from another aspect of the harbour.

The harbour bridge is also lighted up.

A closeup of "the sails" at the opera house. Blue and earthly tones which resembled the world map illuminates the opera house at around 6.30 pm.

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Museum - nostalgic stuff and memories of pioneer Australian mining towns

Gold mining equipment and tools - the beginning of migrant settlement after penal colony was established.


Later years, a pretty sophisticated cash register.

A dentist surgery in the old days


The homely feeling

lace and embriodery

Baby prams, walkers and high chairs

The 1900s and post-war tech revolution - television, gramaphones, recorders, players - ancestors of current day hi-fi audio visual systems.