Day 140 March 29th 2007, No Convicts in the Family - Sydney

The rocks district is where it all started for the first British settlers in the 1800's, as its widely know the first settlers were convicts and there is a museum dedicated to their arrival. One of the exhibits allows you to search for ancestors who came over on the convict ships. I can gladly say that there were no Filby's but plenty of Curtis, including a high way robber. There were also quite a few Burton's and Hughes on the list.

Whilst on the subject of history I finally checked out where the name Filby comes from, around 800AD a Viking called File the Dane settled in Norfolk setting up a small village which is know today as Filby. In 2002 this little Norfolk Village one Britain in Bloom, Village category WOW

The beach at Dee Why

Shelley spent some time living in Sydney 15 years ago in a little beach town called Dee Why, so we took a trip up for lunch. Finding that her old apartment had been knocked down we spent a bit of time on the beach (which used to be only a 10 minute walk from the apartment, now 20mins)

Shelley outside Australia's oldest pub

For our last night in Sydney we had a quick beer before dinner at Australia's oldest pub "The Fortune of War", a sign on the wall points out in official terms that the pub is currently subject to police surveillance. With a police station across the road hardly a difficult task for the local police.

Highlights: Phew no Filby's exported to Oz