For Christmas David and Kellie gifted us tickets to see Back to the Future - The Musical.
David had called a few weeks back to make sure we were free for the day, although didn't indicate what it would be about, or how much of the day. Just the whole day. So while we were free, we weren't quite mentally prepared for a day trip to Sydney with only a few days notice!
Awake from ~3. Hurray. We headed off just after 8. I wanted to be slightly early to give us time to find lunch (and as a buffer in case of accidents on the Hume or M5).
We stopped in Goulburn for breakfast. Except I'd forgotten we were going to do this so I'd already had breakfast, so I just had a hashbrown.
The flags were at half-staff to mark a day of reflection after the Bondi massacre.
I thought this was cute
I'm still getting used to all the new tunnels under Sydney. They sure do make getting into the city a whole lot easier!
Anyways. Parking was super simple, only $14, prebooked in the Wilson carpark just up the road.
Arrived at The Star and grabbed some very yummy dumplings from Double Chin Eats for lunch, and some stoopidly expensive Magnums from City Essentials for dessert (shoulda gotten real ice cream and would have if I'd seen it beforehand).
We wandered up to the doors at maybe 12:35 and they opened them up not long after. Someone behind us in the theatre told Stu they loved his tshirt :)
So we were pretty much the first in the theatre. The only problem was, we were right on the end. So we stood up for much of the next twenty minutes so we wouldn't have to jump up whenever anyone else arrived in our row.
So the show.
It was pretty fun. Didn't know any of the songs of course. Well except for Johnny B Goode, Power of Love and Back in Time at the end :) The show actually kinda reminded me of a Carnival theatre production with the ensemble cast. The dude who played George McFly totally channeled Crispin Glover, he was pretty cool. They had to make a few changes of course for it to work on the stage, but the special effects and stagecraft were pretty awesome. We both enjoyed it. And because we had end of the row seats, when they said "Make like a tree and get outta here" we totally could :)
A change must have come through because it was almost pleasant outside (as opposed to the searing midday heat). So we wandered down to the waterfront to have a look around. We totally need to go to the Maritime Museum some time. And go out on the James Craig. I haven't been inside the museum since about 1991 - after we won the Americas Cup and the museum opened and had Australia II there for a while.
And then we headed back to the car, fighting with the car park to figure out how to get back to the car, and headed for home.
Via a pitstop at The Scottish Restaurant at Sutton Forest for a light early dinner.
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