{"id":1577,"date":"2014-01-07T05:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2014-01-07T05:00:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T04:00:35","slug":"pizza-pools-and-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1577","title":{"rendered":"Pizza, Pools and Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James and I joined several friends for the annual Pizza Party at the KMYC on New Year&#8217;s Day. This is\u00a0the best view from a Pizza oven anywhere in the world, overlooking Cowan Creek, boats passing, sea planes landing and friends sampling the homemade pizzas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1580\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010155-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1580\" alt=\"Lesley scoping out the Pizzas\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010155-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010155-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010155-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010155-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lesley scoping out the Pizzas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1581\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010159-640x480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1581\" alt=\"Pizza by the bay\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010159-640x480.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010159-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010159-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/P1010159-640x480-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pizza by the bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, we walked around Cremorne Point, a\u00a0peninsula\u00a0to the Northeast of the Sydney Opera House. \u00a0The views across to the city are quite beautiful, although the clouds gave everything a silver glow rather than the usual blue sky.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1582\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2662-640x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1582\" alt=\"Cremorne Point pool\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2662-640x427.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2662-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2662-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2662-640x427-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cremorne Point pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1583\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2669-640x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1583\" alt=\"Opera House and city skyline\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2669-640x427.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2669-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2669-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2669-640x427-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opera House and city skyline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1584\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2683-640x364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1584\" alt=\"Fort Dennison aka Pinchgut island, Sydney's Martello Tower\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2683-640x364.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2683-640x364.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2683-640x364-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2683-640x364-500x284.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fort Dennison aka Pinchgut island, Sydney&#8217;s Martello Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, we went up to Palm Beach to visit Trina, Aunty Gwen and Baby Bunty. \u00a0We had a\u00a0lovely\u00a0afternoon with them. \u00a0On the way home, we took the scenic road and took photos of Whale Beach and the headland. That was a blue sky day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1585\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1585\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2723-640x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1585\" alt=\"Little Head off Whale Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2723-640x427.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2723-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2723-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2723-640x427-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little Head off Whale Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1586\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2728-640x427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1586\" alt=\"Pink sands of Whale Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2728-640x427.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2728-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2728-640x427-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/merrington.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_2728-640x427-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink sands of Whale Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James and I joined several friends for the annual Pizza Party at the KMYC on New Year&#8217;s Day. This is\u00a0the best view from a Pizza oven anywhere in the world, overlooking Cowan Creek, boats passing, sea planes landing and friends sampling the homemade pizzas. &nbsp; On Saturday, we walked around Cremorne Point, a\u00a0peninsula\u00a0to the Northeast &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=1577\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pizza, Pools and Beaches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-2","category-sydney"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VxXq-pr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1587,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions\/1587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}