A City-cation Part 3.

 Sunday dawned with a cool breeze and a hint of rain, so we had a late start. Church at St Philip's, Church Hill, where Isabella Vaughan was baptised. More on that in the next post.

The church of St Philip's is the third church of that name in that area. The first was a wooden convict built in 1793 and they burnt it down in 1798. The next one was built in 1798 and was used until 1856, when the present one was built, across the road. There is a park where this church stood.

The site of the second church.

The foundation stone from the original church, now in the new one.

    

                                                            Looking up the aisle.

The entrance on the side.

Paul and I were made very welcome and the service was very much like Panania Anglican. The numbers were small but being school holidays there were people away.

A quick stop at the room and we walked up Hunter Street to the State Library of NSW. Lunch, which might have been an oversize cookie, each was followed by a wander through the many different galleries that the library has. We viewed artwork that the library holds,  maps in the map room, marveling at how accurate some of the very old maps were, viewed the Shakespeare Room, reminded me of the same room in the Birmingham Library and other displays. Our library holds so much of our history.

Outside the wind had gone up a notch, so while we walked in the Royal Botanical Gardens, we stayed at the top of the gardens and walked past  Government House and then out onto Macquarie Street. We took the lift down to Circular Quay and as it was starting to sprinkle, we took the tram back to our stop.

Dinner was at the Ship Inn at Circular Quay and the food was delicious and hot. 

                                                 Looking up George Street from our balcony.

We had a lovely weekend away, leaving the city after breakfast on the Monday morning.