1. I spent most of the day by the harbour, with the day kicking off with Ferry Racing - 4 of the Sydney Harbour ferries racing against each other and it seems, accompanied by most of the boats in Sydney at the time. The AAMI ferry (in red) just edged it over the Bonds ferry (green and gold) at the line (which was first under the harbour bridge).
The harbour scenes were best described by aussiegnome as a 'boat mosh-pit'. Harbour was probably more crowded than New Year's...
2. As a rather random aside, I decided to pop over to Milson's Point where it was 'Celtic Day' put on by the Celtic Council of Australia which I thought was rather appropriate for Australia Day ;-) Only caught the end of the day, but saw an Irish Ceilidh, a musket firing demonstration from the 42nd Highlanders and bagpipes. The best bit was seeing a man dressed in a kilt talking about how to load a musket in a broad Aussie accent. But I'm sure he was Scots through and through.
Photo: Taking potshots at the Harbour Bridge. Models: Bagpiper and 2 Sergeants from 42nd Highlanders. Plus innocent bystanders with fingers in ears.
3. Wandered down to the Jazz at Pyrmont park event in the evening - where you could listen to Jazz by the waterfront as the sun went down. Memorable for the bald but swingin' singer covering Frank Sinatra. 
Photo: Jazz in Pyrmont Park (nr Darling Harbour) Models: Big Band supplied by Australian Army and singer impersonating Old Blue Eyes (might well have been singing 'The Lady is a Tramp' when photo was taken.
It was here that they announced who won the 'best dressed' boat in the harbour competition. To have a decent chance, I think the occupants need to dressed up as much as the boat itself. So this boat won!
Photo: Winner of best dressed boat - based on Priscilla Queen of the Harbour...
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