It was Helen's birthday on the 10th October, and my present to her has a romantic trip for two around Sydney harbor in a gondella. The gondella is controlled by a man standing on the stern. Helen and I sat in the little cabin in the centre of the gondella, eating lobster, prawns, crab, oysters and a selection of cheeses and drinking champagne. Some soft, romantic music was played through some speakers in the cabin.
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