Scott Barronton (00:00)
There are moments in travel when the world feels impossibly big, and suddenly very close. One of those moments came for us the morning that we arrived in Sydney. we woke up early, hoping to watch the ship sail in, but sailing in an inside cabin means you're never quite sure what's happening outside. And by the time we reached the upper deck, the ship had already docked. But what we stepped into was breathtaking.
The Sydney Opera House glowing in the soft golden hour light, the harbor bridge stretching across a calm, peaceful harbor, and the entire city still waking up. And Melissa holding her phone trying to record her first impressions and instead just overcome with emotion. Because this wasn't just another port this was something we had talked about for years. Something we'd seen in movies, books, magazines.
Now right there in front of us, was quiet, was tranquil, and it was unlike anything that we had ever experienced. And that moment set the tone for everything that followed. This is the story of Sydney and Brisbane.
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I'll have to say I'll never forget that first moment on the deck. I looked at you and said can you believe we're actually here?
Yeah, yes, I was, it's a moment I will remember forever. Honestly, I thought I was ready to talk through it on video. it was funny because after, well, let me back up. So I had originally decided to use the new feature on the iPhones that we decided to get before we came to where I could record what I was seeing and myself at the same time. And then we wanted to record just a little in the moment video and getting our microphones. And I didn't think that I would get choked up the way I
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was choked up just talking to you about it. And so I thought I was ready to talk through that on video, but my gosh, it just hit me. There was something about seeing the Opera House, not only, we just arrived in Sydney, you walk up and it's right there, right? Because if you're flying in, it's not gonna be like that. But you're right, it's somewhere, not only Australia, I think we've kinda said this before, but it's a place where...
People say, have you been here? Have you been there? In Australia it's always been, no, we haven't been to Australia yet. And especially Sydney, right? Because that's one of the things I think when people think of Australia, Americans anyway, right? You think of that Sydney Opera House. So, you your brain knows the image, but just your heart just can't quite keep up. It's like, my gosh, it's just like a breathtaking moment.
And it helped that we practically had the deck to ourselves. It was so quiet and so peaceful because it was early in the morning. And we had wanted to get up there and be able to see the sail in. So see as we go into the harbor. But the ship had arrived earlier than we thought it would. And by the time we got up there, it was already docked in the harbor.
Yeah, and being somewhere, I think, by ourselves is kind of rare. Sometimes on a cruise ship, we've been able to find some places where we can just have some quiet and tucked away places, but just absolutely phenomenal. And I think that made the moment even more special. the sun had come up, but it wasn't like way high in the sky. And so basically you feel like you're seeing this at sunrise. So fantastic.
Yeah, so we did a quick bite of breakfast
And then, in classic Sunshine Travelers fashion, we pivoted from this peaceful, serene sunrise where we're out there by ourselves to hopping on the double decker.
bus of the hop on hop off tour and getting into that Sydney rush hour traffic. Yes, and then eventually heading and making our way to Bondi Beach, which is the complete opposite energy. I mean, I won't say there wasn't a lot of people there, but just a very different energy. Yes, it is. And that's what makes Sydney so fun. So let's talk a little bit about that.
Sydney makes an entrance like few cities in the world. If you miss the actual sail in like we did, that first glimpse of the Sydney Opera House from the deck of the Crown Princess was absolutely amazing. Yeah, that opera house really does glow in the morning. I will say at first the harbor was very calm, very serene, but then very quickly we started to see lots and lots of
the harbor ferries. So people use that, I think, much like people do in New York to get from Jersey into different places. And so we started seeing just, ferry boat and ferry boat and ferry boat. But that was just very cool to watch from the elevated deck. Yeah, it was, it was like watching almost when we were in Victoria in that little water taxi, ballet thing. That's what it kind of reminded me with, with all these huge
ferry ships coming in with passengers who commute to their jobs on a daily basis using these ferries.
And I would argue that the deck of the Crown Princess gives you one of the best views in the entire city. You get this elevated, unobstructed view, and if you look to your right, you've got the Opera House, and if you look to your left, you've got that harbor bridge, which is just magnificent in and of itself from an architecture perspective.
Yeah, and one thing I wanted to mention,
So 90 to 95 % of the passengers on board our ship are Australians. And the ones that we have talked to have just agreed that Sydney is one of the most incredible ports. And Scott, a lot of these people have taken a lot of cruises that we have talked to. So we headed straight off the ship for the hop on hop off tour. Because if you just have one day in a big city, it really is a good way to do it.
So Sydney's Ho Ho Route, and we've just recently learned that term, never seen that before, but Hop On Hop Off Route is a fantastic way to do it because it gives you the opportunity to see Sydney with a bit of history and backstory along the way. They give you these headphones and you listen to a recorded story that tells you about the sights that you're seeing along the way.
and we had a fabulous seat up on top of this open-air double decker bus to take it all in.
Yeah Scott, I think we should mention too that you decided to take just your crutches on this day. Now I think you could have taken your scooter and left it. They had a place for wheelchairs and stuff like that. But it did really make it easy for you to just go up and down. There wasn't a ton of walking on this day. But they do have accessible options. But the hop on hop off buses, it's just an easy way to orient yourself, especially when you're in a big city or when a city that's spread out like Sydney.
And there's definitely a lot of stoplights in downtown Sydney. But that just kind of gave us time to look around and take everything in. Because if you're just zooming through the city, you don't get a chance to see everything. in this case, the traffic and the stoplights actually helped us to be able to take in more of the city along the way.
And then the fact that there was a route that took us out to Bondi Beach. I think that was really an absolute highlight. I think in our mind we had kind of looked at the map, then I think just going out and seeing that for ourselves,
It's definitely iconic for a reason. The beach was absolutely packed. People sunbathing not only in the sand, but they have like a park area in the grass, families with kids, and so many surfers just sitting in the water waiting for the perfect waves. And Bondi has that effortless cool vibe of like a surf town. And it was such a contrast to our quiet sunrise.
And, given my lack of mobility, I sent Melissa off on a journey to try and capture the essence of Bondi Beach with the camera. And this is somewhere that when we come back to Sydney, I'd like to spend the day enjoying the beach and some of the shops and cafes along that high street.
For sure. So when we were driving in, you kind of have an elevated view, but unfortunately it's not really conducive to like get pictures and videos. You may have seen pictures of, there's almost like a swimming pool built into the rock. So a lot of people are hanging out there. And so those are places kind of on both sides. So Bondi beach is really almost in a little bay, would you say? Like a little small bay. And so you would get...
great views ⁓ elevated on both sides. But just absolutely white sands and the clearest water.
Melissa, are there any tips you would share if someone is looking to do the hop on hop off bus in Sydney? Yeah, so a couple of things. I mean it really does take pretty much a good chunk of the day to just do the riding part of it. So there's a red route and a blue route. The red route basically takes you in the city. The blue route takes you off to Bondi Beach. The nice thing is there is a stop where you can change between those.
Like Scott mentioned, we did get off at Bondi Beach. One of the things that we weren't sure of, and this is kind where I would have the tips, is we didn't know really what stop to get off in Bondi Beach. We got off at the central stop, and I think that ended up being good just because you did have the crutches I did talk to a man who was getting back on the bus, and he had gotten off at the second Bondi stop.
It was a little bit elevated and then he said he walked back to that one. So I do think on that route the buses come out about every 30 to 45 minutes. So we didn't have a ton of time because we did want to make sure we had to get back to the other stop, which is at the central train station in Sydney where you can go out and take trains to different places. And it's probably about half to...
maybe a little more than half on the other route. So that makes it a convenient way to stop. But we basically got on the bus at 9 a.m. and I think we got back. So we did the Bondi Beach. We basically waited till one bus. So maybe spent 20 to 30 minutes there. And would you say we got back around like 2 or 2.30? So really just riding it ⁓ takes most of the time. So I would say if you are
in a city where they have these or in Sydney for multiple days and you want to use it as transportation to actually get off and do things, I would definitely just go ahead and purchase a multi-day ticket. I think the bulk of your cost, like most places, the bulk of the cost is in the first day. So if you actually want to use it as transportation, just go ahead and do the multi-day ticket. You could hop off. It didn't stop right in front of the Opera House. It was a little bit of a walk there.
⁓ But honestly, and we're going to mention this I think next, so this will probably be a good segue, but that probably in front of the Opera House is not the best place to take pictures either, Scott. No, definitely not, and we're going to share a couple of places that we think will be best. before we leave the hop on hop off segment,
One day in port is definitely not enough for Sydney. You need to plan several days in Sydney. They've got some beautiful botanic gardens that you can go to. Their parks are just immaculate and clean and well done. And then of course there's lots of things to see and do and if you want to spend any time at the beach you're going to need a lot more time than just
even 24 hours in Sydney. So I wouldn't recommend you try to do Sydney in 24 hours. No, but I do think this is a great way to at least see things if you are. So maybe just real quick, a few things that stood out to me is I think a tour of the inside of the Opera House would be something that would be very cool. You mentioned the Botanic Gardens. We always love those. I think that would be at the top of our list as well. Lots of people got off at the fish market.
I think that would be very interesting as well. And then of course a day at the beach. Maybe it also stopped near a marina that was not like right there in the main harbor. That would be very neat too. Anything that stood out to you that you might would add to the list? Well if you're adventurous you can actually climb over the arch for that harbor bridge. And we saw lots of people doing that. I mean not just one or two. We saw
just continuous lines of people and you walk across one of those arched beams that goes over the top of the bridge and you you get up there to the very tip top and you've got this magnificent view of Sydney Harbor. Now that's not for me and that's not something that I want to do but I know that there's a lot of people and we even had a friend who texted me and said hey did you climb the the harbor bridge? I was like
You obviously don't know me. Yeah, that's funny that you mentioned that because I had somebody ask that as well. So that is a very popular thing to do that you might want to look and look ahead if you're interested. I would do that. I would have to leave you behind, but you can also just walk across the bridge too. That was the other thing. You could, you could walk across the bridge. So yeah, you could easily spend four or five days here. Obviously some people probably spend like their whole time here. But yeah, lots of things to see and do. Tons of museums as well.
Yeah, and the other thing that I would say is a lot of the people from Sydney that are on this cruise ship, they said Bondi Beach is really cool, but they actually mentioned that Manly Beach is probably the better beach of the two. And they said something about you can walk through this grotto over to Manly Beach and then it's just a spectacular beach to visit.
Well, let's talk a little bit about the photography because you know that's a piece that I love and we usually try to spend a good bit of time with photography on our trips and we always try to share the best places to get the shot from and Melissa said some people are going to go over to the Opera House and they're going to try to get those pictures from right there at the Opera House
And I'm sure with today's phones, and the wide angle lenses that are on them, you can get a pretty decent shot from there. But you're going to get the absolute best shots from the two places that we're about to recommend. And the first one is out in front of the Park Lane Hotel right there in the harbor. And by the way, if you're looking for a hotel, we didn't go in there. I didn't see the rooms, but my gosh, just
location and views, I would stay at that park lane any day. It is just right there on the harbor and your room would literally look out over the Sydney Opera House. So just a little tip to think about if you're thinking about where you want to stay. I'm sure that's a premium that you're going to pay for that view, but my gosh would it be worth it.
It looked like it had a rooftop pool too as well. wasn't a huge hotel. It was absolutely phenomenal. The other thing that I would mention about this particular spot is we saw a wedding. We saw it was either a couple's or several couple's engagement photos, but so many people with photographers at this specific place. As a matter of fact, we were talking to our son the next day.
⁓ And he said, hey, our friend was actually just there. They got engaged visiting family and that was where they had their picture taken. Yeah. If you go out along the pier right there in front of the hotel, there's a spot that looks straight out across the harbor and you have the Sydney Opera House in the background. And so that is an absolute beautiful place to grab some photos.
I would say that the evening is probably the best time to capture those photos because you're going to have the sun coming from your back against the opera house. so that evening golden hour is probably one of the best places or the best times to take this picture. But we took pictures there in the middle of the day and they're just, they're crazy.
I mean it's just crazy beautiful so I don't I'm not sure that you can take a bad picture of the Opera House. And so we definitely would put that up on the list. It's very easy to walk there from the cruise terminal. I even did it with my crutches and the walking boot so you know that shows you how close it is right there to that terminal.
And so then the second spot and probably the most iconic, which unfortunately we didn't make it to, but it's called Miss Macquarie's Point. And from there you get not only the opera house, but then also the harbor bridge in the same frame. So we have seen some pictures of that. It just didn't work out to be able to go there. It was just absolutely phenomenal
to see that shot. And so that's where a lot of the professionals go. So I'm sure a lot of people do photos there, weddings there, that kind of thing as well. Yeah, it's actually in the botanical gardens, I believe I saw. okay. Okay. So definitely not as easy to get to. Yeah. So it's on the other side of the opera house from the vantage point that we were looking at, but it's looking back across the
the opera house towards the bridge and so you have the opera house sitting right in front of the bridge and it truly is an iconic shot but you definitely would have to grab a taxi or uber to get over there. And then maybe even pay for admission for the botanical gardens maybe. yeah so again
Probably golden hour or early in the morning when the crowds are fewer is going to be your best bet because I will say like even, you know, I felt bad these people are trying to take pictures, but I needed to get back to where you were. And I think they're just used to it, right? They can't like, okay, we're taking a, you know, photo shoot, that kind of thing. The other option then would be to hang out and take the picture like after sunset when, you know, it's just absolutely golden hour. And after that sun is set and you just get those really soft lights.
the soft lights and kind of a golden glow behind the bridge and so go out and look out look up some pictures of of that and you're probably gonna wanna make sure that you visit Mrs. McQuarrie's point for your photos when you visit Sydney. So we definitely have a list for when we come back
Yeah, lot of things that we want to do ⁓ there in Sydney. And I should just say that this cruise was not meant to be our one and done in Australia. We needed it to be able to go to Australia before our trip to Antarctica because we wanted Antarctica to be our seventh continent. So it checked that box off, but it doesn't check off our wanderlust for Australia and
everything that has to offer. It is a huge country and you need to spend a lot of time here to really take it in. It's almost like thinking that you could take in the US in 24 hours. Yeah, that's true. You know, we've talked about that before. We've had people who are like, I want to go to Florida and see Miami. I want to go to New York. I want to go to California. I want to go, you know, and I think
that Australia is kind of the same thing, but it is amazing to then say, okay, we've been to some of these amazing places. We've been to Tasmania. We've been to at least see Sydney. We have traveled at least the East side from all the way to South to all the way to North, but not that we've exhausted everything that we want to do for sure. All right. Well, the next morning we get up and we sailed North towards Brisbane. It kind of felt like the
trip shifted gears a little bit there from, these iconic cityscapes to now we're getting more into the tropical breezes and maybe a little bit more nature. Yeah, especially because the thing that we were going to choose to do wasn't really focused on the city of Brisbane as well. And so we also had the absolutely crazy opportunity to meet up with my sister and our nephew for our day in Brisbane.
know, Melissa's sister Laura and her nephew Miles were going to be on holiday in Brisbane at the exact same time that we were docking there. And it did require a little bit of coordination and I think she moved some of her plans around. But how awesome that we meet up there in Brisbane.
Yeah, so we actually live about five, five and a half hours apart and somehow we ended up on the absolute other side of the world together at the same time. So that really made the day extra special. They had a rental car and picked us up at the cruise terminal so that we could start our day together in Brisbane. So I had seen our friend, our creator friend, she's a teacher Trish and I'm probably going to put her name.
Descapale, she had posted about visiting Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane. So she basically travels all over the world when she's not teaching kindergartners, first graders, and shares learning experiences. And so this was one that she had shared with her students and she shared it on her Instagram. And so I was like, my gosh.
when we were in like I want to do this. So when we were talking about what we would do with our day together, I actually think that my sister Laura was surprised that this is the one thing that I wanted to do and not like run around and see Brisbane. And so she also had planned to come here, but rearranged what she had planned in order for us to do this together. It really was our one opportunity to see the native Australian animals, although I didn't know that we were going to see as many as that we did.
And we ended up deciding to spend the whole day at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. And I think this was one of the best decisions of our entire trip. A few things about it. We were there during the week, so I think that helped with it not being so crowded. There was a school group or a couple of school groups there. We got there about the time when it opened. We didn't buy tickets in advance. know, sometimes, and I was honestly very nervous about this, you know, sometimes...
port times and port locations change and different things like that. And so, ⁓ you know, I didn't try to think about it too much, but I was just worried like, my gosh, we've made these plans to meet them. Hope nothing happens to our port day, but it was fine. We didn't buy the tickets in advance. Like I mentioned, we didn't book the koala experience in advance, but we were fine. We did go to the experiences counter right when we went in and said, okay, we want to have the opportunity, a few minutes to spend one-on-one with a koala and you get to pet them and talk to the keeper.
And so that was very cool. So they don't let you hold them anymore. And that was okay. I think that would be a little bit nerve wracking, but just to get to sit there and take pictures and we got super lucky. We got to kind of pet and talk to two of the.
the keepers and pet two of them. We didn't pet two keepers. Oh no, we pet two of the different koalas. But I highly recommend this experience. You know, it is a little bit extra. But we were just like, oh my gosh, we have to do this, right? We have to do this when we are here. Yeah, seeing a koala in person and touching one, it hits differently when you're in their actual home and not a zoo halfway around the world.
So it really does. So they have so many qualities here. Lone Pond is a peaceful, open, immersive. They have really great...
I guess you would call them habitats for these native animals. Miles had the best time, we had the best time, but there were two moments where he was like, nope, not having it. Yeah, that would be the lorikeets and I don't think he liked the emu either. Yeah, so one of the first things we did after we got our time for our quality experience is we went to the lorikeet feeding area.
So it's interesting because they have a lorikeet feeding experience in our local Jacksonville Zoo, but this was completely different. There they give you just like a little stick and a little thing and you're in an enclosure. Yeah, you're in an aviary there. Yeah, these lorikeets were just wild, free. Yeah, the open air because they're native and I guess they hang around because they know that they're gonna get fed. But they give you or they put their, it's more of like a milky
food in this little round thing that you hold. And I didn't realize, I thought when she was setting it up, like they were just gonna like, you just watch them, right? It was like watery grits is the way that I would explain it.
Yeah, whatever it is that they eat. But I thought we were just going to, she's going put it in there and we're just going watch the lorikeets. And then there were a few other birds hanging around and there were some turkeys hanging around and different things like that. And then she was like, okay, come pick these up. And so literally you're trying to hold this thing and then the lorikeets are everywhere. But yeah, so they start landing on, one lands on your head and one lands on Laura's head. And that definitely freaked miles out. Yeah.
I mean, these birds were swarming in, like, we had seen a couple in the trees around, but all of a sudden once that food came out and it was almost like those of call made, hey, dinner time, and they came from everywhere and we were swarmed by these lorikeets as they were coming in to the food. But it was an absolutely amazing experience to get to do that and be that up close with them.
We got some great photos, even got the picture of Miles where he was not having the lorikeet sitting on Laura's head. That was just drawing the line. That was too much. So we had a lot of fun. Yeah, and once the food started getting low, you could tell that they were a little bit fighting with each other. They were flinging that, the liquid everywhere. But yeah, just to be that close to him. So that was really cool. We got to go to a sheep dog demonstration.
We got to feed the kangaroos and the wombats and you could pet them as well. We got to see a couple of platypuses, then the baby koalas that were in the koala nursery. We got to see a Tasmanian devil. Actually, I think we got lucky on that one. I think those tend to be nocturnal and, but he got up and he went from like one little cave to another little cave for a second. So that was, that was neat. But hands down, my favorite thing besides petting the koala,
was having our lunch in this little section by the cafe that they call the Koala Forest. So we actually happened upon this when we were coming out of the kangaroo enclosure and you're like, hey, you can like sit here and eat with them. And so that was the point where we decided, you know what, we're just gonna spend the rest of the day here. We got some lunch. I told Laura, I said,
don't tell anyone, but I really think that they could literally charge extra for this. Like I'm thinking, you you go to these places at like SeaWorld, you know, eat with Shamu or Disney or different places like that. And here, this was just part of it. We got super lucky. They were changing out their eucalyptus and we found out from the keepers that they only like the one certain little section where the eucalyptus is super tender. Because when we first went in, I think we actually,
When we first went into Lone Pine, I think it was actually like the, what would you call it, the geriatric.
section and those koalas were just like asleep and we just thought okay all these koalas are gonna be asleep you know they're gonna be super active well these guys as they were changing out their food they were kind of exposed for a second and then they were eating some of them climbed down climbed back up they so it was just absolutely incredible experience ⁓ so the keepers were telling us about this they also said have you been to the koala nursery have you been to see the platypuses we haven't done these things so originally our other plan was to spend a
little bit of time here and then go into the city and maybe take one of the the cat fairies for a little bit. They had already, my sister and Miles had already done this, but she was like it would be kind of neat for you to see the city but we were just like no we don't want to rush, we don't want to leave, we wanted some more time here and that just kind of gave us a way to just relax and enjoy the rest of our time here.
So Scott, also, of course, when you go to these places, you learn so much. Did you know that platypuses were mammals that actually laid eggs? Well, A, I didn't know that a platypus was a mammal. But then B, I didn't know that there were any mammals that laid eggs. I thought live birth was one of the qualifications for being a mammal. Yeah, so this is just a very unique. They also have some toxic characteristics to kind of protect them.
I think she told us that the platypus here is like the oldest living platypus in the world It's like 27 years old or something like that and miles really enjoyed this, you know There was a lot of him where he was like, okay, I want to move on I'm done with this but he loved you know trying to spot the couple of platypuses that they had So that was just a very cool experience Well at the end of day it kind of hit us hard this day wasn't about
you know, just wildlife. It was about family and getting to spend the day together and having these amazing experiences with each other. You know, about being together in a place that none of us really expected to be there together when we think back a year or two ago. And remembering how travel connects us in ways that we can't always plan.
So if you're visiting Sydney by cruise, get up early and head out to the upper deck. Even if you're in an inside room or an inside cabin, the view is worth every bit of lost sleep. So plan to get out there early and see that sail in to the harbor. Yes, and if you miss that, you can do the sail out like we did.
We were delayed a little bit leaving, but we just like hung out there on the deck to make sure. So I would say maybe don't like have a strict dinner plan for that day or a strict breakfast plan for that day so that you can really just go with the flow and make time for that. The hop on hop off bus or ho ho as we now know these are called is perfect for a short port day.
So make time to get out there when it first starts running and then definitely make time to do that extra run out to Bondi Beach. It was definitely worth the waiting for the bus changes. And don't miss that photography spot at Mrs. McCrary's point. I think if you're, even if you're just a hobbyist photographer like myself, that is something that you'll want to do.
And I can't wait to come back to go there and get those pictures myself. In Brisbane, the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is absolutely worth a full day. So if you're traveling with kids or you just love wildlife like we do, it's definitely some meaningful moments. And again, we got to see everything. It's, you know, it's named Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, but it really checks off the boxes for
You know, all of those animals, I think they're constantly expanding. They had a new nocturnal section, which of course we saw, I think their tree koala there, everybody else was hiding or asleep, but definitely worth a trip. And if you're a hiker, our new friends Peter and Barbara are Peta. Peta. Peta, that's right. That's how...
They were trying to tell us it needed to be said outside the US, Pita and Barbara, they live right there near that Lone Pine Koala sanctuary, and they said that there's some beautiful hills and trails alongside that and something that we're gonna want to explore in a future visit.
put in a really funny story about that. Your scooter had gotten low on air in your tires. We had asked around the cruise ship, do y'all have some bicycle pumps or anything? They were just like, no, no, no. So we told Laura, hey, on the way back when you drop us off, do you think we could go by a gas station and see if we can put some air in these tires? So we did that. It was a shell station. There was a garage, that kind of thing. Well, we talked to Barbara and Pita.
later and said we went to the Sloan Pond and they were telling us we live right close to there and so we just happened to mention and we went to the Shell station with the garage to get there you know Erin's house was like yeah that's right near our house and she just commented she's like what a small world you know that you would visit this gas station so just like little funny stories like that I just thought it was just really cool yeah we love trying to seek them out and find them on the cruise ship there I think they are our
kindred spirits. They have been so many places all over the world. have some hilarious stories about doing ⁓ Greyhound buses and Amtrak trains in the US, which I don't know if that's even on our bucket list. Yeah, no.
Travel always has a way of surprising you, sometimes with moments you've dreamed of for years, and sometimes with people you love showing up in the most unexpected places. Sydney gave us a sunrise we'll never forget, Brisbane gave us family memory we'll always treasure, and this journey from Hobart all the way toward Singapore keeps reminding us why we choose to explore the world one destination at a time.
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