The morning of the 24th I did a nice walk-about from where I’m staying in the V&A Waterfront district.
I guessed the V&A to be, incorrectly as it turned out, Victoria and Albert. No, it’s Victoria and Alfred. Alfred? Who is Alfred? Prince Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria.
In 1860 Prince Alfred ceremonially began construction of the harbor naming the first basin after himself and the second after his mother. The current redevelopment project began in 1988. Ownership has changed hands a few times.
The red clock tower in the middle distance is an original landmark. It’s a Victorian Gothic-style structure and was the original Port Captain’s Office.